For a Friend
Prayer For A Friend Lord, I lift my friend to You, I’ve done all that I know to doI lift my friend to YouComplicated circumstances have clouded his viewLord, I lift my friend up to You I fear that I won’t have the words that he needs to hearI pray for Your wisdom, oh God,…
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Ephesians 2:1-6 It wasn’t so long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of sin. You let the world, which doesn’t know the first thing about living, tell you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief, and then exhaled disobedience. We all did it, all of us doing what…
Continue readingCaught in the Middle
Poets are often better at expressing concepts of the heart. The music group “Casting Crowns” has a song called “Somewhere In The Middle.” Here are the lyrics. Somewhere between the hot and the coldSomewhere between the new and the oldSomewhere between who I am and who I used to beSomewhere in the middle, You’ll find…
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In the spirit of St. Patrick, I offer this Prayer for Starting the Morning Fire I will rekindle my fire this morningIn presence of the holy angles [sic] of heaven,God, kindle Thou my heart withinA flame of love to my neighbour,To my foe, to my friend, to my kindred all,To the brave, to the knave,…
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A few days ago I quoted this prayer from St. Patrick, the first Christian missionary to Ireland. Prayer for the FaithfulMay the Strength of God guide us.May the Power of God preserve us.May the Wisdom of God instruct us.May the Hand of God protect us.May the Way of God direct us.May the Shield of God…
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