Power in Prayer

Tuesday, 6 November 2007

With All My Love
Topic: Praise
With All My Love

So many times I bring You problems, Lord.

It seems my life is filled with strife and care,

And when I need someone to see me through,

I always seek Your help, dear Lord, in prayer.

But for today, I bring no problems, Lord.

I simply come to worship and to pray.

I thank You for Your never-failing love,

And for Your mercies that are new each day.

I feel your presence in the morning hour,

A time when all the world is hushed and still.

In sweet communion, how my soul is blest.

With joy, I lift my cup for You to fill.

I bring You praise, O Lord, for all You've done,

Your faithfulness and blessings from above.

With thankfulness I offer up my gift-

A grateful heart, dear Lord,...with all my love.

(Beverly J. Anderson)

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I Have Feared Growing Older
Topic: Aging

I Have Feared Growing Older

Lord, I have feared growing older,
but I know that my life is in your hands.
Let me keep my eyes upon you and my hands busy with
your work.
And let me never be cast aside,
but always find things to do
so that I may praise you and praise you,
my faithful God.

- Maureen Pratt

Appropriate for many faiths

source: Copyright (c) 2005 by Maureen Pratt. From "Peace in the Storm: Meditations on Chronic Pain and Illness" by Maureen Pratt, published by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc. Reprinted with permission.

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Monday, 5 November 2007

Vegetarian Grace
Topic: Mealtime
Vegetarian Grace

We thank God for all the food placed before us for which no living creature has been sacrificed, and may there be peace on earth. Amen.

Appropriate for many faiths

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Sunday, 4 November 2007

Nighttime Prayer
Topic: Night
Nighttime Prayer

My God, I love You with all my heart. I thank You for having kept me safe this day. Pardon me the evil I have done, and accept the good I have done. Take care of me while I sleep and deliver me from all danger. May Your grace be always with me and with all my loved ones. Amen.

Christian

source: Adapted from a prayer at St. Francis Parish, Dracut, MA

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Saturday, 3 November 2007

For Families Torn by Addiction
Topic: Addiction
For Families Torn by Addiction

We pray, O God of hope,
for all families
whose lives are torn and disrupted
by drugs and alcohol.
Enable them to identify the illness.
Strengthen them to seek help.
Bless them with the power of your love,
which imparts transformation and wholeness
to those who trust in your name.
Grant that as they walk this tortured road,
they may journey together
and bound close in the bond of love.
Amen.

- Vienna Cobb Anderson

Appropriate for many faiths

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Friday, 2 November 2007

Blessings for Boys & Girls
Topic: Children
Blessings for Boys & Girls

For a girl:
May God make you like Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah.

For a boy:
May God make you like Ephraim and Menasheh.

(Both) May God bless you and keep you. May God make His face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you. May God lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.

Jewish

source: Traditional

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For All the Faithful Departed
Topic: Death/Mourning
For All the Faithful Departed

Jesus Christ, Lord of the living and dead: with each generation your body of believers grows and grows. Thank you for all who have gone before us, for what they achieved and what they learned. Give us strength to do your will to be your body now. Amen.

Christian

source: Reprinted from the "New Zealand Prayer Book" with permission of Harper SanFrancisco.

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Wednesday, 31 October 2007

What Need I Fear?
Topic: Fear
What Need I Fear?

Alone with none but thee, my God,
I journey on my way.
What need I fear when thou art near,
Oh king of night and day?
More safe am I within thy hand
Than if a host did round me stand.

- St. Columba (521-597)

Christian

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Monday, 29 October 2007

Prayer for Artists
Topic: Artists
Prayer for Artists

Bless the creators, O God of creation,
who by their gifts make the world
a more joyful and beautiful realm.
Through their labors
they teach us to see more clearly
the truth around us.
In their inspiration
they call forth wonder and awe
in our own living.
In their hope and vision
they remind us
that life is holy.
Bless all who create in your image,
O God of creation.
Pour your Spirit upon them
that their hearts may sing
and their works be fulfilling.
Amen.

- Vienna Cobb Anderson

Appropriate for many faiths

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Sunday, 28 October 2007

I Wait for HaShem
Topic: Mercy
I Wait for HaShem

Out of the depths have I called Thee, O HaShem.
Lord, hearken unto my voice; let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
If Thou, HaShem, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
For with Thee there is forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.

I wait for HaShem, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope.
My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning; yea, more than watchmen for the morning.
O Israel, hope in HaShem; for with HaShem there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption.
And He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

- Psalms 130: 1-8

Jewish

source: Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917); read a Christian translation

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