“While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.”― St. Francis of Assisi Lord, it’s so easy to talk about peace, to give it lip service. Teach me to harbor your peace deep within my heart, to speak it, to live it, to share it withContinue reading “Peace”
Category Archives: A word of prayer
Friday Friends’ Favorites
It’s Friday, so it’s time for something new: Friday Friends’ Favorites. If you have a favorite verse that you’d like to see on my blog or Facebook page, just type the reference in the comments, and I will share it on a Friday. Here’s the first. Zephaniah 3:17 “The Lord your God is with you,Continue reading “Friday Friends’ Favorites”
Trust in the Lord
God of salvation, thank you for your saving grace. When I tremble in fear, take my hand and remind me that You, not me, are the strength I need.
Making Connections
“You have to look for the things that connect us all. Find the ways our paths cross, our lives intersect, and our hearts collide.” From Navigating Early, by Clare Vanderpool God, it seems that we spend our time looking for the things that divide us, for the ways we are different. Show us how toContinue reading “Making Connections”
Abide in Him
Father God, I long to draw closer to You. Teach me to abide in You and to produce much fruit.
A New Thing
My Lord and Savior, creator of all things, make me open to the new things that You long for in my life. Perhaps it is a new situation or relationship, or perhaps you want me to see people or ideas in a new light. Show me Your ways, oh God.
Praising God
Thank you, Father, for providing me with your strength, your love, and your refuge. I pray you will make your presence known to those who are feeling weak, unloved, or vulnerable. Strengthen them, protect them, and let them know how much you love them.
Children of God
I John3:1 “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God.“ Father God, thank you for adopting us as your children and for loving us so completely. Thank you for lavishing spiritual gifts on us and for teaching us to be more like your onlyContinue reading “Children of God”
God’s Comfort
Father God, I pray for those who reach out with untiring hands. You know their distress, Lord. You alone know their needs. I pray that you will draw near to them, that they will feel your loving arms of comfort and experience your grace.
His Divine Power
Thank you, Father, for equipping us to live a godly life and for providing us grace when we go astray.
Growing Our Faith Together 