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Your Unending Love - 03/19/98
Craving intimacy with You- 03/15/98
Grateful for Your Hand- 02/15/98
Expecting Your Presence - 01/26/98
You make all things new - 01/13/98
Full of Truth - 12/01/97
Beyond Comprehension- 10/05/97
All Powerful and all Loving -
9/14/97
Calling on You - 08/30/97
Your Written Word - 08/13/97
Grateful for your presence
08/03
My eyes focused on you 07/27
Peace of God 07/14
Friend of God 7/6
Success- 6/30
Worship in Spirit and Truth
- 06/24
Praise to My Creator - 06/13
Eternal Perspective - 06/10/97
Hearing God's Voice - 06/04
Trusting in The Father's Love
- 06/03/97
Worship & Silence 06/02/97
Thank You for your love.
As I have come to believe and understand that You love me, I have been changed. And yet, I only comprehend a fraction of the love that You pour out unceasingly.
Every once in a while, I realize that if I ever truly comprehend your love, my life will be changed in ways I can't even begin to imagine.
Increase my capacity to receive Your love. Enlarge my ability to trust that Your love will never end, and is not dependent on my performance. Intensify the passion that responds to You. Let my life embody the love You lavishly pour out.
Thank You for your love!
It is incredible to me that you not only allow us into your presence but actually desire that we draw close to you.
Forgive me for the times that I don't trust You to welcome me. Forgive me for the times I hang back, thinking it is somehow 'safer' not to expose myself to You, (as if You didn't know all things!) How foolish!
Teach me to find my contentment in You. Teach me to never be satisfied apart from You.
Thank You for Your love. Thank You for Your presence. Thank You for calling my name.
Thank You for your hand in my life.
Thank You that you demonstrate both the love and the power to involve yourself in my life. Please help me to realize that just as You watch over me and help me day by day, You also watch over my future. I'm so grateful that you are teaching me to recognize your hand, and I'm sorry for all the times that I'm oblivious to the blessings and protection You've already shown, and for the times that I'm worried that You won't come through.
How amazing that the God of the universe would stretch out His arm to protect me. As I grow in trust, and learn to expect and recognize your presence, help me to always be grateful. Help me to move my focus off myself and my human perspective, and onto You, your plans, and an eternal perspective.
Thank You for your hand in my life.
You are not a God who holds yourself far off. Thank You!
Remind me to expect Your presence, and to wait for You.
Teach me to turn aside from anything that separates us. Teach me to choose the best, rather than merely the good. Teach me to cherish Your presence, and to expect You without taking You for granted.
Forgive me for becoming so pre-occupied during the day that I forget to be with You. Forgive me for thinking I'm too rushed to talk to You. When will I ever learn! Please catch my attention when I stray. I really do want to be with You, even when I don't act like it.
Thank You for Your presence, Lord. Thank You for being here right now.
Thank You for being a God who makes all things new. This brings me such hope!
Thank you for new birth, new life, new self, new mind, and a new song.
Teach me to not be afraid of the changes ahead. Help me to cooperate in the growth process, and let go of the old. Remind me that your renewal is reason for hope. Encourage me to believe that You are indeed conforming me to Your image. What an awesome thought. If it's going to happen, it's certainly up to You, and yet, I believe You can do it!
Thank You
Thank You for being the God of Truth
Help me to walk in Your Truth.
Help me to remember that absolutes exist, and that Truth has no fellowship with falsehood. Help me to communicate truth to others. I'm sorry for the times I bend or stretch the truth. Show me how to speak truth with love. Show me how to use truth to honor You, rather than as a weapon against others. Teach me to live in truth, in private as well as in public.
You alone are the eternal truth.
Praise You, Lord.
You, oh Lord are a great God!
Your goodness, your love, your majesty, are beyond my comprehension.The magnitude of your sacrifice is beyond the grasp of my human mind.
Thank you for being a God who is too big for me to conceive. Thank you for surpassing the power of my imagination. Thank you for not limiting Yourself to the size of my understanding.
And yet I hunger to see you more clearly, as I learn to understand you more deeply. Please reveal more of the truth of who You are.
Yes, You are awesome!
I praise you for your power. I thank you for your love.
And yet, it's hard for me to comprehend that you are both all powerful and all loving. Sometimes I recognize your power, but miss your love, and sometimes I grasp your love, but forget about your power.
