Daily Prayer: 2024

A prayer for maturity

The Mark of Maturity

Read Philippians 1:6–10

This is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ. (Philippians 1:9–10)

Paul found joy in his memories of the friends at Philippi and in his growing love for them. He also found joy in remembering them before the throne of grace in prayer.

This is a prayer for maturity, and Paul began it with love. He prayed that they might experience abounding love and discerning love. Christian love is not blind! The heart and mind work together so that we have discerning love and loving discernment.

The ability to distinguish is a mark of maturity. When a baby learns to speak, he or she may call every four-legged animal a “bowwow.” But then the child discovers that there are cats, mice, cows, and other four-legged creatures.

One of the sure marks of maturity is discerning love and loving discernment.

Something to Ponder

With daily decisions, do you tend to seek what is good, or do you try to discern what is truly best?

Source: Wiersbe, Warren W. 2010. Pause for Power: A 365-Day Journey through the Scriptures. Colorado Springs, CO: David C Cook.

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God, You are my Saviour and my Lord.

Help me to grow in maturity so that I may please You in all that I do.

Teach me to love others the way You love me.

In my daily decision-making, give me discernment to know not just what is good, but what is the best.
Help me to grow in maturity by giving me discerning love and loving discernment.

In Jesus' Name

Amen

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a prayer for trust

Heavenly Father,

It feels impossible to feel steady right now. Sure.

Sure that anything is going to be alright.

Lord, convict me of my own desire to trust of people, in countries, in systems. may my one desire to be to trust in You alone.

Teach me to trust You in the steady and the instead times. The times that are unsure, uncertain, and chaotic.

May Your fear comfort and guide me in my own fear. May Your faithfulness be what I put my trust in.

Praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord, my soul.

I will praise the Lord all my life;

I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

Do not put your trust in princes,

in human beings, who cannot save.

When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;

on that very day their plans come to nothing.

Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is in the Lord their God. (Ps. 146:1-5)

Amen

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a prayer of submission

Dear Lord,

Our hearts are filled with your presence.

We cannot help to pray.

We come renouncing our pride and seeking your humility.

Your love consumes us and your compassion fills us.

You have given us everything we need.

We ask you today for help to lead lives worthy of your calling.

When we struggle help us to remember that you are there.

When our lives seem easy open our eyes to see those who need us.

We submit ourselves to you and to your ways.

We ask for your kingdom to come and your will to be done in us.

To you be all glory and honor.

Amen.

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help us to walk together in peace

O God,

Challenge us to do more than sing and pray, but go out and work as though the very answer to our prayers depended on us and not upon Thee.

Help us realize that man was created to shine like the stars and live on all eternity.

Keep us, we pray, in perfect peace; help us to walk together, pray together, sing together, and live together until that day when all God’s children, Black, White, Red, and Yellow, will rejoice in one common band of humanity in the kingdom of our Lord and of our God, we pray.

Amen.

- from a prayer by Martin Luther King Jr.

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The Spirit of God Prays in Us

The Spirit of God Prays in Us

Silence means rest, rest of body and mind in which we become available for him whose heart is greater than ours. That is very threatening; it is like giving up control over our actions and thoughts, allowing something creative to happen not by us but to us. Is it so amazing that we are so often tired and exhausted, trying to be masters of ourselves, wanting to grasp the ultimate meaning of our existence, struggling with our identity? Silence is that moment in which we not only stop the discussion with others but also the inner discussions with ourselves, in which we can breathe in freely and accept our identity as a gift. “Not I live, but He lives in me.” It is in this silence that the Spirit of God can pray in us and continue his creative work in us. . . . Without silence the Spirit will die in us and the creative energy of our life will float away and leave us alone, cold, and tired. Without silence we will lose our center and become the victim of the many who constantly demand our attention.

Henri J. M. Nouwen

(source: You are the beloved by Henri Nouwen)

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Romans 8:26–30 (ESV)

26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. 28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

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How long

Do you ever feel like this deep down in your spirit?

How long, O LORD???

Do you ever pray and wonder if the LORD is listening? Does He hear?

Does He care about the anguish in your soul? The heartache? The pain?

