This I would like to be- braver and bolder,
Just a bit wiser because I am older,
Just a bit kinder to those I may meet,
Just a bit manlier taking defeat;
This for the New Year my wish and my plea-
Lord, make a regular man out of me.
This I would like to be- just a bit finer,
More of a smiler and less of a whiner,
Just a bit quicker to stretch out my hand
Helping another who's struggling to stand,
This is my prayer for the New Year to be,
Lord, make a regular man out of me.
This I would like to be- just a bit fairer,
Just a bit better, and just a bit squarer,
Not quite so ready to censure and blame,
Quicker to help every man in the game,
Not quite so eager men's failings to see,
Lord, make a regular man out of me.
This I would like to be- just a bit truer,
Less of the wisher and more of the doer,
Broader and bigger, more willing to give,
Living and helping my neighbor to live!
This for the New Year my prayer and my plea-
Lord, make a regular man out of me.
Tags: inspirational hope prayer new-years
When Jesus said ast and you’ll get it, He meant things of the spirit, not the flesh. Grandpa said Jesus meant us to ast for hope, forgiveness, and all like that. Ast ‘Hep us not be scared, hep us not be greedy, give us courage to try…Ast any such and God will give it to you. But don’t ast Him not to let fire burn, or say spare me from death.
Olive Ann BurnsTags: prayer
Why is it that it is often easier for us to confess our sins to God than to a brother? God is holy and sinless, He is a just judge of evil and the enemy of all disobedience. But a brother is sinful as we are. He knows from his own experience the dark night of secret sin. Why should we not find it easier to go to a brother than to the holy God? But if we do, we must ask ourselves whether we have not often been deceiving ourselves with our confession of sin to God, whether we have not rather been confessing our sins to ourselves and also granting ourselves absolution...Who can give us the certainty that, in the confession and the forgiveness of our sins, we are not dealing with ourselves but with the living God? God gives us this certainty through our brother. Our brother breaks the circle of self-deception. A man who confesses his sins in the presence of a brother knows that he is no longer alone with himself; he experiences the presence of God in the reality of the other person.
Dietrich BonhoefferTags: sin forgiveness jesus prayer confession spiritual-friendship
A Christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another, or it collapses. I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me. His face, that hitherto may have been strange and intolerable to me, is transformed in intercession into the countenance of a brother for whom Christ died, the face of a forgiven sinner.
Dietrich BonhoefferTags: prayer christ the-church intercession christian-community
Little did the old man know how much God liked to talk to His children, how He longed to listen to them.
Debbie MacomberМОЯТА МОЛИТВА
"Благословен бог наш..."
О, мой боже, правий боже!
Не ти, що си в небесата,
а ти, що си в мене, боже -
мен в сърцето и в душата...
Не ти, комуто се кланят
калугери и попове
и комуто свещи палят
православните скотове;
не ти, който си направил
от кал мъжът и жената,
а човекът си оставил
роб да бъде на земята;
не ти, който си помазал
царе, папи, патриарси,
а в неволя си зарязал
мойте братя сиромаси;
не ти, който учиш робът
да търпи и да се моли
и храниш го дор до гробът
само със надежди голи;
не ти, боже на лъжците,
на безчестните тирани,
не ти, идол на глупците,
на човешките душмани!
А ти, боже, на разумът,
защитниче на робите,
на когото щат празнуват
денят скоро народите!
Вдъхни секиму, о, боже!
любов жива за свобода -
да се бори кой как може
с душманите на народа.
Подкрепи и мен ръката,
та кога въстане робът,
в редовете на борбата
да си найда и аз гробът!
Не оставяй да изстине
буйно сърце на чужбина,
и гласът ми да премине
тихо като през пустиня!...
Tags: poetry god prayer bulgarian
We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in God’s work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.
Corrie ten BoomTags: christianity god work faith prayer action intercession answered-prayer
Prayer: The act of falling to your knees in pleading fashion, seeking help from a greater power than all else to have failed you previously.
Richelle E. GoodrichTags: prayer help richelle pleading richelle-goodrich supplication
Do you not pray, Miss Smallwood?'
She avoided his gaze. 'No.'
'God is speaking to you every day,' he said softly. 'You might return the favor.'
She raised her chin. 'I don't hear Him.'
'Do you listen?'
She looked at him, clearly offended, then turned away again. 'I used to pray, until I found God was not listening, at least not to my prayers.'
[He] heard the inner voice of caution but barreled ahead. 'He was listening. But He doesn't always answer the way we would like Him to.
Tags: inspirational prayer
Jesus doesn’t lead you out of your day, He leads you into it.
Todd StockerTags: jesus prayer help guidance leading schedule
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