Help me to understand that You, and You alone, can be both at once.
Nothing is too hard for You, Lord of Heaven and Earth! No one is beyond Your love. Help me to honor You by acknowledging both Your power and Your love. Help me to rely on Your power rather than my own strength. Help me to reflect Your love.
Thank You for being who You are.
Lord, I need your help every day.
Thank you that you are near when I call.
Sometimes I get so caught up in the concerns of the day, that I forget to ask you for help. I know that makes no sense at all, yet it happens again and again.
Reveal the lies that have been taught from generation to generation, that say it is somehow more virtuous to be independent and not bother you.
Teach me to call on you constantly, with the unselfconsciousness of a child.
I call on you now, Lord. Thank you for hearing me.
Thank you for giving us your Word..
Forgive me for finding so many excuses not to read and study the Bible. And yet, I'm tired of reading just because I know that I'm supposed to, and that it's good for me. Please change me, until I really want to read your word. Stir my soul to hunger after your truth. Breathe life into the written word, and open my heart to a deeper knowledge of your ways.
Thank you for revealing your truth in a permanent historic form. Remind me to measure my actions and my decisions against what the Bible teaches. Help me to know where to draw the line between your unchangeable laws, and the customs or styles of a particular time and place.
I want to lead a life pleasing to you. Help me understand how to apply the Bible to my daily life.
Thank you for your presence, Lord.
When I'm aware of You, it helps me put everything else in perspective. I know that You never leave me, but when I'm actually aware of your presence, it helps me to stand firm against temptation. Sometimes your presence seems distant, and then the cares of the day take an undue importance in my mind. Teach me not to fall into that trap. Remind me to constantly invite, expect, and welcome your presence, without taking you for granted.
Please be with me now. Enter into this time and place, and fill it with your spirit. Enter into this prayer, and fill it with your life.
I'm so grateful that you give me the gift of your presence. I'm so grateful that you understand how weak I am, and how much I need the reassurance of your holy self. It is an awesome thing that the God of the universe bothers to come near and be with us.
Thank you for your presence, Lord.
Lord, You alone are worthy of all praise. You alone are the most high. You alone are the creator and ruler of the universe. You alone are my redeemer. You alone are the savior of my soul.
Help me to pray and worship you with singleness of heart.
I don't want to rob you of the worship that is due you, but anxious thoughts crowd my soul. Help me to put aside the cares of the day. Help me to still my mind, so I can come to you without distraction. Remind me that right now, there is nothing in the world more important than spending time with you.
Thank you for your presence. Thank you for your peace.
You alone are worthy!
Lord, please draw me into your peace.
The days are so hectic, and instead of drawing close to you, I run frantically trying to get everything done. When will I ever learn that skipping my time with you is the worst way to save time! I'm sorry for getting distracted once again. I'm sorry for running too fast to even see the gift of peace you had waiting for me. I'm sorry for thinking that my daily tasks were more important than my time with you.
Help me not to continually make the same mistake.
Now, help me enter into your peace. Teach me not to get so burdened by the day's cares that I separate myself from your peace. Call to me during the day, so your voice draws me back to your loving embrace. Remind me that your peace is constant, regardless of my circumstances. Let your peace flood my soul.
Thank you for your peace, Lord.
Lord, teach me to lead my life in such a way as to be a Friend of God.
It seems presumptuous to even think of this, and yet as I read your word I see that it is not your desire for your people to stand far off. Rather, you seemed to honor the faith of those who dared to draw near: Abraham was called Friend of God; David was called a man after God's own heart; Moses spoke to God face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.
I know I am not Abraham, or David, or Moses, but I want to live in an intimate relationship with you. Show me what this means, Lord. Cause me to thirst for your presence more than I desire to sin. Make me ever willing to repent.
Thank you for your precious, perfect sacrifice. It is only by the redeeming power of your blood that I even dare approach your holy presence.
Lord, help me to lay down my hunger for earthly success.
Let me understand, deep in my heart, that a truly successful life is one that ends with you saying "Well done."
Show me what this means on a day to day basis. Show me how to enjoy the good things you have set before me without being enslaved by them. Show me how to be responsible in the here-and-now without losing sight of the eternal. Show me how to balance planning and practicality with spontaneity and generosity. Show me how to serve my employer with willing hands, without letting my job take over my life.
Forgive me for judging myself and others according to worldy accomplishments. Teach me not to view one man over another based on his position, or his house, or his finances.
