Daily Prayer

to be his hands and feet

We remember Lord that you said:

I was hungry and you gave me food and drink.

Help us to be people who share what we have.

I was sick and you looked after me.
Help us to recognize those who are hurting.

I was in prison and you came to visit me.

Help us to have hearts for those imprisoned.

I was a stranger and you invited me in.
Help us to be a people who love the unlovable.

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a prayer for harmony

Dear Lord,

I sometimes think that the unrest all around me comes from an unrest within me. Bless me with inner harmony dear Father.

When our nation and world seems so divided and often at war instill harmony in our hearts and minds that we might have peace.

Mostly Lord, help us to be ambassadors of harmony in the way that we live, the words that we say and things that we do.

In the name of the Prince of Peace, Amen.

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Prayer for PEACE

If there was ever a time I have needed the peace of God in my life it’s been these last 5 months. The devastation of losing my sister to cancer has been almost too much for me to bear.

I have experienced the soul-shredding grief and gut-wrenching ache deep in my spirit that just won’t let go.

But I have also experienced the beautiful peace that only is bestowed by the power of the HOLY SPIRIT. Without His peace I could not take another step. Without His peace I could not go on.

His peace is what holds me. Calms me. Comforts me. And keeps me.

If you need this peace in your life, open the pages of scripture and dig deep. You will find it…

Amen

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Only You, Lord God, can meet our desperate need for righteousness. You have no sin and made a way so we have a new nature! Through our trust in your Son Jesus, you now see me has clothed in Christ's righteousness. Forgive us when we rely on our own efforts, and teach us to fail submit to the Holy Spirit's work in our hearts.

Thank you for covering us more and more in the grace of Jesus. Thank you for your continued work in us as you mold us into the image of Christ.

Amen

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Anvil Time

On God’s anvil. Perhaps you’ve been there.

Melted down. Formless. Undone. Placed on the anvil for . . .

reshaping? (A few rough edges too many.) Discipline? (A good father disciplines.) Testing? (But why so hard?)

I know. I’ve been on it. It’s rough. It’s a spiritual slump, a famine. The fire goes out. Although the fire may flame for a moment, it soon disappears. We drift downward. Downward into the foggy valley of question, the misty lowland of discouragement. Motivation wanes. Desire is distant. Responsibilities are depressing.

Passion? It slips out the door.
Enthusiasm? Are you kidding?
Anvil time.
It can be caused by a death, a breakup, going broke, going

prayerless. The light switch is flipped off and the room darkens. “All the thoughtful words of help and hope have all been nicely said. But I’m still hurting, wondering. . . .”

On the anvil.

Brought face-to-face with God out of the utter realization that we have nowhere else to go. Jesus in the garden. Peter with a tear-streaked face. David after Bathsheba. Elijah and the “still, small voice.” Paul, blind in Damascus.

Pound, pound, pound.

I hope you’re not on the anvil. (Unless you need to be, and if so, I hope you are.) Anvil time is not to be avoided; it’s to be experienced. Although the tunnel is dark, it does go through the mountain. Anvil time reminds us of who we are and who God is. We shouldn’t try to escape it. To escape it could be to escape God.

God sees our life from beginning to end. He may lead us through a storm at age thirty so we can endure a hurricane at age sixty. An instrument is useful only if it’s in the right shape. A dull ax or a bent screwdriver needs attention, and so do we. A good blacksmith keeps his tools in shape. So does God.

Should God place you on his anvil, be thankful. It means he thinks you’re still worth reshaping.

- Anvil Time by Max Lucado, from the book, "On the Anvil"

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OH GIVE THANKS!!

November, the month dedicated to "GIVING THANKS" is upon us! It's good to give thanks every day for all God's blessings, but especially we think of it in November. The Bible is full of praise and thanksgiving. For our Sunday prayer, I will quote Psalm 100.

"Shout with joy before the Lord, O earth, Obey him gladly; come before him, singing with joy.

Try to realize what this means ~ the Lord is God! He made us ~we are his people the sheep of his pasture.

Go through his open gates with great thanksgiving; enter his courts with praise, Give thanks to him and bless his name. For the Lord is always good. He is always loving and kind, and his faithfulness goes on and on to each succeeding generation." Amen and Amen

New Living Translation

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For His Sake

Lord you told us clearly that living to honor you and spreading the Good News of the Gospel will result in hostility and suffering. In fact you said about the Apostle Paul in: "Acts 9:15-16 (ESV) "But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. 16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

It is also for us Lord to follow in the steps of Believers who throughout history have suffered in your name and for your glory. You have told us: "Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you." Matthew 5:11-12 (ESV)

Thank you Lord for both the grace to believe and the privilege to suffer for your sake. "29 For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake, Philippians 1:29 (ESV)

Thank you Lord for the cross you bore for our sin and thank you for our cross of suffering that we can bare for your glory. Lord may we follow your example : "21 .... Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. 23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. 1 Peter 2:21 & 23 (ESV) .

