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Power in Prayer
Sunday, 26 October 2008
I Cannot Do This Alone
Topic: Grace
O God, early in the morning I cry to you.
Help me to pray
And to concentrate my thoughts on you:
I cannot do this alone.
In me there is darkness,
But with you there is light;
I am lonely, but you do not leave me;
I am feeble in heart, but with you there is help;
I am restless, but with you there is peace.
In me there is bitterness, but with you there is patience;
I do not understand your ways,
But you know the way for me…
Restore me to liberty,
And enable me to live now
That I may answer before you and before me.
Lord, whatever this day may bring,
Your name be praised. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer TAGS: Christian, comfort, Depression, Guidance, hope, loneliness, Morning, Protestant, Strength & Courage
Posted by kupaakani
at 8:13 PM HDT
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Keep Us From Pettiness
Topic: Grace
Keep Us From Pettiness
Keep us, O God, from pettiness; let us be large in thought, in word, in deed.
Let us be done with faultfinding and leave off self-seeking.
May we put away all pretenses and meet each other, face to face, without self-pity and without prejudice.
May we never be hasty in judgment and always generous.
Let us take time for all things; make us to grow calm, serene, gentle.
Teach us to put in action our better impulses-straightforward and unafraid.
Grant that we may realize it is the little things of life that create difficulties; that in the big things of life we are as one.
Oh, Lord, let us not forget to be kind.
Amen. - Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots 
Posted by kupaakani
at 8:01 PM HDT
Sunday, 1 June 2008
Just for Today
Topic: Grace
Just for Today
Lord, for tomorrow and its needs,
I do not pray;
Keep me, my God, from stain of sin
Just for today.
Let me both diligently work,
And duly pray.
Let me be kind in word and deed,
Just for today.
Let me be slow to do my will,
Prompt to obey;
Help me to sacrifice myself
Just for today.
And if today my tide of life
Should ebb away,
Give me thy Sacraments divine,
Sweet Lord today.
So for tomorrow and its needs
I do not pray,
But keep me, guide me, love me, Lord,
Just for today. - Sybil F. Partridge
Posted by kupaakani
at 5:10 PM HDT
Monday, 25 February 2008
Help Us Remember
Topic: Grace
Help Us Remember
Heavenly Father,
Help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mother who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious moments with her children.
Help us to remember that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man who can't make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing his apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting his student loans for next semester.
Remind us, Lord, that the scary looking bum, begging for money in the same spot every day (who really ought to get a job!) is a slave to addictions that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares.
Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment, knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, this will be the last year that they go shopping together.
Heavenly Father, remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the greatest gift is love. It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear. Open our hearts not to just those who are close to us, but to all humanity. Let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, empathy and love.
- Author Unknown Appropriate for many faiths source: Submitted by Beliefnet member briciola |
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Posted by kupaakani
at 12:49 PM HST
Tuesday, 9 October 2007
Your Love & Your Grace
Topic: Grace
Your Love and Your Grace
Take, O Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my will; all that I have and possess. You have given them to me; to you, O Lord, I restore them. All things are yours: Dispose of them according to your will. Give me your love and your grace; for this is enough for me. - St. Ignatius of Loyola Christian
Posted by kupaakani
at 7:30 AM HDT
Sunday, 30 September 2007
Every Minute
Topic: Grace
Every Minute
Through every minute of this day, be with me, Lord!
Through every day of all this week, be with me, Lord!
Through every week of all this year, be with me, Lord!
So shall the days and weeks and years be threaded on a golden cord.
And all draw on with sweet accord into thy fullness, Lord, that so,
When time is past,
By grace I may, at last,
Be with thee, Lord. - John Oxenham Christian source: From "The Power of Prayerful Living" (Rodale)
Posted by kupaakani
at 4:18 AM HDT
Friday, 28 September 2007
My Prayer
Topic: Grace
My Prayer Heavenly Father, Your grace I pray To help me through each coming day. When times are hard, my spirit's low, Upon my knees to You I go. I know that You will hear my plea, For You are always watching me. You may not answer right away, But my fears will go, they do not stay. Then in Your time and at Your will, Your peace will come if I am still. So I will trust my faith to You-- Your word and love are always true. (Milly Patzer)
Posted by kupaakani
at 11:40 AM HDT
Thursday, 9 August 2007
Prayer to Live With Grace
Topic: Grace
Prayer to Live With Grace
May we discover through pain and torment,
the strength to live with grace and humor.
May we discover through doubt and anguish,
the strength to live with dignity and holiness.
May we discover through suffering and fear,
the strength to move toward healing.
May it come to pass that we be restored to health and to vigor.
May Life grant us wellness of body, spirit, and mind.
And if this cannot be so, may we find in this transformation and passage
moments of meaning, opportunities for love
and the deep and gracious calm that comes
when we allow ourselves to move on.
- Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro Appropriate for many faiths
Posted by kupaakani
at 10:49 AM HDT
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