06.30.09
A Psalm for Giving Thanks
Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
Worship the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the LORD is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his ;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
- Psalm 100
06.29.09
Examine My Heart and Mind
Test me, O LORD, and try me,
examine my heart and my mind;
for your love is ever before me,
and I walk continually in your truth.
I do not sit with deceitful men,
nor do I consort with hypocrites;
I abhor the assembly of evildoers
and refuse to sit with the wicked.
I wash my hands in innocence,
and go about your altar, O LORD,
proclaiming aloud your praise
and telling of all your wonderful deeds.
-Psalm 26:2-7
06.25.09
Spirit Divine, Attend Our Prayers
Spirit divine, attend our prayers, and make this house Thy home;
Descend with all Thy gracious powers, O come, great Spirit, come!
Come as the light; to us reveal our emptiness and woe,
And lead us in those paths of life, whereon the righteous go.
Come as the fire, and purge our hearts like sacrificial flame;
Let our whole soul an offering be, to our Redeemer’s name.
~ Andrew Reed, 1787-1862
06.24.09
His Name is the Lord
But may the righteous be glad
and rejoice before God;
may they be happy and joyful.
Sing to God, sing praise to his name,
extol him who rides on the clouds —
his name is the LORD—
and rejoice before him.
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling.
-Psalm 68:3-5
06.23.09
Make me have perpetual love
Lord,
make me have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name,
for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving-kindness;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and reigns with the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen
06.22.09
Psalm 97:1-6
The LORD reigns, let the earth be glad;
let the distant shores rejoice.
Clouds and thick darkness surround him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Fire goes before him
and consumes his foes on every side.
His lightning lights up the world;
the earth sees and trembles.
The mountains melt like wax before the LORD,
before the Lord of all the earth.
The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
and all the peoples see his glory.
06.19.09
Ephesians 3:14-21
“For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” (TNIV)
06.17.09
Inward/Outward
This prayer can be said during the course of breathing, the first stanza as you inhale, the second as you exhale. Try praying it for one minute and they pray throughout the day as you remember…
Breathe you in,
Change my heart.
Breathe you out,
Change the world.
Amen.
06.16.09
Prayer for youth
Father-
May we all have the hope and energy of youth-
strengthened by You to run and not grow weary,
to fly toward the sun,
to change the world.
You seem to use the young to change us all.
Use us Lord!
May it be so today.
Amen.
Amen.
06.15.09
Uncharted waters
Holy Spirit-
Lead me today into uncharted waters
Mystery to me, known to you
You blow where you will -
take me with you!
Amen.
