love

Busy?

July 10, 2016

“Most of us in our culture feel worthless or useless if we are not busy accomplishing something. Scripture indicates that God is saying, “I want you to love me above everything else. When you are in a love relationship with Me, you have everything you need.”
– EXPERIENCING GOD book

Day 24 – The Prayer Cafe “31 Day Challenge”

October 30, 2015

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Day 24

 

Praise awaits you, O God, in Zion; to you our vows will be fulfilled. O you who hear prayer, to you all men will come. – Psalm 65:1-2

 

“In God’s name I beseech you let prayer nourish your soul as your meals nourish your body. Let your fixed seasons of prayer keep you in God’s presence through the day, and His presence frequently remembered through it be an ever-fresh spring of prayer. Such a brief, loving recollection of God renews a man’s whole being, quiets his passions, supplies light and counsel in difficulty, gradually subdues the temper, and causes him to possess his soul in patience, or rather gives it up to the possession of God.” – Francois Fenelon

 

Let us pray:

Father, thank you for these 24 days of journeying with you in this prayer challenge. You have given us wonderful teaching, examples, and understanding of who you are and what prayer is. May these remaining days of this challenge continue to launch us into a new season of intimacy and prayer sacrifice with you. We thank you for your love and your grace. And thank you for guiding us with your love and light.

 

#Gratitude #Love, #Light

 

Day 21 – The Prayer Cafe “31 Day Challenge”

October 27, 2015

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Day 21

  

Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer — it does not rise from deceitful lips. – Psalm 17:1

 

As yet my love is weak,

my heart imperfect,

and so I have great need

of your strength and comfort.

Visit me often, I pray,

and instruct me

in the way of your laws.

Set me free from

all evil passions,

and heal my heart from

all immoral desires.

And thus,

healed and cleansed in spirit,

may I learn how blissful it is

to plunge into

the depths of your love.

Let your love dissolve

my hard heart.

Let your love

raise me above myself.

Let your love

reveal to me joy beyond imagination.

Let my soul

exhaust itself in

singing the praises of your love.

Let me love you

more than I love myself,

and let me love myself

only for your sake.

And let me see your love

shining in the hearts of all people,

that I may love them as I love you.

– Thomas Kempis

 

Let us pray:

Lord hear our prayers.

 

#Love #Heal #Candid