tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10937692225399348692024-03-08T06:08:45.465-05:00go deeper in prayera site dedicated to going deeper in prayer...hokiegal23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14916505919683905527noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-49823913560884927392018-07-17T06:47:00.000-04:002018-07-17T06:47:14.805-04:00<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: dimgrey;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;"><strong>PRAYER</strong><br /><br />O Lord, help me.<br />I have been saved to be a<br />vessel of your glory and not<br />my own. Yet, I feel my flesh<br />demand attention and crave<br />after glory! Help me turn my<br />gaze toward Jesus. Help me<br />turn away from my self focused<br />and self-centered living and<br />instead live for Christ alone.<br /><br />Lord, I beg of you, I cry out<br />to you to help me truly believe<br />the gospel. I want to believe<br /> the gospel in such a way that it<br />helps me lose myself so that I<br />can become fully who I have<br />been created to be in Christ!<br />I want to believe the gospel<br />in such a way that it impacts<br />how I live each and every<br />moment of each and every<br />day as well as how I react<br />toward others.<br /><br />I want my life to be distinctively<br />gospel driven. I want you to do<br />for me what you did for Peter<br />and for Paul. I plead with you to<br />help me see myself and my sin<br />and to see Jesus and His sacrifice<br />so that I have a clear understanding<br />of what you have done for me in<br />Christ. Even as a believer, I can<br />barely comprehend it.<br /><br /><a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://8" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(105, 105, 105, 0.258824); color: dimgrey; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; line-height: inherit !important;" x-apple-data-detectors-result="8" x-apple-data-detectors-type="misc" x-apple-data-detectors="true">Abba</a> Father, have mercy<br />upon me. Help me live for Jesus<br />just as He did for me. Help me<br />be willing to die to myself so<br />that Christ would live in me.<br />In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.</span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: dimgrey;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">In His hands for His glory,<br /><br />Laurie</span></span></span></div>
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Karen Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676020361373978407noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-69452777131502299432018-05-04T07:17:00.000-04:002018-05-04T07:17:12.708-04:00<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: dimgrey;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">I want to love you so much that<br />I would be willing to leave<br />everything that I hold dear<br />to follow you. I want to love<br />you so much that I would<br />die to my passions and my<br />preferences and surrender<br />to your will and your way.<br /><br />Please grant me your grace, your<br />mercy, and your lovingkindness<br />to enable me to love you with<br />absolutely everything in me.<br />Thank you that your Word tells<br />me that if we ask anything in your<br />name and according to your will that<br />you will do it (John <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://5" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(105, 105, 105, 0.258824); color: dimgrey; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; line-height: inherit !important;" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">14:13-14</a>). Please<br />do this in me, I pray. Amen.</span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: dimgrey;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times, "times new roman", serif;">In His hands for His glory,<br /><br />Laurie Akers ~ Thistlebend May 4, 2018</span></span></span></div>
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Karen Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676020361373978407noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-40208104414883741212018-04-02T07:02:00.000-04:002018-04-02T07:03:24.381-04:00Easter Prayer<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "goudy old style" , "garamond" , "sabon" , "sabon lt std" , serif;">O God, who by the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "goudy old style", garamond, sabon, "sabon lt std", serif;">Christ destroyed death and brought life and immortality to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "goudy old style", garamond, sabon, "sabon lt std", serif;">light: Grant that we, who have been raised with him, may </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "goudy old style", garamond, sabon, "sabon lt std", serif;">abide in his presence and rejoice in the hope of eternal glory; </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "goudy old style", garamond, sabon, "sabon lt std", serif;">through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "goudy old style" , "garamond" , "sabon" , "sabon lt std" , serif;">Holy Spirit, be dominion and praise for ever and ever. </span><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: "Goudy Old Style", Garamond, Sabon, "Sabon LT Std", serif;">Amen.</em><br />
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<br />hokiegal23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14916505919683905527noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-87690464333823913682018-02-18T06:28:00.000-05:002018-02-18T07:30:24.266-05:00Litany of PenitenceMost holy and merciful Father:<br />
We confess to you and to one another,<br />
and to the whole communion of saints<br />
in heaven and on earth,<br />
that we have sinned by our own fault<br />
in thought, word, and deed;<br />
by what we have done, and by what we have left undone.<br />
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We have not loved you with our whole heart, and mind, and<br />
strength. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We<br />
have not forgiven others, as we have been forgiven.<br />
<i><b>Have mercy on us, Lord.</b></i><br />
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We have been deaf to your call to serve, as Christ served us.<br />
We have not been true to the mind of Christ. We have grieved<br />
your Holy Spirit.<br />
<i><b>Have mercy on us, Lord.</b></i><br />
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We confess to you, Lord, all our past unfaithfulness: the<br />
pride, hypocrisy, and impatience of our lives,<br />
<b><i>We confess to you, Lord.</i></b><br />
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Our self-indulgent appetites and ways, and our exploitation<br />
of other people,<br />
<b><i>We confess to you, Lord.</i></b><br />
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Our anger at our own frustration, and our envy of those<br />
more fortunate than ourselves,<br />
<b><i>We confess to you, Lord.</i></b><br />
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Our intemperate love of worldly goods and comforts, and<br />
