Oh, Lord, it is easy to see why some scribe probably added this beautiful ending to our Lord’s example of a disciple’s prayer: Continue reading “Yours is the power”
We confess our discontent
Father, we confess our discontent, our murmurings, our complaints, our dissatisfaction with your provisions. We have sinned! Gratitude has been squeezed out of our hearts by our desire for more, for something different, for something else. Continue reading “We confess our discontent”
Help the indecisive to follow the Lord
For those who have learned the truth but have yet to obey it, Lord, we pray. Possession of the truth is precious. So few have heard the gospel. To be blessed by someone sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Continue reading “Help the indecisive to follow the Lord”
Thanks for small victories
Thank you, God above, for small victories. Let us not overlook them as we wait for the greater triumph. Help us to make the small victories accumulate until they lead to the ultimate one.
What is there not to say in prayer?
What is there not to say in prayer,
O Lord, to you who knows all things,
Who reads the heart’s covert intent,
The baseless fears to which man clings? Continue reading “What is there not to say in prayer?”
Unknown the evil face
Unknown the evil face behind
Those gentle words and pleasant smiles;
So make me see, where others are blind,
The hidden intent of the devil’s wiles. Continue reading “Unknown the evil face”
For every tear I ever cried
This life will end, O Lord, when the cloud
Transports the Savior here below;
When the angel blows the trumpet loud,
I want to rise to Him and go Continue reading “For every tear I ever cried”
To see who we are
Father, your glory shows your nature. Although we get only a glimpse of your power and might, yet what we do see reflects your true self.
We also want others to see who we truly are as your children, as redeemed people, as saints concerned to do right, as those who reject evil and embrace righteousness. Continue reading “To see who we are”
Far from your presence
Nothing surpasses having a clean heart, O God, so that we may come near to you. Far from your presence, we chase after love in endless pursuit and constant frustration. Let us turn to you in full confidence of faith, knowing that the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin, that the Spirit transforms us into the divine image, and that you work in us and through us and for us for your eternal glory. Continue reading “Far from your presence”
What yet we lack
Show us, God who sees the hearts and minds of all, what yet we lack to be complete in Christ.
Our one desire is for eternal life. Let us be willing to surrender anything in order to possess it.
Our one direction is toward heaven. Help us to remove any obstacle in our way.
Our one goal is to be like Christ. Keep us from quenching the Spirit and frustrating his work in us toward that end.