Daily Prayer

prayer in a scary diagnosis

My wife was initially diagnosed with MS in 2002. Six years later her diagnosis changed to neuromyelitis optica. I think this prayer, by Canon Andrew White, speaks to what it is like when one first hears the news of their disease.

Lord they tell me I have MS and at times I am afraid; my future, my family, my ambitions are all full of uncertainties, my body will not function as it used to and I no longer feel in control; at times, though surrounded by masses, I feel so alone.

In my fear will you enable me to trust you, in my vulnerability may I know your power and in my loneliness will you assure me of your presence.

Amen

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to be released from fear

Father, I give my fear to You. I have been crippled and poisoned by fear for too long. I reject it. I release it. I
choose faith instead of fear, believing in Your good plans for me. I choose love instead of fear, trusting that Your “perfect love” will cast out all fear (1 John 4:18). I choose Your light and truth instead of fear, accepting Your Word, which says I “need not fear terror that stalks in the night, the arrow that flies in the day, plague that strikes in the darkness, or calamity that destroys at noon,” because you are with me (Psalm 91:5-6, ISV). Amen

-a prayer offered by Bob Hostetler at Guideposts

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submerge me in your love

God,

Submerge me in the darkness of your love, that the consciousness of my false, everyday self falls away from me like a soiled garment.

May my 'deep self' fall into your presence knowing you alone carried away into eternity like a dead leaf in the November wind.

Amen

... Thomas Merton, The Ascent to Truth

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Lead me

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for those passing through grief

You are our shepherd Lord. You meet all of our needs.

We lift those grieving to you today.

We thank you for meeting all of their needs.

We pray that you would comfort them.

We know that you hold them close to your heart.

We praise you that their need for rest is met in you Lord.

Please lead those in pain in ways that would restore their soul.

We ask you Father to help them grieve.

We are confident of your presence with those who mourn.

May your love be felt by those who travel through this passage of sorrow.

Amen

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for second chances

Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. (Romans 10:1)

Nothing moves our hearts as much as when we pray for the people we love. These prayers seem doubly moving when they deal with our loved ones relationship with God. I think that we pray this way because we know from experience that a relationship with God will help our loved ones in the way that we have been helped.

Father, I am reminded that salvation has a beginning. Sometimes a renewed beginning. A second chance. I ask that my loved ones and others will be granted a new beginning - even a second or third chance. Draw them to You Lord. Show them Your goodness - the kind that will lead them to repent. I commit them to You and to Your love.

Amen

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May the mind of Christ, my Savior.

May the mind of Christ, my Savior,
Live in me from day to day,
By His love and pow’r controlling
All I do and say.
May the Word of God dwell richly
In my heart from hour to hour,
So that all may see I triumph
Only through His pow’r.
May the peace of God my Father
Rule my life in everything,
That I may be calm to comfort
Sick and sorrowing.
May the love of Jesus fill me
As the waters fill the sea;
Him exalting, self abasing,
This is victory.
May I run the race before me,
Strong and brave to face the foe,
Looking only unto Jesus
As I onward go.
May His beauty rest upon me,
As I seek the lost to win,
And may they forget the channel,
Seeing only Him.

~K.B. Wilkinson

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to rest and be content

Lord, grant us true contentment…
Acceptance of what each day brings,
Joy in you and not in things,
Tranquility in storm or strife,
Serenity in all of life;
That when you whisper, ‘Peace, be still,’
We’ll wait upon your perfect will,
Knowing we will soon be blessed
By love that only wants our best.
Help us see that we are meant
To rest in you… and be content.
Amen

-this prayer from author BJ Hoff

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victory

Today LORD, we lift up all those who are broken. All those who feel lost and confused. We ask that you empower the ones who have fallen to rise! The ones who are in shattered pieces to hope!

Oh, God, give strength to the weary and power to the helpless.

May your love fill us all to overflowing as we trust you to be victorious in all things.

Amen

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for our worship

Lord God,

We exalt Your name above all names, knowing that Your power is great and mighty! We come before You today with the words of Jesus in our hearts, "You shall worship the Lord Your God and him only shall you serve." (Matthew 4:10)

We confess that we have many idols in our hearts, when we know that we are to only worship You. We confess that the ways of the world draw us in, but Your one desire is for us to be drawn to You. Help us in our worship, O Lord. Help us to remove all that worship above You so that You hold the only place in our hearts that long to worship.

For God, YOU ARE GOOD. You are worthy of praise. May we bow down at Your feet, acknowledging who You are. Reign in our hearts, Lord God.

Amen

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in remembrance

Memories elicit so my feelings in me Father.

I am thankful when I remember the joyous times in my life.

I am forgiving when I ponder the times that you were faithful even when I was not.

I am joyful when I consider the blessings of my childhood.

I am trusting in hard times because I recall that you are with me.

I am filled with faith as I recollect the faithfulness of Jesus.

Mostly my memories remind me that you love me and care about me.

I love you Lord.

Amen

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spiritual growth prayer

In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 1:4-6)

There is a symbiotic relationship in spiritual growth. We plant spiritual seeds when we seek the Lord and God causes the growth of those seeds. I love that the apostle says that he is confident that God will complete the work that He started in our lives because it creates an atmosphere of grace around spiritual growth.

Thank you Father that You are working in us. You are causing us to grow. You are conforming us into the image of Your Son. Help us to be sensitive to Your presence in our lives that we would be cooperative children that help other grow.

Amen

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My salvation

In confidence of your goodness and great mercy, O Lord,
I draw near to you,
as a sick person to the healer,
as one hungry and thirsty to the fountain of life,
a creature to the creator,
a desolate soul to my own tender comforter.
Behold, in you is everything I can or should desire.
You are my salvation and my redemption,
my hope and my strength.
Bring joy, therefore, to the soul of your servant;
for to you, O Lord,
have I lifted my soul.

Source: Thomas à Kempis
Amen

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make us instruments of heaven

We affirm dear Father that out citizenship is in heaven. Our desire is for your will to be done and your kingdom to come on earth as it is in heaven. Our hearts cry out for a better world where pain and tears are no more. We pray dear Lord that you would make us instruments of heaven that we might be ones who ease the suffering of others and help to dry their tears. We praise you for the future hope of heaven and our present hope of heavenly ministry. To you belongs the glory and honor forever.

Amen

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