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Power in Prayer
Sunday, 8 July 2007
Spouse with Chronic Illness
Topic: Health/Healing
Spouse with Chronic Illness
Accept the state of your body today, this instant, and turn to God. If you wake feeling strong and vibrant, be that, and turn to God. If you wake in pain and fear, accept that, and turn to God. Gently let your spouse know that you cherish him/her for the goodness of his/her heart, but that you free him/her from having to assume your burden, because you have given this burden to God. - Hugh and Gayle Prather  Appropriate for many faiths
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at 9:32 AM HDT
Grant Us Your Peace
Topic: Peace
Grant Us Your Peace
O Lord, my God,
grant us your peace; already, indeed, you have made us rich in all things!
Give us that peace of being at rest,
that sabbath peace,
the peace which knows no end. - St. Augustine Christian
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at 9:30 AM HDT
Prayer for Those in Despair
Topic: Peace
Prayer for Those In Despair
Send your life-giving Spirit
upon those who despair of living,
O generous and loving God.
If it is your will,
let them find rest from their labors
that they may have peace.
If there is a call they have not heard,
open their eyes and ears to know it
that they may find the joy of abundant life.
Grant them your blessing this day
and every day.
Amen. - Vienna Cobb Anderson Appropriate for many faiths source: Adapted from "Prayers of Our Hearts" © 1991 Vienna Cobb Anderson. Reprinted with the permission of the author.
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at 9:26 AM HDT
Prayer for the Holy Rest
Topic: Bedtime
Prayer for Holy Rest
O Lord, support us all the day long, until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes, and the busy world lies hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then in thy mercy grant us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last. Christian source: Book of Common Prayer 1979
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at 9:25 AM HDT
Sunday, 1 July 2007
Prayer for the Unsaved
Topic: Searching for God
Prayer to Believe in Christ's Name
Father, I'm praying for (name one or more) and others in my circle of family and friends who need Christ...
As I pray for these who are not yet saved, there is so much at stake. I can't help but think of all the lives they'll touch and pray for in their lifetimes following their salvation, and the impact they can have for generations to come! (Psalm 22:30–31)
I thank You that You have clearly said in Your Word that You want the lost to come to You through Christ—that You want all men to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth. I thank You that Jesus gave Himself as a ransom for all men. No one was left out of His sacrifice; the price has already been paid. (1 Timothy 2:1–6)
Jesus came into the world as the true light that gives light to every person. May these who are unsaved see His light and be drawn to it, loving it more than the darkness. May they receive Christ and believe in His name—trusting and relying on Him, not simply understanding who He is—for those who do are given the right to become Your children. (John 1:9; 3:19; 1:12)
Grant them new life.
In Jesus' name, amen. - Jim & Kaye Johns source: "Prayers for the Moment: One-Minute Scripture Prayers" By Jim & Kaye Johns Copyright September 2006. Reprinted with permission of B&H Publishing Group
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at 10:07 PM HDT
Saturday, 30 June 2007
Thank You for This Amazing Day
Topic: Gratitude/Thanks
Thank You for This Amazing Day
i thank You God for most this amazing
day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun’s birthday; this is the birth
day of life and love and wings: and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)
how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any-lifted from the no
of all nothing-human merely being
doubt unimaginably You?
(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened) - e. e. cummings Appropriate for many faiths
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at 11:03 AM HDT
Friday, 29 June 2007
Blessing Over Fruit
Topic: Blessing
Blessing Over Fruit
Blessed art Thou, Lord our God, King of the universe who creates the fruit of the tree.
Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha-olam borei pri ha-etz. Jewish source: Traditional
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at 6:13 AM HDT
Thursday, 28 June 2007
Prayer for People with AIDS
Topic: AIDS/HIV
Prayer for People With AIDS
Hear our prayer, O God of mercy and love,
for all who suffer with AIDS.
Grant unto them tender and loving companions
who will support them in the midst of fear.
Give them hope for each day to come
that every day may be lived with courage and faith.
Bless them with an abundance of your love
that they may live with concern for others
and not be obsessed with their own illness.
Pour upon them the peace and wholeness
which you alone can give.
Amen. - Vienna Cobb Anderson Appropriate for many faiths source: Adapted from "Prayers of Our Hearts" © 1991 Vienna Cobb Anderson. Reprinted with the permission of the author.
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at 12:13 PM HDT
Prayer for Expectant Mothers
Topic: Pregnancy
Prayer for an Expectant Mother
Father, we thank you for your marvellous gift; you have allowed us to share in your divine parenthood. During this time of waiting, we ask you to protect and nurture these first mysterious stirrings of life. May our child come safely into the light of the world and to the new birth of baptism. Mother of God, we entrust our child to your loving heart. Amen. Christian source: The Pope's Family Prayer Book
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at 11:47 AM HDT
Tuesday, 26 June 2007
Prayer for Someone Who Is Ill
Topic: Health/Healing
For Someone Who Is IllAlmighty God our heavenly Father, graciously comfort your servant _______ in his suffering, and bless the means made use of for his cure. Fill his heart with confidence that, though at times he may be afraid, he yet may put his trust in you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Christian source: Book of Common Prayer 1979
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at 11:01 PM HDT
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