One thing I have learned in my Christian walk is that He does listen and He does hear. He does care about our brokenness. Our deepest hurt. Our confusion.

Never give up. Never quit praying. Never stop crying out to God.

He loves us with an everlasting and incomprehensible love. A love we can trust. A love we can depend on.

We may not always be able to see that He is working, but we can know deep down into the depths of our being that He is.

Because His Word tells us this truth.

"In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me." (Psalm 120:1) CSB
Hang on to the promises of His Word. Hang on to His love.

And cry out to Jesus.

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help us to seek you

Dear God,

You are more than we can ever comprehend.

Help us to seek you in our day to day lives.

Teach us and guide us as we pursue your ways.

Deliver us from our egos and our selfishness.

Bless us that we might surrender our wills to yours.

Cause us to be a people who are known for love.

We sing glory to your name for you are worthy.

Amen.

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a prayer to radiate divine love

Help us to spread your fragrance everywhere we go,
flood our souls with your Spirit and life.

Penetrate and possess our whole being so utterly
that our lives may only be a radiance of yours.

Shine through us and be so in us that every soul
we come in contact with may feel your presence in our soul.

Let them look up and see no longer us but only Jesus.

Stay with us and then we shall begin to shine as you shine,
so to shine as to be light to others.

The light, O Jesus, will be all from you.
None of it will be ours. It will be your shining on others through us.

Let us thus praise you in the way you love best
by shining on those around us.

Let us preach you without preaching not by words, but by our example by the catching force the sympathetic influence of what we do the evident fullness of the love our hearts bear to you.

Amen

...a prayer of Mother Teresa

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a blessing of tears, discomfort and holy anger

May God bless you with a restless discomfort about easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships, so that you may seek truth boldly and love deep within your heart.

May God bless you with holy anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may tirelessly work for justice, freedom, and peace among all people.

May God bless you with the gift of tears to shed with those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, or the loss of all that they cherish, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and transform their pain into joy.

May God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you really can make a difference in this world, so that you are able, with God's grace, to do what others claim cannot be done.

And may the blessing of God the Supreme Majesty and our Creator, Jesus Christ the Incarnate Word who is our brother and Saviour, and the Holy Spirit, our Advocate and Guide, be with you and remain with you, this day and forevermore.

Amen.

... a Franciscan blessing

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What is prayer? (The Westminster Larger Catechism)

What is prayer?

Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, (Ps. 62:8) in the name of Christ, (John 16:23) by the help of his Spirit; (Rom. 8:26) with confession of our sins, (Ps. 32:5–6, Dan. 9:4) and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies. (Phil. 4:6)

Source: The Westminster Larger Catechism:

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Oh to be HOLY

Oh, we read the words of scripture and we don’t TRULY see.

We don’t see that we are commanded to be HOLY.

We are instructed to be like HIM.

We have been GIVEN the example to WALK like He walked.

And yet, we falter in our steps…

LORD, help us to strive for HOLINESS in our daily lives. Enable us to draw on your STRENGTH when we are WEAK. Empower us to rid ourselves of UNHOLY and UNGODLY behaviors. Help us to SEE TRUTH through Your eyes. And give us the DESIRE deep down in our spirits to LOOK like You.

Oh that we would be HOLY as You are HOLY.

Remove our fleshy desires and replace them with an INTENSE longing for the SPIRITUAL…

Minister to our hearts and spirits today and fill us with Your beautiful MERCY and GRACE….

Amen

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Fill us so we may pour out

Creator God, source of all good things,

Author of all created beings, of all joy and happiness,

We are grateful you've made us to worship you.

Make us a people that provide...

comfort for all those who mourn,

restoration to those caught in sin,

hope to those in despair

joy to those in sorrow,

and love to those who have wandered far.

Blow away the ashes of unbelief by the breath of the Spirit,

and give us light, fire, and the warmth of love.

We need spiritual and physical comforts that are...

gentle,

peaceful,

mild,

refreshing;

comforts that slow our minds and bodies into surrender before You,

so that we may rest in Your presence.

Fill the garden of our souls with the wind of love,

that the scents of the Christian life may be wafted to others;

so they may come and gather what each needs.