our dishonesty in daily life and work,<br />
<b><i>We confess to you, Lord.</i></b><br />
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Our negligence in prayer and worship, and our failure to<br />
commend the faith that is in us,<br />
<b><i>We confess to you, Lord.</i></b><br />
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Accept our repentance, Lord, for the wrongs we have done:<br />
for our blindness to human need and suffering, and our<br />
indifference to injustice and cruelty,<br />
<b><i>Accept our repentance, Lord.</i></b><br />
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For all false judgments, for uncharitable thoughts toward our<br />
neighbors, and for our prejudice and contempt toward those<br />
who differ from us,<br />
<b><i>Accept our repentance, Lord.</i></b><br />
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For our waste and pollution of your creation, and our lack of<br />
concern for those who come after us,<br />
<b><i>Accept our repentance, Lord.</i></b><br />
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Restore us, good Lord, and let your anger depart from us;<br />
<i><b>Favorably hear us, for your mercy is great.</b></i><br />
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Accomplish in us the work of your salvation,<br />
<b><i>That we may show forth your glory in the world.</i></b><br />
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By the cross and passion of your Son our Lord,<br />
<i><b>Bring us with all your saints to the joy of his resurrection.</b></i><br />
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<i>The Litany of Penitence is borrowed from the Ash Wednesday liturgy from the Book of Common Prayer. This can be found online <a href="https://www.bcponline.org/SpecialDays/ashwed.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</i><br />
<br />hokiegal23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14916505919683905527noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-5309231188274355752018-02-10T07:36:00.000-05:002018-02-10T07:36:37.692-05:00Jesus Prays for All Believers<div style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Display"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-family: ".SFUIDisplay";">““My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.””</span></div>
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Karen Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676020361373978407noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-3902024253099077782018-01-31T07:21:00.000-05:002018-01-31T07:21:42.397-05:00Be Thou My Vision<div class="_UZe kno-fb-ctx" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #3c4043; font-family: Roboto-Regular, HelveticaNeue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 4px;">
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Be thou my vision O Lord of my heart<br />None other is aught but the King of the seven heavens.</div>
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Be thou my meditation by day and night.<br />May it be thou that I behold even in my sleep.</div>
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Be thou my speech, be thou my understanding.<br />Be thou with me, be I with thee</div>
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Be thou my father, be I thy son.<br />Mayst thou be mine, may I be thine.</div>
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Be thou my battle-shield, be thou my sword.<br />Be thou my dignity, be thou my delight.</div>
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Be thou my shelter, be thou my stronghold.<br />Mayst thou raise me up to the company of the angels.</div>
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Be thou every good to my body and soul.<br />Be thou my kingdom in heaven and on earth.</div>
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Be thou solely chief love of my heart.<br />Let there be none other, O high King of Heaven.</div>
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Till I am able to pass into thy hands,<br />My treasure, my beloved through the greatness of thy love</div>
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Be thou alone my noble and wondrous estate.<br />I seek not men nor lifeless wealth.</div>
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Be thou the constant guardian of every possession and every life.<br />For our corrupt desires are dead at the mere sight of thee.</div>
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Thy love in my soul and in my heart --<br />Grant this to me, O King of the seven heavens.</div>
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O King of the seven heavens grant me this --<br />Thy love to be in my heart and in my soul.</div>
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With the King of all, with him after victory won by piety,<br />May I be in the kingdom of heaven O brightness of the son.</div>
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Beloved Father, hear, hear my lamentations.<br />Timely is the cry of woe of this miserable wretch.</div>
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O heart of my heart, whatever befall me,<br />O ruler of all, be thou my vision.</div>
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Karen Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676020361373978407noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-37289305136039796632018-01-11T06:32:00.000-05:002018-01-11T06:32:21.636-05:00Your Will Be Done<div style="color: #454545; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eyes toward you. Lord, increase my </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">faith that I would believe, that I </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">would magnify, glorify, and hallow </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">your name! I am weak, please </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">be my strength; I have many </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">responsibilities, please grant me </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">your wisdom and your power to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">accomplish them for your glory;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I continue to give into temptation, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lord, and fail in my walk with you, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">please grant me true conviction of </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">heart and full repentance; I</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">feel inadequate and ill-equipped,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">please help me trust in you and walk </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">forward in your Holy Spirit;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am sick, my health is failing, help </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">me find my rest and health in you;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hallowed be your name, </span></div>
