(continuing a series on Psalm 23)
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
Father,
I thank You that You provide not only our physical needs, but our spiritual needs. I thank You that You restore us spiritually and lead us down the right paths to be the people You want us to be. Help us to trust You for that, to trust not in striving, but in Your power. And help us to give You the credit for our spiritual accomplishments and to come to You to be restored when we fall.
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
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PERSONAL PRAY OF CONFESSION
Lord Jesus, I have betrayed You in thought, word and deed. I have denied you in guilty silence. I have chosen to please others rather than You. I have behaved in ways that are not fit for Your kingdom. Gracious Savior, forgive my weakness and restore me to wholeness. Make me more like You. I love You, Amen.
Amen
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Choices to Live By (FAITHFULESS)
Galatians 5:22-23
(NIV)
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control.
Father you have given us the example of faithfulness: “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23 (NIV). You have also given us the exhortation to faithfulness: ”Now, a person who is put in charge as a manager must be faithful.” 1 Corinthians 4:2 (NLT). And You have given us the joyful expectation of faithfulness: “…..Well done, my good and faithful servant…….” Matthew 25:23 (NLT)
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22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control.
“Today I will keep
my promises……” Max Lucado
Father you have given us the example of faithfulness: “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23 (NIV). You have also given us the exhortation to faithfulness: ”Now, a person who is put in charge as a manager must be faithful.” 1 Corinthians 4:2 (NLT). And You have given us the joyful expectation of faithfulness: “…..Well done, my good and faithful servant…….” Matthew 25:23 (NLT)
Father
your imperative for faithfulness is clearly stated:”…..it is impossible to please God without faith…..” Hebrews 11:6 (NLT) Therefore Father
today may we bring great joy to your heart by faithfully carrying out our
promises, faithfully keeping our word we have committed to others, and faithfully
living our lives as evidence of our love and trust in You. And help us in our
weakness to be strong in faith.
In
the name of Jesus your faithful servant we pray.
Amen
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Prayer for the Health of the Earth
Dear Lord,
I pray for the health of the Earth.
With pollution, natural disasters and the countless alterations we make to our rainforests and natural resources, I pray you send restoration and your shield of peace over our land.
I pray for my family and the generations to come, that you can help us to build a more sustainable lifestyle for our Earth.
Place your spirit in our leaders and those who are making decisions of how to handle the resources we need.
Thank you for your creation Lord.
I pray that I can be a good steward of this home You have built.
In your name I pray.
Amen
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I pray for the health of the Earth.
With pollution, natural disasters and the countless alterations we make to our rainforests and natural resources, I pray you send restoration and your shield of peace over our land.
I pray for my family and the generations to come, that you can help us to build a more sustainable lifestyle for our Earth.
Place your spirit in our leaders and those who are making decisions of how to handle the resources we need.
Thank you for your creation Lord.
I pray that I can be a good steward of this home You have built.
In your name I pray.
Amen
...posted on Facebook by my niece Maria
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Green Pastures
(continuing a series on Psalm 23)
He makes to lie down in green pastures,
He leads me beside still waters.
Father,
I thank You that You are concerned with all the aspects of our lives, including our basic physical needs. Help us understand that all those things come from You. Help us trust You for them. Help us to see You as the first source for all these needs and to bring our requests for them to You. Help us not try to fix these things first by ourselves without You.
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
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He makes to lie down in green pastures,
He leads me beside still waters.
Father,
I thank You that You are concerned with all the aspects of our lives, including our basic physical needs. Help us understand that all those things come from You. Help us trust You for them. Help us to see You as the first source for all these needs and to bring our requests for them to You. Help us not try to fix these things first by ourselves without You.
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
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LIVING SACRIFICE
Romans 12:1 (NLT) "And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice ~ the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him."
O God, Your mercy is overwhelming. Through sacrifice You have saved us from destruction. How then shall we respond to this awesome gift? We will give our very lives back to You in worship. We offer ourselves to You, Lord, each on a living sacrifice for Your service. Use us Lord, in any way You will. I love You. Amen.
Maranatha Worship Bible ( Exo. 13:2)
Amen
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Choices to Live By (GOODNESS)
Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control.
Father today may your goodness be seen in and through us. In the name of Jesus, the very incarnation and essence of goodness.
Amen
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22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control.
“I will go without a dollar before I
take a dishonest one. I will be overlooked before I will boast. I will confess
before I will accuse. I choose goodness.”
Max
Father when
we choose to submit to the control of the Holy Spirit in our lives there will
be at least nine obvious results of His presence in us and one of these is “goodness.”
You have defined goodness in Micah 6:8 (NIV) “He has showed you, O man, what
is good. And what does the LORD
require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your
God.”
Father, out
of the goodness that overflows from our heart we will treat people fairly,
with mercy and in humility. This is a goodness that can be seen, felt and
shared. It is being like Jesus: “…. Jesus
went around doing good…….. “
Acts 10:38 (NLT)
Father today may your goodness be seen in and through us. In the name of Jesus, the very incarnation and essence of goodness.
