a prayer from Psalm 93

 

 

Lord, you reign and are robed in majesty;

you are robed in majesty and armed with strength;

indeed, the world is established, firm and secure.

Your throne was established long ago;

you are from all eternity.

(Teach us to trust in you and your ways alone.)

 

The seas have lifted up, Lord, 

the seas have lifted up their voice;

the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.

(Teach us to glorify you the ways all creation does.)

 

Mightier than the thunder of the great waters,

mightier than the breakers of the sea—the Lord on high is mighty.

 (May we feel comfort in your mighty ways.)

Your statutes, Lord, stand firm;

holiness adorns your house

for endless days.

 (Father, may we yearn to be holy through your strength alone.)

(adapted from  Psalm 93)

 

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a prayer for those who are discouraged

Lord of Life and Compassion,

I lift up those who are facing difficult times.

I bring to you those who are weary, discouraged, or overwhelmed.

Give them the strength to persevere, the resilience to bounce back.

Bless them to have the courage to face their fears.

Fill their hearts with hope, even when things seem darkest.

May they find peace in your presence and trust in their hearts.

Guide their steps, Holy Spirit, and help them to make wise decisions.

May they find a renewed sense of purpose and meaning in their lives.

Give them grace that they may know that you are with them.

In your name, we say amen.

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Open my eyes Lord, that I may see your protective presence

Elisha said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes that he may see -  2 Kings 6:17

This is the prayer we need to pray for ourselves and for one another, “Lord, open our eyes that we may see”; for the world all around us, as well as around the prophet, is full of God’s horses and chariots, waiting to carry us to places of glorious victory. And when our eyes are thus opened, we shall see in all the events of life, whether great or small, whether joyful or sad, a “chariot” for our souls. 

Everything that comes to us becomes a chariot the moment we treat it as such; and, on the other hand, even the smallest trial may be a Juggernaut car to crush us into misery or despair if we so consider them. It lies with each of us to choose which they shall be. It all depends, not upon what these events are, but upon how we take them. If we lie down under them, and let them roll over us and crush us, they become Juggernaut cars, but if we climb up into them, as into a car of victory, and make them carry us triumphantly onward and upward, they become the chariots of God.

Source: Hardman, Samuel G., and Dwight Lyman Moody. 1997. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour. Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing.

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