God, it’s been a truly scary time. I’m grateful for help that has come, but my body still holds the fear. God show me how to process all this.how frail is humanity! how short is life, how full of trouble!Job 14:1 NLT blessed are we, when we decide to make room for all of it, the fear and…
Oh God, I long for understanding, but life is full of unanswered questions.God, reveal to me what I need to know and for all the rest….show me how to live with so much uncertainty. “My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I…
God, I am troubled in spirit and there doesn’t seem to be an end to it.show me the way toward peace. I look up at the vast size of the mountains—from where will my help come in times of trouble? Psalm 121 Thank You for the freedom that comeswhen I begin to admitat how powerless…
O God, hope is only a half-remembered dream behind a closed door,and I sit alone with grief and loss. O God, bring me out from these confines of despair,to where hope lives. God have mercyChrist have mercySpirit have mercy My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, “Where…
O God, do you see us? Do you hear us? Our world is being torn apart and there is no relief. O God, help us! help us all!In this pandemic of pain and sickness and poverty and violence and chaos and fear,We are ALLyour tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free! God…
A blessing for pastors in a pandemic. Oh God, You see them, Your wounded healers, Your pastors serving in the midst of this pandemic confusion and isolation, struggling to find ways to reach their people in need. Oh God, let them know beyond doubt that You are there,and that they are not alone in this…
Jesus we are furious. we are trembling.we are outraged, that murderous acts of violenceare committed in Your Name. Lord God, come and set things right,starting right here, right now. God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. The voice of the Lord is powerful;the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.Psalm 29:4 KJV God have…
God, I need a gentler day,a respite from the strident voicesand the attention economy,problems I can’t solveand burdens that feel too heavy.I need a break. God, shelter me awhile. My soul cleaves to the dust;revive me according to Your Word.Psalm 119:25 NASB God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. For in the day of trouble,God…
O God, why do the days feel so shortand the minutes so long? Oh God take hold of time,and order it once again. God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. On this palm sunday,time is markedas one small donkeyplods toward Jerusalem, And one with a face set like flintwalks forwardtoward the eastering of all sorrow…
God, I am appalledat the violence and sufferingthat keeps happening. God, how do I wrapmy mind around this?What can be done? Be angry and do not sinEph. 4:26 Literal Standard Version God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. The kind of fasting I want is this:Remove the chains of oppressionand the yoke of injustice,and let…
Oh God you see them,the ones who are overwhelmed–the caregivers and workers,Zoom warriors and parents–all those who are giverswhose greatest need nowis just to be able to receive. God come in Your powercome in Your tendernessto bring the helpand relief they need. God have mercy.Christ have mercy.Spirit have mercy. Be assured,that nothing you do for himis…
Oh God, there are so many stresses and dangers that bear down upon us, it feels like we are helplessly under siege O God come to our assistanceguard and protect us from troubles within, and without. God have mercyChrist have mercySpirit have mercy How frail is humanity. how short is life, how full of trouble….
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