Daily Prayer

The Sigh of My Heart

Psalm 119:5 (ESV)
Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!

Spurgeon comments on this prayer:

“The sigh of the text is really a prayer, though it does not exactly take that form. Desires and longings are of the essence of supplication, and it little matters what shape they take. "O that" is as acceptable a prayer as "Our Father."

John Gill further explains:

“The psalmist, sensible of his own inability, as every good man is, to keep the commands of God, prays for grace, direction, and assistance in it; that the ways of his mind, his thoughts, affections, and inclinations, might be directed to an observance of the divine precepts….”

Father, I absolutely sense this need in my walk with You. That you grant me the ability and strength through Your Spirit to so live daily as to find compliance and comfort in obeying your Word. The Psalmist is so wise in understanding his own inability and Your total sufficiency in granting him the desire of his heart.

So Father, I also pray that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! It is the way of peace as I live to please You. It is the sigh of my heart.

Amen

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Nothing I asked for ...

I asked God for strength that I might achieve.

I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey.

I asked for health that I might do greater things.

I was given infirmity that I might do better things.

I asked for riches that I might be happy.

I was given poverty that I might be wise.

I asked for power that I might have the praise of men.

I was given weakness that I might feel the need of God.

I asked for all things that I might enjoy life.

I was given life that I might enjoy all things.

I got nothing I asked for, but everything I hoped for.

Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered.

I am, among all men, most richly blessed.

Amen

... Admiral Chester Nimitz

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Seek Him

Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:12, 13 ESV)

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That my life may be an act of worship ...

Lord, I would trust Thee completely; I would be altogether Thine; I would exalt Thee above all.

I desire that I may feel no sense of possessing anything outside of Thee.

I want constantly to be aware of Thy overshadowing Presence and to hear Thy speaking Voice.

I long to live in restful sincerity of heart.

I want to live so fully in the Spirit that all my thought may be as sweet incense ascending to Thee and every act of my life may be an act of worship.

Therefore I pray in the words of Thy great servant of old,

"I beseech Thee so for to cleanse the intent of mine heart with the unspeakable gift of Thy grace, that I may perfectly love Thee and worthily praise Thee."

And all this I confidently believe Thou wilt grant me through the merits of Jesus Christ Thy Son.

Amen.

... A.W. Tozer, "The Pursuit of God"

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Prayer for a New School Year

Father, we pray for the students as they go to school. Give them peace and grace. Give them sound minds to learn. Protect them. Bless their parents and help them to be supportive of their children. Give favor to the teachers, granting them grace and wisdom. Let them patiently impart knowledge to those who are in their care. Make our schools safe places for all who go there. In Jesus name. Amen

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TEACH ME HUMILITY

Proverbs 11:2 "When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom."

Dear Lord, wisdom is a gift of Your grace and Your grace is given only to the humble. Pride repels Your grace, but humility protects us from temptation, preserves our peace and prepares us for Your blessing. Thank You, Father, for telling us how to live in the way that pleases You. Help me to not be prideful, but teach me humility. I love You. Amen

Amen

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What Does God Ask of Us?

Father, when I say I love you I sometimes wonder how you would like me to express that love. Then, I remember how in your Word you have stated clearly the response you desire. Such as in Deuteronomy 10:12 (ESV)

"….. what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,”

Father to fear you is to live my life out of respect for you. To walk in your ways is to live my life in fellowship with you. To love you is to live my life worshiping you. To serve you is to live my life really caring for others with all of my heart and soul.

Father, thank you for this practical way of loving you and being helpful to others. Surely this is the meaning of what you require and what I long to do.

Amen

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Waiting

Dear Lord,
Help me to wait patiently. Open my eyes to the little blessing You pour into each and every day of my life, the little things that are so easy to overlook; raucous laughter of children, the buzz of "my" hummingbirds, and surprise pumpkins in what is supposed to be my flower garden. Thank you for walks in the woods, dragonflies hovering, and sunshine over all of it. Thank you for clay on my hands, water to wash, and eyes to see not only they physical, but the spiritual as well. Help me, Lord, to enjoy the wait and count the blessings.
Amen
PS. Thank you so very much for the blessing of a new grandson. I am incredibly blessed to share this joy with my son and his beautiful bride.

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Words of encouragement

"God allows in His wisdom that which

He could easily prevent in His power"

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"Just as water ever seeks and fills the lowest

Place, so the moment God finds you

Abased and empty, His glory and power flow in"

---( Andrew Murray)

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Amen

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That I may see my own faults ...

O Lord and Master of my life, do not give me the spirit of laziness, meddling, self-importance and idle talk.

Instead, grace me, Your servant, with the spirit of modesty, Humility, patience, and love.

Indeed, my Lord and King, grant that I may see my own faults,

And not condemn my brothers and sisters, for You are blessed unto ages of ages.

Amen.

...a prayer of Ephraim of Edessa, translation by Fr James Silver, Drew University and thanks to Hoss

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Father, we pray for those who are discouraged, for those who are struggling with their actions, for those who are having a hard time realizing who they are in Christ. Let them see their place as your children who are loved and treasured. Lift them up and encourage them. Help them to live as the new creation they are. Amen

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The Mercy of God

"Holy Father. Thy wisdom excites our admiration. Thy power fills us with fear. Thy omnipresence turns every spot of the earth into holy ground, but how shall we thank Thee enough for Thy mercy which comes down to the lowest part of our need to give us beauty for ashes, and the oil of joy for mourning and for the spirit of heaviness a garment of praise? We bless and magnify Thy mercy, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen"
~A.W. Tozer

Amen

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The Answer

Father, what we need to heal the brokenness of our world you have generously and freely provided. If only we had the humility to receive it, the wisdom to use it and the courage to proclaim it. Of course Father what we are praying about is the acceptance of the Gospel spoken of in John 3:16 “For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.”

But Father, I wonder when we will be desperate enough and determined enough to have the resolve to acknowledge You as the one who has given us the answer and the way in Your Son. He is the only way to forgiveness, peace and reconciliation on earth. It is a narrow way because it is only through faith in Him and yet it is wide because it encompasses the whole world.

Father I pray that the announcement given long ago on a hill outside of Bethlehem will be heard and accepted today: Peace on Earth “…..by making peace through the blood of His cross—. Colossians 1:20 (HCSB)

Father, this is the way You have chosen and it is Your answer.

Amen

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Help me become more childlike in heart ...

Dear Heavenly Father, please help me become more childlike in heart. Grant me the courage to leave behind the destructive attitudes of pretense and pride. Please forgive me for thinking more highly of myself than I ought. Help me to leave myself out of the picture and simply fix my eyes on Jesus. Help me to humbly accept the easy yoke of Jesus and simply be the person you called me to be. Please give me inner peace and security to daily choose this way of living so that I might know the rest that comes from living in your will, staying in step with the Holy Spirit. In Jesus' name, amen.

... prayer offered by Bill Williams, who writes at a spiritual oasis.

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