My Lord, you are the brightness of light warming the darkness and gloom. You are the great sweeping vista, when I feel stifled and suffocated and trapped. You are the verdant, well-forested hills that embrace me and hide me, when I fell exposed and vulnerable. You are the bubbling spring in the desert, the firm, … Continue reading Prayer Note #22 — The God of All Things
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Prayer Note #21 — On a Muggy Day by a Lake
Creator of all beauty, I sit here beside Keuka Lake at the end of a hot day. But now at 7:30 P.M., with the sun setting behind me and a huge volume of cool water just in front of my, I feel the cooling of the air and a kid of freshness settling over me. … Continue reading Prayer Note #21 — On a Muggy Day by a Lake
Prayer Note #20 — On a Snowy Day
What a gloriously complex and intricate world you have made for us to live in, Lord! I am so very grateful. The beauty of the white snow blanketing everything and even doing a kind of tight-rope walk along the utility lines and tiny branches of the trees seems to somehow blanket and soothe my busy … Continue reading Prayer Note #20 — On a Snowy Day
Prayer Note #19 — A Christian’s Prayer at the Turning of the Year
A Christian’s Prayer at the Turning of the Year Lord Jesus, you are the Word through whom all things were spoken into existence. You are the eternal Word who was present before the beginning of time itself. And you are the Word who became flesh to live in this world of days and nights, … Continue reading Prayer Note #19 — A Christian’s Prayer at the Turning of the Year
Prayer Note #18 — Holy Pleasures
You, O Lord, give blessings and fullness of pleasures. Your pleasures surpass all the little, passing pleasures of sin and self-service. Serving you is the richest form of pleasure, though my worldly eyes have trouble recognizing that. Correct my vision today and always, so that I will be able to see, recognize, and hunger after … Continue reading Prayer Note #18 — Holy Pleasures
Prayer Note #17 — Heavy Burdens
What heavy burdens life seems to lay on me, Lord! Is it because the burdens are heavy or because my shoulders are weak? Is it because I needlessly toss burdens on my back that you haven't given me? Is it because I am prone to name as burdens things that you name as gifts and … Continue reading Prayer Note #17 — Heavy Burdens
Prayer Note #16 — A Pastor’s Sunday Morning Prayer
Lord, I know less than usual what to expect during worship today. Help me to trust you more than usual. Pour your Spirit out in fullness on our worship. Quiet the fears the people may have at your Spirit's coming upon us, and instead open us to receive him in all power, grace, … Continue reading Prayer Note #16 — A Pastor’s Sunday Morning Prayer
Prayer Note #15 — A Pastor’s Prayer before Worship
I look to you, my Lord and my God. I look to you. The worship of your people and my part in it all hangs on the working of your Spirit. Be gracious and patient with us, because we do come here full of sin and self-centeredness. We are idolatrous people, because much of our … Continue reading Prayer Note #15 — A Pastor’s Prayer before Worship
Prayer Note #14 — Potted Plants and Perching Birds
A PRAYER OF THANKS FOR GIFTS THAT LIVE AND BREATHE Thanks you, Lord, for my plants. They pour life and earthiness and calm into my study. Even the fierce crown of thorn plants, which scratch me and puncture me, add an untamed elegance to this space where I spend so much time. There is an … Continue reading Prayer Note #14 — Potted Plants and Perching Birds
Prayer Notes #13 — Casting Burdens
Dear Jesus, I am awake now more than an hour before I need to be. My fears woke me up. Or did you wake me up in order to deal with me about my fears? I feel as if I am living very randomly, driven by my impulses and whims. And these impulses and whims, … Continue reading Prayer Notes #13 — Casting Burdens
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