Amen
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Prayer for Mercy
Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer. (Psalm 4:1)
I chose the last part of this verse to subtitle this blog. Throughout the scriptures we see people who know God most intimately understanding the idea that mercy is the heart of prayer.
Be merciful to each of us today dear Lord.. for those hurting come along side of them and comfort them.. please be the great Physician for those needing healing.. have compassion on us Merciful One.
Amen.
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I chose the last part of this verse to subtitle this blog. Throughout the scriptures we see people who know God most intimately understanding the idea that mercy is the heart of prayer.
Be merciful to each of us today dear Lord.. for those hurting come along side of them and comfort them.. please be the great Physician for those needing healing.. have compassion on us Merciful One.
Amen.
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Grace Comes By Prayer
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. (Hebrews 4:15-16)
I love this passage of scripture. It says that we can present our prayers with confidence. What you may ask is what can we be confident of? The answer is simple. When we pray we can be confident that we will receive mercy and find grace to help us. Notice that it did not say that our prayers would always be answered the way we prayed them.. just that mercy and grace would be given.
I think that there is so little in life to be confident about.. people fail us.. our health fails.. and sometimes it feels that God has failed us. But this verse promises that we will receive mercy and grace when we pray - so what does this look like? It is a great question! It reminds me of Job and how different grace might have looked to him.
For some time Job and his friends were sitting around arguing about the calamities that had beset Job.. he lost all of his children.. he lost his health.. people were laughing at him.. and it seemed that grace was nowhere to be found. Then.. and this is an important then.. something happened.. God manifested Himself to Job and let him know that He had been listening in on the conversation with his friends.
God then proceeded to ask Job some very difficult questions.. to which Job confessed that he was ignorant and then proceeded to repent. After this God healed Job as he prayed for his friends. So.. I am wondering.. what did grace look like in this situation and when did mercy come? It reminds me of this passage:
Perhaps.. for Job anyway.. grace came before he was healed and restored to health.. before his riches were replenished. Perhaps grace looked more like God sustaining Job and helping him to endure.. maybe grace came when he first prayed.. maybe Job just didn't understand the purpose of grace?
Very often we are oblivious to the presence of the grace that comes when we pray because we do not understand that a primary reason that grace is given is to help us to endure - we need grace to endure.. and grace comes by way of prayer. I know that in my own life I feel that I am caused to endure because of prayer.. my prayers and the prayers of others.
Father we come to you.. asking for grace.. needing grace.. needing mercy. Open our eyes to the ways that you are working kindness and patience in our lives. Help us to develop thankfulness for the mercy and grace you pour on us every day. We love you.
Amen.
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I love this passage of scripture. It says that we can present our prayers with confidence. What you may ask is what can we be confident of? The answer is simple. When we pray we can be confident that we will receive mercy and find grace to help us. Notice that it did not say that our prayers would always be answered the way we prayed them.. just that mercy and grace would be given.
I think that there is so little in life to be confident about.. people fail us.. our health fails.. and sometimes it feels that God has failed us. But this verse promises that we will receive mercy and grace when we pray - so what does this look like? It is a great question! It reminds me of Job and how different grace might have looked to him.
For some time Job and his friends were sitting around arguing about the calamities that had beset Job.. he lost all of his children.. he lost his health.. people were laughing at him.. and it seemed that grace was nowhere to be found. Then.. and this is an important then.. something happened.. God manifested Himself to Job and let him know that He had been listening in on the conversation with his friends.
God then proceeded to ask Job some very difficult questions.. to which Job confessed that he was ignorant and then proceeded to repent. After this God healed Job as he prayed for his friends. So.. I am wondering.. what did grace look like in this situation and when did mercy come? It reminds me of this passage:
So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance? (Romans 2:3-4)I love how this speaks to what grace is all about.. how it says that because of God's mercy we are not judged.. how God is patient with us.. tolerant of our sins.. and kind to us even when we are unkind and judgmental. Perhaps this is the grace that we can be confident in? Perhaps this is the flavor of grace that will eventually help us.. and lead us to repentance
Perhaps.. for Job anyway.. grace came before he was healed and restored to health.. before his riches were replenished. Perhaps grace looked more like God sustaining Job and helping him to endure.. maybe grace came when he first prayed.. maybe Job just didn't understand the purpose of grace?
Very often we are oblivious to the presence of the grace that comes when we pray because we do not understand that a primary reason that grace is given is to help us to endure - we need grace to endure.. and grace comes by way of prayer. I know that in my own life I feel that I am caused to endure because of prayer.. my prayers and the prayers of others.
Father we come to you.. asking for grace.. needing grace.. needing mercy. Open our eyes to the ways that you are working kindness and patience in our lives. Help us to develop thankfulness for the mercy and grace you pour on us every day. We love you.
Amen.
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Rise up!
Rise up!
And PRAY!
It's time for us to get serious about one of the greatest gifts God bestows upon us. The gift of prayer. The gift of personal communion with Him. The gift of intimacy.
Our lives will take on new direction and new purpose when we get determined and diligent in our prayer lives!
Our God hears our cries! Our God cares about our petitions! Our God listens and responds.
