Lord, bring me today to your holy mountain,  to Mount Zion,  to the city of the living God,  the heavenly Jerusalem,  to God himself, to Jesus, the one who mediates the new covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled blood, which graciously forgives. (based on Isaiah 66:20, Hebrews 12:22-24; painting: Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, by David Roberts in 1842, Library of Congress ..read more

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Take me often from the tumult of things into your presence. There show me what I am, and what you have purposed me to be. Than hide me from your tears. O King and Savior, what is your gift to me? And do I use it to your pleasing? (a prayer of Hild of Whitby ..read more

At Thy feet I bow, adoring, Bending lower, lower still; Giving up my all to follow, Just to do my Master's will. (photo by Jeremy Yap via unsplash.com ..read more

O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me. Look on me, Lord, look on my sad heart, look on my low spirit. Come to me where I am, and carry me out of here. You are the Lifter of my head. You are my Shield and Strength. You give me songs in the night. Gracious God, please turn my mourning into dancing, and replace this shroud of sadness with the garment of gladness, with a crown of joy. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and uphold me with your Holy Spirit, in Jesus' name, amen. (photo by Lasse Møller via unsplash.com)  ..read more

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Lord Jesus....Teach me self-discipline that I may be a good soldier of Jesus Christ. I accept hard work and small rewards in this life. I ask for no easy place. I shall try to be blind to the little ways that could make life easier. If others seek the smoother path I shall try to take the hard way without judging them too harshly. I shall expect opposition and try to take it quietly when it comes. Or if, as sometimes it falleth out to Thy servants, I should have grateful gifts pressed upon me by Thy kindly people, stand by me then and save me from the blight that often follows. Teach me to ..read more

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God before and God behind, God for us and God for your own self, Maker of heaven and earth, creator of sea and sky, governor of day and night. We give thanks for your ordered gift of life to us, for the rhythms that reassure, for the equilibriums that sustain, for the reliabilities that curb our anxieties. We treasure from you, days to work and nights to rest. We cherish from you, days to control and nights to yield. We savor from you, days to plan and nights to dream. Be our day and our night, our heaven and our earth, our sea and our sky, and in the end our true home. Amen. (from Awed to H ..read more

Abba, Father, please temper my dysfunctions, align my disjunctions, cleanse me from sin, repair me within, and grant the remission of all unsubmission to you, in Jesus' name, amen ..read more