Afternoon Prayer

Our Father who art in heaven –
may we know thy love
Hallowed be Thy name –
may we see thy glory
Thy kingdom come –
may we enter it
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven –
may we obey it
Give us this day our daily bread –
may we take and eat with thanksgiving
And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors –
may we receive thy mercy as we forgive others
And lead us not into temptation –
may we forsake ourselves and seek you
But deliver us from evil –
may our trust in you keep us from the way of death and grant us life.
Amen.
(Lorraine Kisly, The Prayer of Fire, 6-7)

Noon Prayer

My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.

Nor do I really know myself,
and the fact that I think that I am following your will
does not mean that I am actually doing so.

But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you.

And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.

And I know that if I do this,
you will lead me by the right road
though I may know nothing about it.

Therefore I will trust you always
though I may seem to be lost in the shadow of death.

I will not fear, for you are ever with me,
and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
– Thomas Merton

9am Prayer
“Lord, may nothing separate me from You today. Teach me how to choose only Your way today so each step will lead me closer to You. Help me walk by the Word and not my feelings. Help me to keep my heart pure and undivided. Protect me from my own careless thoughts, words, and actions. And keep me from being distracted by MY wants, MY desires, MY thoughts on how things should be. Help me to embrace what comes my way as an opportunity… rather than a personal inconvenience. And finally, help me to rest in the truth of Psalm 86:13, ‘Great is your love toward me.’ You already see the ways I will fall short and mess up. But right now, I consciously tuck Your whisper of absolute love for me into the deepest part of my heart. I recognize Your love for me is not based on my performance. You love me warts and all. That’s amazing. But what’s most amazing is that the Savior of the world would desire a few minutes with me this morning. Lord, help me to forever remember what a gift it is to sit with You like this. Amen.”