It's so easy!!!
Rise up!
And PRAY!!!
Amen
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The Lord Is My Shepherd
(beginning a series of prayers inspired by Psalm 23)
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not lack.
Father,
Thank You that You are our Shepherd. Thank You that you provide what we need. Not always what we want, but what we need. Help us to look to You for our provision. Not to ourselves or some other source, but to You. Help us to live in the confidence that You have everything taken care of.
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
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The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not lack.
Father,
Thank You that You are our Shepherd. Thank You that you provide what we need. Not always what we want, but what we need. Help us to look to You for our provision. Not to ourselves or some other source, but to You. Help us to live in the confidence that You have everything taken care of.
In Jesus' Name,
Amen
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LOVE THAT GROWS
This is the Month of Love. What could be better than to grown old with the one you fell in love with so many years ago.
Dear Lord, thank you for my dearest of 55 + years.
Thank you that he is a man of his word
And a man of YOUR WORD.
Thank you for his faithfulness to Me and to You.
Thank you that you have allowed us to
grow old together.
Thank you that we will both spend
eternity with You.
I love You,
Amen.
Watercolor Painting by Wanda Slaven
"Growing Old Together"
Amen
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Choices to Live By (KINDNESS)
Galatians 5:22-23 (NLT)
22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
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22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
I CHOOSE
KINDNESS
“I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. I will be kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the unkind, for such is how God has treated me.” Max Lucado
“I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. I will be kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the unkind, for such is how God has treated me.” Max Lucado
Father it is great that we are not
limited to any one selection of the Fruit of the Spirit but that all of them
are the result of your influence in our lives. It is a manifold manifestation
of Your gracious Spirit’s ministry in and through us.
The Fruit of the Spirit in our lives further
displays our obedience to You in taking Colossians 3:12 personally and
seriously, “Since God chose you to be the
holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness,
humility, gentleness, and patience.” Colossians
3:12 (NLT)
So Father today may your gracious
Spirit flow through my life to those I encounter that they may experience the
kindness I find in knowing You.
In Jesus precious name,
Amen
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Prayer for Compassion
Dear God,
As you draw me ever deeper into your heart,
I discover that my companions on the journey are men and women
loved by you as fully and intimately as I am.
In your compassionate heart,
there is a place for all of them.
No one is excluded.
Give me a share in your compassion, dear God,
so that your unlimited love may become visible
in the way I love my brothers and sisters.
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As you draw me ever deeper into your heart,
I discover that my companions on the journey are men and women
loved by you as fully and intimately as I am.
In your compassionate heart,
there is a place for all of them.
No one is excluded.
Give me a share in your compassion, dear God,
so that your unlimited love may become visible
in the way I love my brothers and sisters.
Amen
... from With Open Hands by Henri Nouwen
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Miracles
Father,
Give us faith to believe in miracles. But also give us faith to keep trusting You even when the miracles do not come. Help us to trust in Your will, even when things do not go the way we want them to. But help us not make this an excuse not to trust You next time or to think the miracle cannot happen. But help us to submit to what You want, whatever You have decided to do.
In Jesus' Name,
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OPEN MY EYES
Open my eyes, that I may see
Glimpses of truth Thou hast for me;
Place in my hands the wonderful key
That shall unclasp and set me free.
Silently now I wait for Thee
Ready, my God, Thy will to see;
Open my eyes, illumine me,
Spirit divine!
~Clara H. Scott (1895)
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Choices to Live by (PATIENCE)
Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control.
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22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control.
“I CHOOSE PATIENCE. I will overlook the
inconveniences of the world. Instead of cursing the one who takes my place,
I'll invite him to do so. Rather than complain that the wait is too long, I
will thank God for a moment to pray. Instead of clenching my fist at new
assignments, I will face them with joy and courage.” Max Lucado
Father, I am impressed, a
little amazed, and somewhat envious and maybe a little amused at what Paul
wrote to Timothy, particularly in relation to his patience. ”But you, Timothy, certainly know……my
patience.” 2 Timothy 3:10
Father I am afraid I would
have to write “you certainly know my impatience.” But I pray that this
wonderful fruit of the Spirt, patience, will so influence my life and behavior that you
will be honored and others will see your grace at work in me. Yes, Father,
today I choose patience.
In the name of Jesus who has been so patient with me.
Amen
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Prayer to be Freed from Addiction
Dear Father,
Please meet me in my loneliness, help me to have the confidence to speak with someone about my addiction. I trust that you can lead me out of this prison, that you can heal my mind and body.
I long to be free, yet I still feel so trapped by my thoughts and fears. Cover me with your love and grace, until, with your help Lord, I can walk in freedom, break out and fully live again.
Amen.
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Please meet me in my loneliness, help me to have the confidence to speak with someone about my addiction. I trust that you can lead me out of this prison, that you can heal my mind and body.
I long to be free, yet I still feel so trapped by my thoughts and fears. Cover me with your love and grace, until, with your help Lord, I can walk in freedom, break out and fully live again.
Amen.
From the Lord's Prayer Words site.
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