Heavenly Father,
In the midst of darkness,
Please let me be a candle of light and hope
Whose flame shines brightly and boldly
With strength, faith, and truth
Giving to those who cross my path
The warmth of love and peace.
In Jesus' name I pray,
Amen.
On my journey, I pray for guidance.
In my weakness, I pray for strength.
When I make mistakes, I pray for forgiveness.
During my trials and tribulation, I pray for faith.
I pray for peace in the midst of my storms.
I cannot make it alone, I pray that You will hold my hand.
When I stumble, I pray that You will lift me up.
When I don't know my purpose, I pray that You will remind me.
When I feel alone, I trust that You love me.
When it feels that I cannot love, I trust that You will show me.
And in the times when life shows me darkness,
When life shows me all of the sadness, all of the bitterness, all of the pain
When my hardships shout at me so loudly, I feel I cannot hear You,
When sorrow batters my fragile soul, and tries to tell me that You are not there,
When my tears become many, and my burdens are too heavy to bear.
When life whispers to me words full of doubt, fear, and despair
And I feel that I can no longer go on and I can no longer believe, let me not surrender to the sorrow that wants to consume me, that wants to tell me Love does not exist, but give me the strength to have faith. Let me not lose my faith in You, but let me see what sorrow would not have me to see...Your light in the midst of the darkness.
And I pray for those who cross my path,
Those who are near to me and those who are far...
Let me see them as You would,
Love and care for them as You would.
Thank you for all things.
"Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things. Love never ends; as for prophecies; they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge it will pass away."
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
"...And now abideth faith, hope, and love, these three; but the greatest of these is love."
1 Corinthians 13:13
Matthew 5
Luke 18
John 3:16
John 14
Romans 10
Jesus was not ashamed to die for me. I am not ashamed to live for Him.
"Amazing Grace: My Chains Are Gone" is performed by Chris Tomlin pictured below:
An interesting and thought provoking exerpt from Ben Stein's CBS Sunday Morning Commentary:
"Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her 'How could God let something like this happen?' (regarding Katrina) Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, 'I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?'"