Amen!

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to let go and find rest

Dear Lord,

Our minds often go on overload.
Teach us to let go of control and rest.

Our hands and feet are tired.

Teach us to let go of control and rest.

We are disappointed with our lives.
Teach us to let go of control and rest.

Our hearts are saddened beyond measure.
Teach us to let go of control and rest.

In the restful name of Jesus, Amen.

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for simplicity of faith

Dear Lord,

Life can become so complicated.
Help us to find you in the confusion.

Priorities can be conflicted and hard.

Give us inner vision of the heart.

Often our brain wants to trump our hearts.

Strengthen our inner selves to prevail.

We sometimes forget that life is in you.

Bring us back to simplicity of faith in You.

In the simple name of Jesus we say amen.

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Prayer for Strength

Do you need STRENGTH today?

Pray!!!

If you are weak. If you are wanting. If you simply need to know that you are not alone…

Seek Him and His face continually!

Search for the LORD. And let Him minister to the deep and lonely and wounded pieces of your life…

Amen

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in times of worry and anxiety

Most loving Father, you will us to give thanks for all things, to dread nothing but the loss of you, and to cast all our care on the One who cares for us. Preserve us from faithless fears and worldly anxieties, and grant that no clouds of this mortal life may hide from us the light of that love which is immortal, and which you have manifested unto us in your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

#80, BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER (2019)

Be our light in the darkness, O Lord, and in your great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this day. O God, your unfailing providence sustains the world we live in and the life we live: Watch over those we love, those we don't know, those who work while others sleep, and grant that we may never forget that our common life depends upon each other’s toil

Amen

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REFORMATION DAY!

A Reformation Detonation

*As a result of October 31, 1517, hundreds of millions of Christians all over the world have submitted to God’s word as their highest authority (Sola Scriptura) and his teaching that salvation is a gift given by God’s grace alone (Sola Gratia) through the instrument of faith alone (Sola Fide) in the death and resurrection of their one savior and mediator, Jesus Christ (Sola Christus), so that all glory would always redound to the Triune God alone (Sola Deo Gloria).

Wherever the church opened the door to Jesus, repentance and reformation was like chemotherapy to the cancer of spiritual corruption and recovered belief in the gospel of Christ spread spiritual health through much of Europe, then on to the New World, Asia, and Africa. It spawned massive evangelism, church planting, Bible translation, and frontier missions efforts. And in its wake it brought about all manner of social good: stronger families, honest commerce, economic empowerment for the poor, hospitals and clinics for the sick, education for the masses, encouragement for the scientific enterprise, democratic forms of civic government, and on and on.

Father, today we celebrate Reformation Day! A day so many many years ago when Martin Luther nailed that thesis to the door of the church to say "We have submitted to God's Word as our highest authority and that salvation is a gift given by God's grace alone. Thank You for courageous men and women throughout history, and give us that courage today to stand firm on the Authority of Scripture and Salvation by grace alone. We love and desire You, Father and love the Word of Good. Amen.

*Taken from article by Jon Bloom, staff writer for desiringGod.org

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Unique

".... because he poured out his soul to death ...." Isa. 53:12 (ESV)

Father what a unique reminder of Jesus giving his life as a sacrifice to pay the penalty for our sin. " 10 Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt,.......11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities." Isa. 53:10-12." (ESV)

And Father we are also reminded: "21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. " 2 Cori. 5:21 (ESV)

Thank you Father for the forgiveness, reconciliation and peace we have through your grace and by faith in Jesus, our Savior.

In His Name, Amen.

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when we are weary

We come to you Lord because we know that you care about us and love us.

We confess that we are weak and need your strength to make it through today.

We give you our burdens, our pains, our cares, anxieties and all that is weighing us down.

We ask you to infuse us with strength that transcends spirit, body and soul.

We say amen in the caring name of Jesus.

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for grace filled conversation

Dear Lord,

Thank you for the grace that teaches us how to respond with seasoned speech.

Help us Holy Spirit to be patient before we respond to pain, criticism or correction.

Bless us to be your agents of grace to those around us as we speak words of healing.

In all we do, help us to honor you with the words that flow from our mouths.

In Jesus name we say amen.

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