My God, supply my every need,
Hear now my plea, come down and hear;
The heart is weak, knees knock in fear—
Let me upon your courage feed. Continue reading “Prayer: My God, Supply My Every Need”
Prayer: Make things happen for people to be reached with the gospel
Lord, we don’t know how to make things happen for people to be reached with the gospel. Throw us out into the midst of the nations. Put us in the path of people headed toward perdition. Though we ask no miracle, send us to the lost, like Peter to Cornelius, Phillip to the eunuch, Ananias to Saul. Continue reading “Prayer: Make things happen for people to be reached with the gospel”
Prayer: Surround us with saintly friends
God of love, surround us with saintly friends, so that when we falter or stumble, they may be close by to steady us. And, likewise, may be walk beside them to give them support and encouragement in the hour of woe, in days of dread, in moments of weakness. Continue reading “Prayer: Surround us with saintly friends”
Fulfill your promise, sworn and made
Let the life of Christ be ours,
The Spirit’s joy in us as well;
Employ around us all your powers,
Repelling fiery darts of hell. Continue reading “Fulfill your promise, sworn and made”
A prayer for all the children, and for our true religion
For the children who have no parents, we pray that we might fulfill their needs.
For children from broken homes, traumatized by divorce, give them assurance that they are innocent and not responsible for their parents’ mistakes. Continue reading “A prayer for all the children, and for our true religion”
A prayer for the eternal plan: Make sluggish feet nimble to move forward
Like the saints who shook the world of old, give us courage, O God, to face the lies of Satan and speak the truth of Christ, for only the gospel can save.
Free us from our worries that we might know the power of Scripture. Continue reading “A prayer for the eternal plan: Make sluggish feet nimble to move forward”
Let swell in us your love of souls
Let swell in us your love of souls,
To speak the news of saving death;
Let men believe that we are fools,
So one might feel the Spirit’s breath. Continue reading “Let swell in us your love of souls”
To love and serve
Father, while last night we counted our blessings of the day, we awaken this morning to the prospect of wonderful opportunities to love and serve.
We will be grateful also in each moment of this day, for what we may learn and for how we may be of use to the kingdom. Continue reading “To love and serve”
We are love
“God is love,” you tell us,
not merely that you have it,
or share it, or greatly show it;
It’s your very nature,
who you are, infused
throughout, you cannot be
Yourself without loving. Continue reading “We are love”
The movement of truth
Your truth from heaven must travel to me,
Borne by the Spirit, bound in the Bible,
Lived by our Lord in his mission of love,
Such glories sublime to gladden my heart. Continue reading “The movement of truth”