I know not what the day may hold,
But he who rules it I know;
He gives me joy and makes me bold,
And cheers me in my woe. Continue reading “A prayer for faith and change”
Make us new again today
Make us new again today, O Lord! Just as you make the sun arise to produce a new day, may the Lord Jesus shine anew in our hearts.
The trials and challenges of the yesterday have left their mark. For those of today we seek new strength. For the storms that quickly arise we need more faith. Give us clearer sight for new opportunities.
Make us new again today!
Let zeal enlarge our sight
Your people, rooted in eternity,
Beyond the physical, visible world can see;
By faith we measure walls and streets and gates,
A heavenly gift to lighten earthly weights. Continue reading “Let zeal enlarge our sight”
With darkened thoughts and lonely sighs
Ah, Lord, the heart is weighed
With darkened thoughts and lonely sighs;
None care to listen, none have paid
The price, none seek the heavenly prize.
Can seven thousand faithful hide
Among a wayward church? Have they
No objecting voice? Have they not cried
Against the obscene who dance and play? Continue reading “With darkened thoughts and lonely sighs”
I believe
I believe — help my unbelief!
Without faith, my life will come to grief;
O God Almighty, power is yours, and might,
To you I turn, who dwells in purest light; Continue reading “I believe”
I believe, I know
Lord Almighty, I believe,
Forgive my unbelief;
For lack of trust in you I grieve,
Of sins this is the chief.
My eyes can’t see, for all their strength,
The plans that you have made,
Nor love in all its depth and length
That marked my sins as paid.
Your gentle presence I cannot feel,
To touch my senses fail;
My hazy sight can’t but conceal
Your hand within the gale.
But this I know: You move and speak,
You answer when I kneel;
Your wing protects the small and weak—
I know my God is real.
To Whom Shall We Go, and Where?
To whom shall we go, and where?
You have the words of life,
Our portion and our share;
Your flesh and blood, our fare.
Though all turn back and leave,
We stay to follow and serve;
It’s not that we’re naive,
But truly we believe.
—JRM
Lord, we believe
Lord, we believe that you created the heavens and the earth and that you infuse both with your presence, working in every place to fulfill your will.
Nowhere can man go in the universe away from your presence. This is to us a great comfort and reassurance.
We place our lives in your hands, our future in your care, our faith in your promise.
We trust in you. Our faith is in the faithfulness of Christ. Take us to the end. Amen.
We rush to and fro as if we lived in caves and had to kill our food fresh each day!
Lord, as I read of life in the 1600s among oppressed peoples, I’m impressed again with what convenience, what ease, what pleasant blessings are ours. But still we murmur, still we fret, still we rush to and fro as if we lived in caves and had to kill our food fresh each day! Forgive us as we lay our hands upon our mouths.