The good news of Christ
On the Smithville TN church site, Charles Brown gives 11 suggestions on prayer. Here’s the first:
01 – PRAY MORE. The average Christian spends a very limited amount of time in prayer. We often reserve prayer for emergency use only. How much time would you estimate you spent in prayer yesterday? How much time last week? More Daniels are needed today (Dan 6: 10).
Read them all at this link.
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”
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”
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”
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”
O LORD God, our dear Father in heaven, we give thanks on this new day for the very gift of life that ignites our otherwise lifeless mortal bodies. Continue reading “A prayer of gratitude and for wisdom: For the very gift of life”
Let not our age pass by in vain,
Our days without your hand;
Make justice strong, let evil wane
Like time’s few grains of sand. Continue reading “Read this and say amen: Let not our age pass by in vain”
The wicked world grows daily worse,
And adds its sins to sin,
The evildoer ignores your curse,
To feed his flesh and skin. Continue reading “Come save your flock”
We are not alone, O God, for you are with us wherever we go.
We are not helpless, for your Spirit gives us power. Continue reading “We are not”
Father of us all, we hope in your promise of the resurrection, with the Lord Jesus as our guarantee. Raise us up in power!
Lord, we plunge our hands in your Spirit, to be empowered for the work to which we are called. Act mightily in us!
True and living God, we have no other God but you, no other love, no other pledge. Show us your glory!