"I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." Remind me of that when I'm faced with choices between material and eternal success! Let my heart be content in you.
I worship you, oh Lord.
Your word says that You seek those who will worship You in Spirit and truth. It is my heart's cry to worship You as You want to be worshipped.
Empty my mind of my preconceptions about worship. Fill me with Your Spirit and Truth, so that I can echo back to You your own heart. Place a new song in me, a song written by the spirit, not by human endeavor.
Remove the self-consciousness that turns my mind back to myself. Remove the distractions that compete for my concentration. Remove the stray thoughts that clamor for attention. Let my heart and mind and soul be focused on You.
I worship You, oh Lord.
Praise to You, oh Lord.
The magnitude of your creation is beyond my capacity to imagine. I see your hand when I look at the sun, and marvel at it's power to shine heat and light. The physical signs that we think we understand when we call them laws of science, are merely patterns that you have created, and choose to follow. We notice the laws of Nature, and forget that You created all that is in Nature. Praise you for your creation, Lord.
What made you think of gravity? It seems so inevitable to me. I can't imagine living on a world without it, and yet you could have created it that way. We think of Einstein as a genius for writing e=mc2, yet he was just notating what you already invented. We think of a child as a prodigy for understanding calculus, yet you caused it to work. We learn to calculate the speed of light, without marveling at how it moves so fast. We praise artists and composers, who are just reflecting back a fraction of what you show them.
Restore to me that sense of wonder that a child has before he learns the answers. Restore the sense of wonder that the sun does indeed come up every morning; the stars shine in the sky; a flower smells beautiful; a sunset glows.
Thank you, God, for making this a beautiful world. Remind me during each day that your hand has fashioned the things (and people!) around me. Teach me to be a good steward of your handiwork.
Give me an eternal perspective, Lord.
Sometimes it's hard to remember that some of the urgencies and priorities of daily life aren't really all that important. On the other hand, some are! How do I know which is which?
When I read the Bible, I see that the good Samaritan (stopping to help a stranger) and Mary (sitting at your feet) made the right choices, but how did they know at the time? What if both Mary and Martha had sat at your feet...would the story have been about the lazy women who refused to feed you?
When you walked the earth in human flesh, I'm sure you dealt with these issues on a daily basis. Somehow, I feel confident that your carpentry work was well done, and that your tables did not collapse, and your customers were not cheated. Yet I suspect that sometimes you must have disappointed people by having to say 'No'. How did you know when it was more important to finish making a table, and when it was more important to be preaching, or healing, or praying?
Give me your perspective, Lord. Show me what kind of service you want. Show me how to live a life of integrity. When I'm tempted to argue 'for the principle of the thing', help me to make sure that it is truly your principles I'm upholding. When I'm anxious about getting everything done, and satisfying everyone's expectations, help me to focus only on your expectations.
Open my ears to hear your voice, Lord.
In my heart of hearts, I want to follow after you, and do what you ask, but in the business of daily life it becomes so easy to listen to my own thoughts.
Teach me to recognize your voice, Lord. Teach me to heed your whisper. If the sheep know the voice of the shepherd, how much more do I want to know the voice of my Lord.
You called to Ananias, and he immediately answered "yes, Lord". That's how I want to be: hearing your voice, recognizing your touch, heeding your call.
Speak, Lord. Your servant is listening.
Forgive me for not trusting you Lord.
Forgive me for acting as if your love is as limited as the human beings who have failed me in the past.
I need you to remind me of your love on a daily basis - No!, on a minute by minute basis! Being loved and accepted sounds too good to be true, so I fall into the trap of thinking that I can protect myself from disappointment by not expecting too much.
Every time I do what I 'should' because I fear the withdrawal of your love, I reveal how shallow is my trust in Your love.
Forgive me for thinking I can change myself. I cannot change my heart, but you can change it for me! Give me a heart that moves as a response to your love, rather than by fear of your absence.
Your Word says that nothing can separate me from the love of God. Help me to truly know that.
Lord! My heart's cry is to worship you.
Teach me what it means to worship in spirit and truth.
I know that worship is not just the music, nor the words, nor the voice, nor the instruments, yet all of these draw me closer to you.
Teach me to worship you in the silence as well. Let my worship leave room for your still small voice.
Help me to empty myself of my preconceptions about worship. Replace
my human striving with what is pleasing to you.
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