Amen.

(Adapted from "Things Needful" by the Valley of Vision)

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shake us from our slumber

When our eyes do not see the gravity of racial justice,
Shake us from our slumber and open our eyes, O Lord.

When out of fear we are frozen into inaction,
Give us a spirit of bravery, O Lord.

When we try our best but say the wrong things,
Give us a spirit of humility, O Lord.

When the chaos of this dies down,
Give us a lasting spirit of solidarity, O Lord.

When it becomes easier to point fingers outwards,
Help us to examine our own hearts, O Lord.

God of truth, in your wisdom, Enlighten Us.

God of hope in your kindness, Heal Us.

Creator of All People, in your generosity, Guide Us.

Racism breaks your heart,
break our hearts for what breaks yours, O Lord.

Ever present God, you called us to be in relationship with one another and promised to dwell wherever two or three are gathered.

In our community, we are many different people; we come from many different places, have many different cultures.

Open our hearts that we may be bold in finding the riches of inclusion and the treasures of diversity among us.

We pray in faith.

Amen.

- a prayer by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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help us to love as you love

Bless us with Love, O Merciful God; that we may Love as you Love!

That we may show patience, tolerance, kindness, caring and love to all!

Give me knowledge; O giver of Knowledge, that I may be one with you!

O Compassionate One, grant compassion unto us; that we may help all in need!

Bless us with your Love O God.

Bless us with your Love.

Amen.

- Author Unknown

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Talk to God about everything

Is prayer like talking to God?

Yes, we can understand prayer as conversation with God. However, it is important to note that God initiates the conversation. This may seem counterintuitive. Our experience in prayer is often that we do all the talking and wait for God to respond. Or that we have in fact not been doing much talking with God at all—perhaps for many years—and now have to find some way to begin an awkward conversation.

Yet most religions, especially Judaism and Christianity, understand prayer as a response to God’s self-revealing love. We speak to God because God first spoke to Abraham (Gen 12; 15; 17), to Moses (Exod 3), to the prophets (Isa 6:6–13; Jer 1:4–13, Ezek 1:28–3:11), to Mary (Luke 1:26–56), and especially through Jesus, the Word of God (John 1:1, 14). Whenever, wherever, and however we enter the conversation, it is always in response to God who “first loved us” (1 John 4:19).

What can I talk to God about?

About anything. In prayer we can share our thoughts (even the less noble ones), our feelings (even the embarrassing ones), or our decisions (even our indecisiveness). Prayer is not a matter of presenting God with fine ideas, holy sentiments, and perfect manners. We can bring to God our “broken spirit” (Ps 51:17). God prefers “an open ear,” attentive to the Divine Word more than any impressive sacrifice or costly offering (Ps 40:6–8). Prayer is less the etiquette of diplomatic conversation with royalty, and more a family exchange in which we are as honest as possible in speaking and as open as possible in listening.

Whatever we bring to God is blessed by our bringing it. Whatever we talk to God about becomes a kind of sacrifice that is transformed and made sacred by God’s receiving it. We can bring anything to our conversations with God.

Source: Kelley, Joseph T., 101 Questions & Answers on Prayer.

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God, thank you for the gift and privilege of prayer. Thank you for speaking to me and revealing Yourself to me. Thank you for reaching out to me in love.

Help me to remember to talk to you daily and often because You love to hear from me, not just about the "big things". You also want to hear about every little thing in my life, even the areas of my life that are broken and embarrassing because You love me and want to help me and bless me.

I thank you, in Jesus' Name

Amen

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a prayer to yield my life and change

Loving God,

I want to yield up my life into Your hands for my life seems to be falling apart at the seams and I am desperate. Oh Lord, I don’t know which way to turn nor do I know what to do. I so need your strong hand in my life.

I am coming to You confessing my need for You in my life, and pray that You will forgive me for my pride in trying to be the god of my own existence. Lord, I have made myself the center of my life and not You. I pray You would help me to change. Please transform me and bring good from my trials.

Lord, I don’t really know how to “let go”. I don’t really know how to do to give You greater influence in my life, but I am coming to You in humility to confess my need of You in my life. Lord, I pray that Your love, grace and mercy would lead, guide me and help me to let go of my past.

