Lord, Please hear my prayer– A prayer of confession and need, for I grow weary of life’s battles. I long for safety and protection. I internalize the unfairness around me. I envy those whose lives seem perfect. And I sometimes consider myself a victim without voice a...
And if the oppressed one cries out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate. Exodus 22:27 Our Lord God, How conflicted life can be– Full of blessings and curses, Reasons to celebrate, reasons to lament. In bittersweet moments, we resonate with this phrase: “A time...
We love, because He first loved us. (1 John 4:19) Don’t be interested only in your own life, but be interested in the lives of other people, too. (Phil 2:4) Lord God, We confess: our lifestyles are too busy, our focus self-centered, and our world is consumed with...
Lord God, hear my prayer. My struggle, as You know, is with loss. Through death, I’ve lost a significant part of me. I’m left here wondering, striving to pick up the pieces weary of the task. Like a bird whose nest has been robbed, I feel lost, alone and purposeless....
Hope is patience with the lamp lit. –Tertullian Lord God, With wavering, often dimly lit faith, we hope. Knowing in our hearts that any hope in You is adequate… Keeping us going toward better moments, better thinking, better being. We get battered in our faith walk—...
