My soul thirsts for you (Psalm 63:1; NLT).
If you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him (Deuteronomy 4:29; NLT).
God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit (John 4:24; NLT).
Lord,
During meditation,
I leave my body,
Thoughts,
And feelings
Far behind,
In order to
Unite my soul
With yours.
You are a refuge from the storm (Isaiah 25:4; NLT).
This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls (Hebrews 6:19; NLT).
Peace, be still (Mark 4:39; KJV).
Lord,
Through all the storms
Of life,
May your words
Be my anchor –
Peace, be still.
How frail is humanity! How short is life, how full of trouble! (Job 14:1; NLT).
Lord,
Whenever I drive
My car,
Please help me
To remain aware
That I’m only
A thin-skinned bag
Of blood,
And bone,
And brain,
Propelling half a ton
Of glass,
And steel,
And unburnt fuel
At speed,
Amongst
My fellow travellers!
Don’t you realise that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? (Romans 6:16; NLT).
Choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! (Deuteronomy 30:19; NLT).
Choose life instead of death! (2 Kings 18:32; NLT).
Lord,
I can’t choose
To change
My feelings,
But I can choose
To change
The patterns of thought
That generate them.
Keep on seeking, and you will find (Matthew 7:7; NLT).
Seek peace and pursue it (Psalm 34:14; NIV).
Guide our feet into the path of peace (Luke 1:79; NLT).
Keep seeking peace
With all
Your strength,
In mind,
And heart,
And soul;
For this
Is what God wants
For us –
The path
That makes
Us whole.
He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need (Acts 17:25; NLT).
Their hearts are troubled like a wild sea in a raging storm (Jeremiah 49:23; NLT).
You are a refuge from the storm (Isaiah 25:4; NLT).
He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea be hushed (Psalm 107:29; ESV).
Peace, be still (Mark 4:39; KJV).
Your words
Are my food
And drink,
My medicine,
And my refuge
From life’s storms.
May they heal me
A thousand times
Each day, Lord –
Peace,
Be still.
“My wayward children,” says the Lord, “come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts” (Jeremiah 3:22; NLT).
So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him (Luke 15:20; NLT).
Lord,
You always
Welcome me,
When I come back
To you –
Whether my mind
Has been wandering
For ten seconds
During meditation;
Or for ten years,
In the wilderness
Of lost faith –
You always
Welcome me,
When I come back
To you.
It is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God (Ephesians 2:8; NIV).
Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light (Micah 7:8; NLT).
No one can receive anything unless God gives it from heaven (John 3:27; NLT).
Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24; NIV).
Lord God,
Pease give me faith
That in the darkness
Of contemplation,
You are slowly healing me.
I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb (Jeremiah 1:5; NLT).
God loves us (Romans 5:5; NLT).
Please help me
To remember
That long
Before my birth,
I was known,
And loved,
And wanted,
Lord – by you!
“Return home, you wayward children,” says the Lord (Jeremiah 3:14; NLT).
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored (Job 22:23; NLT).
If you return to me, I will restore you (Jeremiah 15:19; NLT).
Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved (Isaiah 30:15; NLT).
Lord,
May we,
Your wayward children,
Return home to you
Repeatedly
Throughout our lives,
So that our souls
May be restored.