Now I Get Me Up From Sleep…

My mother taught me to say a prayer before going to bed at night.  It was the traditional, “Now I lay me down to sleep,” type of prayer.
I wonder why kids were never taught to say a prayer before getting out of bed to face the day?
Here is a prayer you could use as an [...]

Advent 2

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Lord of the winter snow
Sometimes we are burdened
waiting for sunlight to melt away
our cares and worries.
Yet, you give us strength
to bear what we must
and still stay green and growing.
Amen.

Advent 1

Almighty God,
give us grace to cast away
the works of darkness
and put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your son Jesus Christ
came to us in great humility;
that on the last day,
when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
to judge both the living and the dead,
we may rise to [...]

Labor Day Prayer

God of all creation, we pray for all those who labor.
Father, we give you thanks for the skills and talents that enable us to do our work. We ask that you help us to do our best in whatever vocation you have called us to. We know that there is no job that is menial [...]

Hummingbird

While I was sitting in my easy chair at home today I saw a hummingbird trying to get into our home.  We have large floor to ceiling windows which can attract birds because of the reflection.  Thankfully the little hummingbird went from side to side and found no entry or space to move into and [...]

Prayer Partners Needed

I am looking for people who believe in the power of prayer.  You can join a prayer list and receive prayer concerns and needs as they are sent to me and I will send them to you.
Here’s the deal – you can send a prayer request to me by email: prayer@zionsheboygan.org
If you want to be on the [...]

John Stott’s Prayer

From Ray Pritchard’s Blog:
John Stott, the well-known author and much-beloved former pastor of All Souls Church in London, begins each day with this prayer to each person in the Holy Trinity:
 
Good morning heavenly Father. Good morning Lord Jesus. Good morning Holy Spirit. Father I pray that I may live this day in Your presence [...]

S.O.S. Prayer

Prayer – Don’t give God instructions – Just report for duty! – Bumper Sticker
Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. -Ambrose Bierce.
The book, Coffee Break With God (no author), reports that an informal survey revealed that most people generally pray two types [...]

Devotion

Every so often I need to jump start my devotional life.  So I look for a new book to get me praying and meditating in a new format.  “Celtic Devotions” by Calvin Miller does just that.
I have been using the book which takes you through 30 days of morning and evening prayers.  From the back [...]

Martyrs

  Four Christian teachers, two of them converts from Islam, were murdered by Islamic militants last Sunday, 13 April, in Beledweyne in south-central Somalia.
 Mr Daud Assan Ali (aged 64), Ms Rehana Ahmed (aged 32), both of Somali origin, and two Kenyans were shot and killed when militants stormed the school where the Christians were sleeping.
 Both Mr [...]