Your name, and all it represents, lightens my heart, O Lord, as I consider your power and goodness. I trust in you and know that the world is in your hands. You care for me, because I seek you, to do your will. Continue reading “I trust you”
In Suffering Let My Faith Revive
So many needs, so many cries
In this old world of sin and pain,
How quick are we to believe our eyes,
And easy to forget you reign. Continue reading “In Suffering Let My Faith Revive”
So Tired, O Lord
So tired, O Lord, I’m tired —
The weight of life is crushing,
My duties always pushing,
I’m feeling uninspired. Continue reading “So Tired, O Lord”
Praise is Yours
Praise is yours as God almighty,
Power belongs to you, and glory;
You throw down the proud and haughty,
Humble souls you lift and carry.
Let your approval be my guide
Keep me from the desire to hear
The praise of men, from words and acts
Designed to gain the human eye;
Let your approval be my guide
In all I do and say, in heart,
In thought, in every plan and purpose.
Take Us High
Make us see, O Lord, the power in prayer,
Take us high in heaven under your care,
To ask unceasingly, in time alone,
That Christ in every place be preached and known.
Four supplications based on John the Baptist’s death
God of truth, keep us from making oaths and promises, so that we will not have to choose later between breaking them or doing wrong by keeping them. Continue reading “Four supplications based on John the Baptist’s death”
Make me true
Make me true, O God, inside and out,
With a single eye, and undiluted light,
An undivided heart, where grows no doubt,
A joyful walk by faith, and not by sight. Continue reading “Make me true”
A prayer for faith and change
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”
Fill me and show me
God Almighty, fill me with your Spirit that courage might possess me for proclaiming repentance and forgiveness of sins.
Show me clearly what is right, make me distinguish between good and evil.
Let me not be afraid to speak your truth so that others may be given opportunity to change.
Make love my motive, create in me the desire, above all others, to please you.