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Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Prayer for Those in Need of Respect
Topic: Despair
Prayer for Those in Need of Respect

Most merciful God,
there are many in this city
who hate themselves,
who consider their lives worthless,
who have not known the healing of love.
Touch them with the wonder and power
of your transforming love
that their lives may be made whole,
that they may find fulfillment in life,
that they may rejoice in your blessing.
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.

Posted by kupaakani at 5:28 AM HST
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Do Not Lose Heart
Topic: Despair
Do Not Lose Heart

Therefore we do not lose heart.
Though outwardly we are wasting away,
yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
For our light and momentary troubles
are achieving for us an eternal glory
that far outweighs them all.
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen,
but on what is unseen.
For what is seen is temporary,
but what is unseen is eternal.

- 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Christian
source: The Bible (New International Version)

Posted by kupaakani at 11:49 PM HST
Prayer for the Homeless
Topic: Homeless
Prayer for the Homeless

O God, as Naomi and Ruth journeyed from one land to another seeking a home, we ask your blessing upon all who are homeless in this world. You promised to your chosen people a land flowing with milk and honey; so inspire us to desire the accomplishment of your will that we may work for the settlement of those who are homeless in a place of peace, protection, and nurture, flowing with opportunity, blessing, and hope. 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.

Posted by kupaakani at 11:45 PM HST
Sunday, 11 November 2007
Prayer for Lonely People
Topic: Despair
Prayer for Lonely People

Loving God,
there are times in each life
when there is no one.
No one with whom to share
a word,
a laugh,
a sad remembrance,
a gentle touch,
a fond embrace,
a kiss of love.
Bless each one who suffers
from such loneliness.
Enrich life with a friend
or gentle stranger
who will spend a moment
noticing
and loving.
In those times
your love shines through,
the world is reborn,
and Christ is known.
So be it!
Amen.

- Vienna Cobb Anderson Christian
source: Adapted from "Prayers of Our Hearts" © 1991 Vienna Cobb Anderson. Reprinted with the permission of the author.

Posted by kupaakani at 4:17 AM HST
Saturday, 10 November 2007
Prayer of Thanks
Topic: Gratitude/Thanks

Prayer of Thanks

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
Father in heaven,
We thank thee.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson Appropriate for many faiths

Posted by kupaakani at 4:06 AM HST
Friday, 9 November 2007
Prayer to Refrain From Violence
Topic: Violence
Prayer to Refrain From Violence

Thou givest a hand to transgressors, and thy right hand is stretched out to receive the penitent; thou hast taught us, O Lord our God, to make confession unto thee of all our sins, in order that we may cease from the violence of our hands, that thou mayest receive us into thy presence in perfect repentance.

Jewish
source: Hebrew Prayer Book, (The Sanctuary)

Posted by kupaakani at 11:46 AM HST
Thursday, 8 November 2007
Psalm of Comfort
Topic: Comfort
Psalm of Comfort

As the deer longs for the water-brooks,
so longs my soul for you, O God.

My soul is athirst for God, athirst for the living God;
when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?

My tears have been my food day and night,
while all day long they say to me, "Where now is your God?"

I pour out my soul when I think on these things;
how I went with the multitude and led them into the house of God,

With the voice of praise and thanksgiving,
among those who keep holy-day.

Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul?
and why are you so disquieted within me?

Put your trust in God;
for I will yet give thanks to him, who is the help of my countenance, and my God.

- Psalms 42: 1-7 Christian, appropriate for many faiths
source: Book of Common Prayer 1979; read a Jewish translation

Posted by kupaakani at 11:37 AM HST
Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Prayer of Despair
Topic: Despair
Prayer of Despair

I have been rejected and despised;
I am hurting and destroyed by the pain.
I am angry with others and with you, O God,
for there is no comfort, none anywhere.
I call your name and you are absent.
I wonder why you let me suffer so.
My cries echo in the universe
and ring in my ears
and I am weary of the taste of my tears.
Hear my plea, O God of love.
Let me not be destroyed
by this agony on the brink of death.
I am like a broken reed,
fragile and crushed.
Hear my plea, O God of love.
Let me not be destroyed.
Amen.

- Vienna Cobb Anderson Appropriate for many faiths
source: Adapted from "Prayers of Our Hearts" © 1991 Vienna Cobb Anderson. Reprinted with permission of the author.

Posted by kupaakani at 10:09 PM HST
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)

Posted by kupaakani at 9:14 PM HST
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.

Posted by kupaakani at 9:09 PM HST

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