Prayers

Loveliness of God

30 Apr , 2017  

April 30, 2017

Meditating on God

Here are the middle verses of Psalm 19.

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. (Psalms 19:7-11)

 

More desired than fine gold

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Since our God is infinite and perfect; therefore, His loveliness and lovableness are worthy of our most passionate expression. This love expressed for God’s word is in a sense a proxy for our love for God.

If God’s word is more to be desired than gold…sweeter than honey…in the keeping of them is a great reward, what then Is God Himself? How should our hearts respond when we focus on Him to speak to Him?

John Piper says in his great book, Desiring God, “True worship must include inward feelings that reflect the worth of God’s glory…  But there is such a thing as hypocrisy – going through the outward motions (like singing, praying, giving, reciting) which signify the affections of the heart that are not there.”

A bit later he says, “Worship is authentic when affections for God arise in the heart as an end in themselves.”

Receiving God’s Love

As we turn to prayer, let us each recognize that the most loving Father, the most generous Saviour and the most gracious Spirit are tenderly and compassionately hearing what we pray. He is Present with each of us individually because he loves each of us. Knowing this, let us open our hearts to receive His adoration and allow our gratitude to express our love, adoration, and joy in His presence.

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Father, it is beyond our understanding the You, El Shaddai, Almighty God, should condescend to be Present with each one of us.  Loving Lord Jesus, our gratitude is overwhelming, when we consider your magnificent sacrifice for each one of us.  Ever present guide, Holy Spirit, free our hearts to be filled to overflowing with our love for You, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Please offer your hearts to God to fill with His love.

Pause for Prayer

Prompted by the love of God, lift to him the burden that is in your heart for others and for yourself.

Pause for Prayer

Mighty God and majestic Lord, You have in mercy and loving-kindness come to each one of us.  You have moved into our hearts to dwell with us in all we do.  We are in humble awe of that fantastic truth.  We thank you and surrender to your love as we join in the Prayer that Our Savior taught us, saying…

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.

Amen

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Prayers

The Prayer of the Chalice

18 Sep , 2016  

Father to Thee I raise my whole being

– a vessel emptied of self.  Accept, Lord,

this my emptiness, and so fill me with

Thyself – Thy Light, Thy Love, Thy

Life – that these Thy Precious Gifts

may radiate through me and over-

flow the chalice of my heart into

the hearts of all with whom I

come into contact this day,

revealing unto them

the beauty of

Thy Joy

and

Wholeness

and

the

serenity

of Thy Peace

which nothing can destroy.

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The Prayer of the Chalice

by Frances Nuttall

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Grateful for How God Made Us

3 Sep , 2016  

Join me in bowing before our God in gratitude that we can speak directly and personally to Him. He is our loving Father, so we can embrace Him boldly, but respectfully.

God is Magnificent

Holy LORD God, How magnificent You are. Your majesty is past our finding out. Your resplendent glory fills Your Kingdom. You are the Sovereign Lord of all peoples—believers and unbelievers alike. At Your desire we live and we die. At Your commend our lives are blessed or they are cursed.

Nothing is beyond your knowledge or power. Nothing is beneath Your notice. You have placed perfect law to govern the Universe. Everything works in the finest precision. You built everything that exists on the foundation of atoms. In different molecular structure they form rocks, plants and animals.

God Created Us

Into one-third of Your creation you added sentience, the ability of know, to flee from danger, the instincts that make life possible. You imbued the higher animals with the ability to calculate to emote and play. You have inserted life into two thirds of your creation—plants and animals. You order our lives, our growth, our fruiting, our reproduction and our deaths. You created us interdependent. All life uses other life to continue living.

You selected mankind to be the apex of your creation. Wonder of wonders, You implanted in us Your image, giving us conscience, ability to love, ability to create, and most importantly that ability to recognize You and accept Your love and return it to You.

God Made Us for a Purpose

Almighty God, how glorious is Your creation. How marvelous is our part in it. You have made believers joint heirs with Your Son, so that we could work with You in fulfilling Your Purpose in and for this world.

We praise and glorify Your Presence. Hallelujah Our Grand and Holy Father. Hallelujah, Our loving Savior. Hallelujah, our blessed Guide to Jesus. We are deeply grateful. Amen. Maranatha!

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