Lord, I also ask that You would teach me how to submit my life to You. Show me how to abide in You day by day, and instruct me how to live in spirit and truth. Help me Lord, to submit my life to You in every way, and to become the person You would have me be.

Thank You Lord, that You have not given up on me. I ask You to teach me Your way from this day forward. In Jesus' name I pray.

Amen.

-adapted from a prayer by Unknown

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a prayer of surrender

Dear Lord,

Help me - I feel like such a failure.

I surrender - use me to bless and love those around me.

Guide me - cause my thoughts and actions to honor you.

Transform me - create in me a heart of service.

I seek your will and I seek your character - that I might be a servant.

Thank you for loving me and helping me to be like you.

To you belongs all honor and praise.

Amen.

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A prayer when having a mid-life crisis

A prayer when having a mid-life crisis

Lord, I feel such a sense of failure. As I look back over the years, I wonder where they have all gone, as time has slipped by so quickly.

Nothing seems to mean much any more. I have no sense of achievement. I have lost all sense of adventure in life. The children have flown the nest. I feel I’m just existing, going through the motions of life, not really living any more.

I see how we tried to bring up our children. I know I can get too easily caught up in what went wrong.

Help me not to focus so much on the past, what I have lost, but to remember you are Lord of all, of my life, of the future, of everything.

Lord, I don’t know really where I’m going! Please help me to refocus on my destination then I’ll know where my life is going.

Help me to feel the touch of your love, find new direction, a more focused hope for my journey, a fresh sense of adventure, I pray.

Amen.

Source: Martin Manser, Martin. 2018. A Book of Prayers.

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Psalm 33:20–22 (ESV)

20 Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. 21 For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. 22 Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in you.

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Walk like Jesus

LORD, give us hearts to desire to be HOLY. Give us spirits that long to be like you. May we truly live our lives following the example in Your WORD.

You have called us to be HOLY as You are HOLY. Empower us. Enable us. Fill us with a true desire to walk as You walked…

“the one who says that he remains in Him ought, himself also, to walk just as He walked.” (1 John 2:6)

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A Prayer for our Idols

Lord and Savior,

We are struggling to make You just that - Savior AND Lord. It's one thing to know we need saving, it's another to fully submit to anything - even You - as the true Lord of our lives. As sin still lives in us, we are tempted to serve sin instead of You. We are tempted by what looks and feels good, rather than by the One who IS good.

But Lord - we are no longer owned by sin, because we are no longer under the law, but under grace through Christ. So set our minds in Christ. Help s place our hope in Your hands. Give us contentment in all places of our hearts.

Show us that when we give our heart to something other than You, we aren't trusting You the way we can. We’re believing there’s something You can’t provide. We know that isn't true - we know You can and do provide - but we fail to live in that truth.

Good Father, give us strength to cast down our idols in favor of You who offers us peace, hope, joy and lasting contentment that nothing in this world will never provide.

Amen

“Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.” (1 Peter 1:13)

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a prayer for loving difficult people

Dear God,

Forgive me for labeling people as enemies and calling them difficult.

Help me to offer understanding when I want to win an argument.

Bless me that I might lay down my pride and my hurt feelings.

When I am tempted to judge help me to genuinely love.

Teach me to have thick skin that I may not be easily offended.

In all my ways help me to see others the way you see them.

That I may be a true citizen of heaven.

Amen.

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A prayer of adoration

Lord, I adore You

Not to us, O Lord, not to us,

But to Your name give glory,

Because of Your lovingkindness and truth. (Psalm 115:1)

It is good to give thanks to the Lord

And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning

And Your faithfulness at night. (Psalm 92:1–2)

Great and marvelous are Your works,

Lord God Almighty!

Righteous and true are Your ways,

King of the nations!

Who will not fear You, O Lord,

And glorify Your name?

For You alone are holy.

All nations will come and worship before You,

For Your righteous acts have been revealed. (Revelation 15:3–4)

O sing to the Lord a new song;

Sing to the Lord, all the earth.

Sing to the Lord, bless His name;

Proclaim the good news of His salvation day after day.

