From: Conversations With God: Two Centuries of Prayers by African Americans, compiled by James Melvin Washington, 1994. ***************************** A PRAYER FOR ONE NEAR DEATH: Now Lord, we know that we didn’t come here to stay always. We know this earth is not our home. We’re just pilgrims making our way through this howling wilderness. One […]
3027) “Good Lawd, Deliber Us!” Read More »
Karl Barth (1886-1968) is widely considered to be one of the greatest Protestant theologians of the last 100 years. As a theologian, he wrote many big and baffling books, challenging even the brightest seminary students. But he began his ministry far from academia, serving for ten years as a pastor in a remote, small Swiss
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TWO PICTURES  –By Annie Douglas Robinson (1842-1913) An old farmhouse with meadows wide, And sweet with clover on each side; A bright-eyed boy, who looks from out The door with woodbine wreathed about, And wishes his one thought all day: ”Oh, if I could only fly away From this dull spot, the world to see,
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MARK 10:13-16 — People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them.  When Jesus saw this, he was indignant.  He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as
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A Meditation based on the Ten Commandments and Martin Luther’s Small Catechism Explanations SELF-EXAMINATION: Our Father in heaven, you have said, “I am the Lord your God,” and you have commanded us to have no other gods before you: Lord, we pray that you give us the faith to fear, love, and trust in you above all
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Galatians 5:22-23a —  The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. ————————- Christian pastor, author, and speaker Bob Hostetler put together this monthly prayer list in 2005. He developed it as a way to pray for his children. In addition to daily prayers for their guidance and
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   Lord, Thou knowest better than I know myself that I am growing older and will someday be old.  Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something of every subject and on every occasion.  Release me from craving to straighten out everybody’s affairs.  Make me thoughtful but not moody, helpful but not bossy.  With my
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   Today’s meditation is brief, but it requires a slow and prayerful reading.  It is taken from the book A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie (1949).  This book contains 62 prayers, one for every morning and evening of the month.  It is one of the resources I use every day in my own personal
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From the novel Jubilee (1966), by Margaret W. Alexander (1915-98); (Quoted in Conversations With God: Two Centuries of African-American Prayers, ed. by James M. Washington, pp. 213, HarperCollins).    Before she realized where she was going she found herself deep in the woods… where there was a chapel-hush.  She heard birds softly and sweetly singing, but most
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   I have been suggesting methods and resources for your prayer life. Today, I want to suggest some short, simple, and convenient little prayers. These are one sentence prayers and can be easily memorized. The prayers have to do with sin, forgiveness, gratitude, obedience, anxiety, and the need for God’s help. Those things are
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