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Karen Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676020361373978407noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-91970971167757975392017-12-04T06:47:00.001-05:002017-12-04T06:47:23.764-05:00Advent Week OneAlmighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.<br /><br /><br /><br /><i>Weekly Collect for Advent Week 1 from the Book of Common Prayer</i><br /><br /><br /><br />hokiegal23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14916505919683905527noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-50661851587833245872017-11-15T06:43:00.001-05:002017-11-15T06:43:15.768-05:00Show Me Your Glory<br /> Lord, please turn my eyes <br />and my heart on you.<br />And show me your glory. <br /><br /><br /><br /><i>By Laurie Aker, from Thistlebend e-devotional, November 14</i><br /><br /><br />hokiegal23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14916505919683905527noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-86794609617972278592017-10-30T08:07:00.001-04:002017-10-30T08:08:15.281-04:00Faith, hope and charity Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i>Weekly collect for October 29 from the <ins>Book of Common Prayer</ins><br /></i><br /><br /><br /><br />hokiegal23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14916505919683905527noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-23625404874922413692017-10-23T06:55:00.001-04:002017-10-23T06:55:24.833-04:00Jesus Prayer ExpandedLord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.<br /><br />“LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.”<br /><i>-Psalm 143:1 NIV</i><br /><br />Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.<br />hokiegal23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14916505919683905527noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-21047166743261447532017-10-18T06:57:00.001-04:002017-10-18T12:03:03.026-04:00Believe The Gospel<div style="text-align: center;">
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Karen Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13676020361373978407noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-30769193933604377392017-10-01T07:46:00.001-04:002017-10-01T07:46:44.099-04:00Partakers of Heavenly Treasure<br />O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.<br /><br /><i><br />Weekly Collect for October 1, from the Book of Common Prayer</i><br /><br /><br />hokiegal23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14916505919683905527noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-5925080580780129122017-09-25T12:39:00.001-04:002017-09-25T12:39:53.685-04:00Prayer of confessionPlease forgive me when <br />I believe my feelings <br />instead of choosing faith.<br />Please forgive me when <br />I listen to my thoughts <br />instead of your voice.<br />Please forgive me when <br />I rely on my own insight <br />instead of your wisdom <br />and your Word.<br /> <br />Your love is perfect. <br />Your ways are perfect.<br />Your glory is forever.<br /><br /><br />Amen.<br /><br /><br /><br /><i>By Laurie Aker, Thistlebend Email Devotional, Friday, September 22, 2017</i><br /><br />hokiegal23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14916505919683905527noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-1376604350256938402017-09-19T06:07:00.001-04:002017-09-19T06:07:17.261-04:00Prayer of HumilityHumble Jesus, I desire you. Amen.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />hokiegal23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14916505919683905527noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-5599898917893264142017-09-03T05:00:00.000-04:002017-09-03T05:00:18.371-04:00Graft in Our HeartsLord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us true religion; nourish us with all goodness; and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.<br /><br /><br /><i><br />Weekly collect for Sept. 3 from the <ins>Book of Common Prayer</ins></i><br /><br /><br /><br />hokiegal23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14916505919683905527noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-82634603239021222962017-08-28T06:36:00.001-04:002017-08-28T06:37:16.617-04:00Psalm 91:1-2<br />Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High<br /> will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.<br />I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,<br /> my God, in whom I trust.”<br /><br /><br /><br />Psalm 91:1-2, NIV<br /><br /><br />hokiegal23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14916505919683905527noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-58027918934148237842017-08-20T05:40:00.000-04:002017-08-20T05:40:00.141-04:00Prayer of St. AugustineLord Jesus, let me know myself and know Thee,<br />And desire nothing save only Thee.<br />Let me hate myself and love Thee.<br />Let me do everything for the sake of Thee.<br />Let me humble myself and exalt Thee.<br />Let me think nothing except Thee.<br />Let me die to myself and live in Thee.<br />Let me accept whatever happens as from Thee.<br />Let me banish self and follow Thee,<br />and ever desire to follow Thee.<br />Let me fly from myself and take refuge in Thee,<br />that I may deserve to be defended by Thee.<br />Let me fear for myself, let me fear Thee,<br />and let me be among those who are chosen by Thee.<br />Let me distrust myself and put my trust in Thee.<br />Let me be willing to obey for the sake of Thee.<br />Let me cling to nothing save only to Thee,<br />and let me be poor because of Thee.<br />Look upon me, that I may love Thee.<br />Call me that I may see Thee,<br />And forever enjoy Thee.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i>Prayer attributed to St. Augustine</i><br /><br /><br /><br />hokiegal23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14916505919683905527noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-45410989721915041012017-08-13T06:47:00.001-04:002017-08-13T06:47:35.567-04:00The DeepsLORD JESUS,<br /><br />Give me a deeper repentance,<br /> a horror of sin,<br /> a dread of its approach;<br />Help me chastely to flee it,<br /> and jealously to resolve that my heart<br /> shall be thine alone.<br />Give me a deeper trust,<br /> that I may lose myself to find myself in thee,<br /> the ground of my rest,<br /> the spring of my being.<br />Give me a deeper knowledge of thyself<br /> as Saviour, Master, Lord, and King.<br />Give me deeper power in private prayer,<br /> more sweetness in thy Word,<br /> more steadfast grip on its truth.<br />Give me deeper holiness in speech, thought, action,<br /> and let me not seek moral virtue apart from thee.<br />Plough deep in me, great Lord,<br /> heavenly Husbandman,<br /> that my being may be a tilled field,<br /> the roots of grace spreading far and wide,<br /> until thou alone art seen in me,<br /> thy beauty golden like summer harvest,<br /> thy fruitfulness as autumn plenty.