Declare His glory among the nations,

His marvelous works among all people.

Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;

He is to be feared above all gods.

For all the gods of the nations are idols,

But the Lord made the heavens.

Splendor and majesty are before Him;

Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. (Psalm 96:1–6)

Pause to express your thoughts of praise and worship.

Source: Kenneth Boa, Kenneth. Handbook to Prayer: Praying Scripture back to God.

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a prayer for wisdom

God of all Wisdom,

Help us to hear the wisdom you have put in our hearts.

Bless us to follow the paths of wisdom and of love.

Teach us how to discover the wisdom written in our stories.

Encourage us to find the wisdom in our friends and family.

Soften our hearts that we might be open us to new ways.

In all our ways, cause us to be wise and humble.

Amen.

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a prayer for fathers

Father God,

Bless our dads. Our papas. Our grandfathers.

Help them to find courage and strength as they lead.

Let their good examples shape and mold their children.

Inspire us to honor cherish them always.

That you might be glorified in their lives.

Amen.

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a prayer to rest in love

God of Goodness,

I come into your presence so aware of my human frailty and yet overwhelmed by your love for me.

I thank you that there is no human experience that I might walk through where your love cannot reach me.

If I climb the highest mountain you are there and yet if I find myself in the darkest valley of my life, you are there.

Teach me today to love you more.

Help me to rest in that love that asks nothing more than the simple trusting heart of a child.

Amen

- Author Unknown

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Create Space in Your Innermost Self

Today I imagined my inner self as a place crowded with pins and needles. How could I receive anyone in my prayer when there is no place for them to be free and relaxed? When I am still so full of preoccupations, jealousies, angry feelings, anyone who enters will get hurt. I had a very vivid realization that I must create some free space in my innermost self so that I may indeed invite others to enter and be healed. To pray for others means to offer others a hospitable place where I can really listen to their needs and pains. Compassion, therefore, calls for a self-scrutiny that can lead to inner gentleness.

Taken from "You are the Beloved"

by Henri J.M. Nouwen

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Lord, heal me so that I might find peace.

Lord calm my inner turmoil that I might experience and enjoy Your Presence and Hospitality.

Lord, heal me so that I might be a source of healing to others.

Lord, grant me serenity within my soul that I may be able to listen to the needs of others and pray for them.

In Jesus' Name, Amen

Philippians 4:6–8 (ESV)

6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

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Power and Promise

LORD, today, give us hearts to be receptive to the POWER and PROMISE found in Your WORD.

Enable us to bring our deep, soul weariness to you and then receive the beautiful JOY that only you can bestow upon us…

Open our eyes to the TRUTH of who you are!

We are so thankful for Your hand of mercy and grace upon our souls.

May we see Your POWER working and be amazed at what is accomplished in Your Name.

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a prayer against my selfishness

Lord, I often pray "give me eyes to see" but if I'm being honest, I'm not in the mood.

I often pray, "give me a heart like Yours" but if I'm honest, that's sounds like a lot of work.

I pray, "show me where You want me to bless others" but if I'm honest, I don't really intend to bless others.

Sometimes I pray, "teach me to see other like You see them" but if I'm being honest, I'm not ready for that.

Occassionally I pray, Lord, "I want to be like You" but hoenstly, the thought makes me tired.

So today Lord I pray for my selfishness.

I pray for

the way my heart is too consumed with other things,

the way my eyes only choose to see what they want,

for how my body needs energy to desire deeper connection with You.

Amen

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a prayer in times of darkness

Dear God,

Things seem dark and I feel all alone.

I am lonely and afraid.

Help me to know that you are here with me.

Open my heart that I might sense your presence.

Return me to the simple path of love and joy.

Teach me to be happy in small things.

And to not worry about things outside of my control.

Lead my friends in helpful ways.

Bless me that I may be a blessing.

Cause me to be a testimony of your love.

I love you Lord.

Amen.

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a prayer to overcome anger

Dear Lord,

I do not know why I am so angry. But you do.

I seem so powerless to deal with this strong emotion.

Free me from these chains that seem to bind me.

Forgive me for the times I have given into anger.

