prayer
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I wish you could have known this man. I met him when I was fifteen years old and suicidal, and within minutes everything in my life changed. Five years before I was a ten-year-old avowed atheist living with my parents in Sacramento, California. I had a passion for nature and the outdoors—an aspiring forest ranger
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What can we say to God in the face of the horrors of the Holocaust? Let’s pray… Glorified and sanctified be God’s great name throughout the world, Which He has created according to His will. May He establish His kingdom in your lifetime and during your days, And within the life of the entire House
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Need (or just want) hope, guidance and love? God is so Good. Let’s pray… Psalm 25:4-7 Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Remember, O Lord, your great mercy
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Has the stuff of earth obscured the face of God? Let’s pray… O God and Father, I repent of my sinful preoccupation with visible things. The world has been too much with me. Thou hast been here and I knew it not. I have been blind to Thy Presence. Open my eyes that I may
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A fantastic reminder that God is already part of your day. Let’s pray… Psalm 30:1-5 I will exalt you, O Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me. O Lord my God, I called to you for help and you healed me. O Lord, you
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You’ve read it before, time to pray it—and rest… Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I
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When you pray, listen—you may hear music. Let’s pray… Give me the spirit of the boy Samuel when he said to Thee, ‘Speak, for thy servant heareth.’ Let me hear Thee speaking in my heart. Let me get used to the sound of Thy Voice, that its tones may be familiar when the sounds of
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The arrogant and wicked can prosper while the pure and innocent get punished—a truth you may know all too well. God, however, offers us a different, comforting perspective. Let’s pray… Psalm 73:18-28 Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin. How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
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Maybe you’re not a “prayin’ person” or just don’t know how. This can be your first prayer. He’s listening—so take a deep breath and go for it… I’ve been waiting for a long, long time Hoping you’re a friend of mine If there’s one thing that I need to do Well, that’s to find out
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Prayer of the Day: Strange times we live in—but God is doing something in His church that needs to be done. Meanwhile, here’s a prayer to pray for your church today. They need this… “I pray that out of his glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so
Jay McCarl 