<br />I have no Master but thee,<br /> no law but thy will,<br /> no delight but thyself,<br /> no wealth but that thou givest,<br /> no good but that thou blessest,<br /> no peace but that thou bestowest.<br />I am nothing but that thou makest me,<br />I have nothing but that I receive from thee,<br />I can be nothing but that grace adorns me.<br />Quarry me deep, dear Lord,<br /> and then fill me to overflowing<br /> with living water.<br /><br /><br /><br /><i>From "The Valley of Vision" p 134-135, edited by Arthur Bennett</i><br />hokiegal23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14916505919683905527noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-32173926824163467902017-08-06T05:55:00.001-04:002017-08-06T05:55:11.629-04:00Prayer of St. TeresaGovern everything by your wisdom, O Lord, so that my soul may always be serving you <br />in the way you will<br />and not as I choose.<br />Let me die to myself so that I may serve you;<br />let me live to you who are life itself.<br /><br />Amen.<br /><br /><br /><br /><i>Attributed to St. Teresa Of Avila</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />hokiegal23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14916505919683905527noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-41519977490358652592017-07-30T06:39:00.001-04:002017-07-30T06:39:16.523-04:00Multiply Your MercyO God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i>Weekly collect prayer from the <ins>Book of Common Praye</ins>r for week of July 30</i><br /><br />hokiegal23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14916505919683905527noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-89805182669102907272017-07-23T07:18:00.001-04:002017-07-25T06:09:49.129-04:00Prayer of St. FrancisLord, make me an instrument of Your peace. <br />Where there is hatred, let me sow love; <br />where there is injury, pardon; <br />where there is doubt, faith; <br />where there is despair, hope; <br />where there is darkness, light; <br />where there is sadness, joy.<br /><br />O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;<br />to be understood as to understand; <br />to be loved as to love; <br />For it is in giving that we receive; <br />it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; <br />it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.<br />Amen.<br /><br /><br /><br /><i>Prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi</i><br /><br /><br /><br />hokiegal23http://www.blogger.com/profile/14916505919683905527noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1093769222539934869.post-30375848001384560062017-07-09T06:03:00.000-04:002017-07-09T06:05:05.089-04:00Soften Our HeartsO Lord, have mercy on us.<br />
Soften our hard hearts<br />
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<span class="text Ps-23-4" id="en-ESV-14240" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> </span>Even though I <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-14240H" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-14240H" title="See cross-reference H">H</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>walk through the valley of <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-14240I" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-14240I" title="See cross-reference I">I</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>the shadow of death,</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-23-4" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">I will <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-14240J" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-14240J" title="See cross-reference J">J</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>fear no evil,</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span class="text Ps-23-4" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">for <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-14240K" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-14240K" title="See cross-reference K">K</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>you are with me;</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-23-4" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">your <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-14240L" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-14240L" title="See cross-reference L">L</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>rod and your staff,</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-23-4" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">they comfort me.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text Ps-23-5" id="en-ESV-14241" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> </span>You <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-14241M" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-14241M" title="See cross-reference M">M</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>prepare a table before me</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-23-5" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">in <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-14241N" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-14241N" title="See cross-reference N">N</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>the presence of my enemies;</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span class="text Ps-23-5" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">you <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-14241O" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-14241O" title="See cross-reference O">O</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>anoint my head with oil;</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-23-5" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">my <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-14241P" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-14241P" title="See cross-reference P">P</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>cup overflows.</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span class="text Ps-23-6" id="en-ESV-14242" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; left: -4.4em; line-height: 22px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> </span>Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-23-6" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">all the days of my life,</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span class="text Ps-23-6" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">and I shall <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-14242Q" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-14242Q" title="See cross-reference Q">Q</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>dwell in the house of the <span class="small-caps" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: monospace; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Ps-23-6" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-14242R" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-14242R" title="See cross-reference R">R</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>forever.</span></span></div>
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