Help me to have self control and power over anger.

I lay down all of the anger and rage. I release it all.

Set a guard over my mouth and bless me with patience.

Renew me and refresh me that I may be at peace.

I give you all praise and honor.

You are worthy.

Amen.

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Prayer is the only entryway into genuine self-knowledge

"Prayer is the only entryway into genuine self-knowledge. It is also the main way we experience deep change - the reordering of our loves. Prayer is how God gives us so many of the unimaginable things He has for us. Indeed, prayer makes it safe for God to give us many of the things we most desire. It is the way we know God, the way we finally treat God as God. Prayer is simply the key to everything we need to do and be in life. We must learn to pray. We have to."

- Timothy Keller

Knowing You, Jesus

by Graham Kendrick

All I once held dear, built my life upon

All this world reveres, and wars to own

All I once thought gain I have counted loss

Spent and worthless now, compared to this

Knowing You, Jesus

Knowing You

There is no greater thing

You're my all, You're the best

You're my joy, my righteousness

And I love You, Lord

Now my heart's desire is to know You more

To be found in You and known as Yours

To possess by faith what I could not earn

All-surpassing gift of righteousness

Oh, to know the power of Your risen life

And to know You in Your sufferings

To become like You in Your death, my Lord

So with You to live and never die

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New LIFE

LORD, today, help us to SURRENDER all to You!

You are our RESTORER. Our HEALER. The One who lifts our heads and opens our eyes…

Help us to SEE. Help us to SUBMIT. And then help us to keep our focus on You in all things.

Restore us O, LORD… breathe new life into our spirits that we might be used of You for Your GLORY..

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a prayer to be kind

Dear Lord,

Empower us to live into your kindness today.

Cultivate in us a heart that looks like your heart.

Remind us that what we do reflects who we are.

Help us to love as you love and forgive all who hurt us.

Teach us to open our arms to those who are not like us.

May all those who are kind be blessed and prosper.

To you belong all love, honor and worship.

Amen.

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a prayer to love

Our Father,

Here I am, at your disposal, your child, to use me to continue your loving the world, by giving Jesus to me and through me, to each other that we allow Jesus to love in us and through us with the love with which His Father loves him.

Amen

-a prayer by Mother Teresa

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A PRAYER FOR STRENGTH

A prayer to be filled with the Spirit.

Ephesians 5:18 (ESV)

18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Galatians 5:16 (ESV)

16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Galatians 5:25 (ESV)

25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

Lord, I ask that Your Spirit fill me today. I want to be filled with the Spirit so that I may experience Your love, presence, and guidance in everything I do.

I want to walk by the Spirit so that I will not gratify the desires of the flesh that displease you and hurt You. I do not want to give in to the desires of the flesh like sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, and orgies.

Rather, I want to experience the fruit of the Spirit in my life. The fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

I want to live by the Spirit, and keep in step with the Spirit!

Grant my desire to be filled with Your Spirit

In Jesus' Name, I pray.

Amen.

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Evidence!

Oh, LORD, give us HEARTS to be like You. Give us the desire within our spirits to SPEAK loudly with the way we live our lives. Help us to WALK like You walk. Help us to be the example of Christ to those around us.

May the EVIDENCE of our lives be a REFLECTION and a TESTIMONY of Your Goodness and Grace!

May our TALK be truly fulfilled in our Christian Walk…

Let us just be like Jesus.

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shine on me

Lord,

The light of Your love is shining
In the midst of the darkness, shining
Jesus, light of the world, shine upon us
Set us free by the truth You now bring us
Shine on me, shine on me

Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Father's glory
Blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire
Flow, river, flow, flood the nations with grace and mercy
Send forth Your word, Lord, and let there be light

Amen

... from Shine Jesus Shine
a song by Graham Kendrick

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a prayer to move beyond fear

Dear God.

Bad things are happening and I am frightened.

Things have gone out of control and I am worried.

It seems that the smallest things stress me out.

Teach me to trust you in these hard times.

Help me to find peace in the storms of my life.

Lead me through the heartache that I am feeling.

Give me the courage to love and move beyond fear.

Bless me that I might let go and follow you.

Amen.

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