Daily Prayer

help us to hear your voice

Help us Lord to be sensitive to your words.

Lead us as we develop our spiritual ears.

Teach us to pay attention to your voice within.

Let each new day be one of revelation.

Open our ears to the sounds of your Spirit.

Give us grace that we might obey.

For it is in hearing that we learn.

And it is in doing that we understand.

Amen

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I have been recovering from ankle surgery for three months now. Progress is not what I expected. I have had a few painful relapses. I am back in a wheelchair today. It reminds me of how so much of my journey has been about learning to wait on the Lord.

So Lord, I pray that you might help we who hurt, as we wait. Help us to remember that you are not the author of our pain. Nor are you hesitant to help us. Give us eyes to see you in our pain. Help us to see past our frustrations.

We affirm Father, that you are kind and you are loving. You are the answer and not the problem. We testify that we have known your blessing and experienced your compassion. Endow us with divine patience as we wait.

Amen

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Prayer for the broken

For anyone who is experiencing brokenness in their life, there is good news.

God can take each one of us from that state of being broken to a glorious BREAKTHROUGH.

The process of this restoration will always begin with PRAYER. It is the beginning of all things HOLY and all things good. It is the beginning of all things REDEEMED.

I pray that all who are in this state of bondage right now will begin crying out to the only One who can loose our chains. The only One who can give us strength. The only One who can perfect that work within us.

LORD, give us eyes to see that You are the One who breaks the bonds of brokenness and ushers in a beautiful and glorious breakthrough. Help us to keep our eyes on you. Help us to keep our focus on the eternal. Give us a longing for your Word and for prayer. And perfect within us that work that you began in us on the day of our salvation.

Amen

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O God, stay with me; let no word cross my lips that is not your word, no thoughts enter my mind that are not your thoughts, no deed ever done or entertained by me that is not your deed. Amen!

~Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990)
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Priceless

I have treasured the words from his mouth more than my daily food.

Job 23:12 (CSB Bible)

Matthew 4:4 (ESV)

“It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Father, help us to understand the vital necessity of the daily reading and meditating on your Word to the sustenance of our spiritual life. Help us to follow the counsel and guidance of the Scriptures given by the Holy Spirit to: "Let Christ's word with all its wisdom and richness live in you....." Colossians 3:16 (GW)

Indeed Father how: "How sweet your word is to my taste —sweeter than honey in my mouth." Psalm 119:103 (CSB Bible)

Thank you Father for this spiritual daily bread that is sweet to our taste, nourishing to our soul, renewing to our mind and invigorating to our life as we daily partake of it's treasures and truth. As the Scriptures say: "9....The laws of the LORD are true; each one is fair. 10 .....They are sweeter than honey, even honey dripping from the comb. Psalm 19:9-10 (NLT)

And Father may we also say with the Psalmist: "I have treasured your word in my heart so that I may not sin against you." Psalm 119:11 (CSB Bible)

In the name of the Living Word, Jesus our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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a prayer to be sensitive

Dear Lord,

Things are not always as they seem.

Teach us to be understanding towards others.

Help us to return love when we are not loved.

And cause us to bless in hard times.

Give us inner eyes that see as you see.

Let us be people who encourage hurting people.

In all things bless us to be merciful and kind.

Cause love and compassion to flow from us.

Amen

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when things are against us

I said, “This is my fate - my lot in life.

God has seemed to turn against me.”

But then I recall all you have done, O Lord;

I remember your wonderful deeds in my life.

I meditate on them and find hope in You.

I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works.

Again I commit my ways to you again dear Lord.

I will trust you to work things for my good.

For you love me greatly dear Heavenly Father.
I will praise you even when I do not hear your voice.

You are my God and I will seek you in the darkness.

I will persevere in faith, hope and love.

Amen

- with inspiration from Psalm 77

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Something different

So many times we expect something new to take place in our lives. We want a new thing. A new vision. A new revelation.

We want the LORD to do something new and different within us but yet we are still doing the same thing as before. Reading the WORD the same way. Studying the Bible the same way. Praying the same way.

Truth is if we want the LORD to do something different in our spiritual lives, we have to do something different with Him! We have to do something different with the WORD!

Let our prayer be for a new hunger and a new thirst for the WORD to change us and transform us into new creations! Let’s begin reading and studying with expectancy. Let’s begin praying with more fervor. Let’s start asking God to open our ears and hearts to His plan for our lives.

It’s never too late to start desiring a newness in our lives.

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a prayer to be held steady

Lord,

In Your power and strength, grace and mercy, we come before You today to remember and celebrate all that You are, all that You have done, and all that You will do.

Steady us, O Lord, in a constantly moving world, in truths that never change: Your faithfulness, You light, Your constant presence, and the gift of the Spirit. Remind us of who we are: chosen, seated, included, renewed, filled. We belong to You, and You have given us gifts to serve others and glorify You. These are truth that are sure, steady, and that cannot be taken from us.

Give us the courage to let go of the things in the world that seem to give more steady truth than Your truth, and the trust in Your sovereign ways that lay out a path before us. Reveal to us all the ways in which You alone are our rock, sure and steady, unmoving and true.

For in the day of trouble

he will keep me safe in his dwelling;

he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent

and set me high upon a rock. (Psalm 27:5)

Amen

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Labor Day

Father, we give thanks for those who have built this country, for those who keep everything running, and for those who move our food and goods. Bless them with health and provision. Amen

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COME SOON, LORD JESUS

Mark 13:26,27 "At that time men will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens."

Oh Father, how I long for the day of Your coming! As I watch and wait, help me to keep short accounts with You, to be sensitive to my sins and failures, to be immediately in confession and whole hearted repentance. Let me keep my mind, and heart pure before You. Let me look forward to Your coming witg a joyful and worshiping heart, Give me opportunities to share you love and grace to those who don't know You. Do a mighty work of salavation in hearts so they too can rejoice at Your coming.

Come Soon Lord Jesus. I love You. Amen!

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"..... if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain,..." 1 Peter 3:17 (BBE)

"Embrace it" is what she said, my dermatologist. I have a rash that is symptomatic to old age. I guess it comes with the territory. Some rashes can be medically helped and sometimes with natural medicine. But my diagnosis is "There is no cure at the present time." I know that pain is a challenge and grace is a gift to enable me to embrace the challenge. What is good enough for the Apostle Paul ought to be good enough for me.

2 Corinthians 12:8-9 (ESV)

8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me.

9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Dear Father, you know I hate pain. It is such a nuisance, distraction and misery. And yet I know that through pain your goodness, will, and glory can be revealed in astonishing ways. And that is what truly matters. "For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison," 2 Corinthians 4:17 (ESV)

So Father, by your grace and strength I will embrace it and rejoice in what you see fit to accomplish through it. But I do pray with the Psalmist: "Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace." Psalm 86:6 (ESV)

Thank you Father that: "I can do all things through him who strengthens me." Phil. 4:13 (ESV)

In the name of Jesus who suffered so much and willingly for me. Amen!

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to see with the eyes of heaven

This image reminds me of my need to see the world through the eyes of God.

So Lord help me to cross the aisle and choose to see things like you.

Help me Father to embrace the good things in life - even when things are bad.

Give me new vision that I might see everything with heavenly eyes.

Teach me Jesus to follow you as you open the eyes of my heart to see as you see.

Amen

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a prayer for unity

Dear Lord,

Help us to know that we need each other.

Remove from us all sorts of narcissism.

Teach us to live in close community.

Bless our eyes to see you in those around us.

Cause compassion to rise up in us.

Give us a heart to love and be loved.

In all things lead us to live in prayerful unity.

Amen

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