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Category Archives: Morning Prayer
Morning Prayer: New Resolutions
Good morning, Lord. It’s a new year, a fresh start, with new mercies. What is it You want me to do this year, this month, this day? Teach me to check my desires, my resolutions and my to-do list against … Continue reading
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Morning Prayer: Zeal for God’s House
Good morning, Lord. Sometimes, I’m sad to say, going to church is just one more thing on my to-do list. Forgive me for failing to prioritize this sacred time with You and like-minded believers. May I hunger and thirst … Continue reading
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Morning Prayer: Discipline
Good morning, Lord. Your discipline is a sign of Your love. Forgive me for trying to sneak past discipline, like teenagers trying to slip a misdeed past their parents. Teach me to respect Your Word and its wisdom. Teach me … Continue reading
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Morning Prayer: Zeal for the Lord
Good morning, Lord. Why is it that I’m more zealous about my to-do list than I am for You? My priorities are out of order, I know. Tune my ears to hear Your Word, tune my heart to sense Your … Continue reading
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Morning Prayer: Zeal of the Lord
Good morning, Lord. Here I am, with bleary eyes and bedhead hair, dreading the start of the workweek. Here You are, eternal and powerful, zealous with love for Your children. Forgive my reluctance to get out of bed and get … Continue reading
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Morning Prayer: Christmas Plans
Good morning, Lord. You know my Christmas to-do list: presents to buy, cookies to bake, a tree in need of decorating, celebrations to plan. Deliver me from the temptation to give any of these a higher priority than time with … Continue reading
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Morning Prayer: Establish Justice and Righteousness
Good morning, Lord. Alas, our world is broken. People (and nations) serve themselves, with no concern for those they hurt. Justice is distorted by money and power. Truth is spun, twisted and turned inside out. Save us from ourselves. Even … Continue reading
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Morning Prayer: Grace and Mercy
Good morning, Lord. You are perfect, I am unrighteousness–You grant me grace. You are just, I look out for myself at the expense of others–You grant me mercy. I am blessed. Thank You.
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Morning Prayer: Right and True
Good morning, Lord. You set the standard. Even when I’m trying, I fall short (and all too often I’m not trying). Give me eyes to see and ears to hear Your Word. Fill my mind with Your wisdom and fill … Continue reading
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Morning Prayer: Righteous and Just
Good morning, Lord. You are perfectly righteous and just, I am not. Forgive me for questioning Your ways, for thinking I know better than You how things should work, how the world should run. Forgive me for taking the short … Continue reading
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