Month: February 2016

Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely (Psalm 139:4; NIV).

You know what I long for, Lord (Psalm 38:9; NLT).

Lord,
Even when my mind
Is crowded with noisy thoughts,
You hear the silent longings
Of my heart.

How frail is humanity! How short life is, how full of trouble! (Job 14:1; NLT).

Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? (Romans 8:35 NLT).

Nothing can ever separate us from God’s love (Romans 8:38; NLT).

Lord,
When trouble strikes,
Does it mean
You no longer love us?

Of course not!

For though we are fragile,
And our lives are full of sorrow,
Nothing can divide us
From your love.

Their rulers dearly love shame (Hosea 4:18; ESV).

Be warned, O rulers of the earth (Psalm 2:10; ESV).

He shall trample on rulers as on mortar, as the potter treads on clay (Isaiah 41:25; ESV).

Lord,
I pray for an end
To corruption
And cruelty
In governments
Throughout the world,

And for a great outpouring
Of care
And compassion
Towards those
Who have to live
Under their rule.

Heal me, O Lord (Psalm 6:2; ESV).

Lord God,
Please heal our bodies,
And our minds.

Please heal our hearts,
And, most of all,
Our souls.

We are the temple of the living God (2 Corinthians 6:16; ESV).

The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness (1 Kings 8:12; ESV).

[He] dwells in unapproachable light (1 Timothy 6:16; ESV).

Darkness is as light with you (Psalm 139:12; ESV).

Seek his presence continually (Psalm 105:5; ESV)

Lord,
Some days,
When I seek you
In the temple of my soul,
I find it full of darkness,
While other days
I find it full of light.

But, either way,
It doesn’t really matter,
For darkness is as light
With you, my God,
And all that matters
Is that you are there.

Lord,
I turn afresh to you
Each day,
Fixing my mind,
And heart,
And soul
On you alone.

First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye (Matthew 7:5; NLT).

Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ (Ephesians 5:2; NLT).

Lord,
Rather than wanting others
To be as we’d prefer,
Help us to confront
Our own judgemental minds,
Our selfish, unkind hearts,
And loveless souls.

Help us to look squarely
At ourselves,
So we can learn,
And change,
And grow,

Until we’re living a life
That’s filled with love –
Like Christ.

He led his own people like a flock of sheep, guiding them safely through the wilderness (Psalm 78:52: NLT).

Lord,
Please guide me
Through the wilderness of life,
And lead me safely home to you,
At last.

Through Jesus’ name,
Amen.

Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his (Psalm 100:3; NIV).

The dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it (Ecclesiastes 12:7; NIV).

God will redeem me from the world of the dead; he will surely take me to himself (Psalm 49:15; NIV).

Lord,
I want to be wholly yours
But so much holds me back –

My ignorance and weakness,
Flaws, forgetfulness,
And sinful nature.

I do my best each day,
Yet always fail.

But at death
I’ll be absorbed
Into your Being,

And then I will be wholly yours,
At last.

We are the temple of the living God (2 Corinthians 6:16; NLT).

The kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17:21; KJV).

There is one Lord… who is over all and in all and living through all
(Ephesians 4:5-6; NLT).

Lord,
You are ours,
And we are wholly yours –

For we are your temple,
And your kingdom
Can be found
Within us all.