Category Archives: Uncategorized

May I see this day from the eyes of a child, O God.  Let me laugh like an infant who has just discovered what it is to feel and share extreme joy.  Give me the imagination of a toddler who is beginning to build castles and make up words that no one understand but themselves.  Allow me toContinue reading “Prayer for July 19, 2021”

Sabbath God, may I use the time I spend in prayer today with my fellow worshippers celebrating the gifts you have given me.  Let me be filled with your spirit and release all the worlds challenges so that I can see clearly the path you have set before me.  May I use this day to recharge myContinue reading “Prayer for July 18, 2021”

Creating God, you continue to create in us imaginations that allow new things to come into being.  Thank you for giving us writers whose imaginations help us make visions of the stories we read come alive making it incredibly real.  The musicians whose music allow us to feel and express emotions at so many levels.   The artists whoContinue reading “Prayer for July 17, 2021”

Healing God, everyday there are people who are headed to medical tests or waiting for answers from them.  Be with those who are in that time of waiting anxiously for results.  May the doctors, nurses and all who care for patients be given not only a healing touch but the empathy to help those they serve beContinue reading “Prayer for July 16, 2021”

Ever-present God, we know that there are times when we doubt and struggle to recognize your presence.  Those are some of our darkest times and while we logically know in our deepest recesses that you are there, that doubt can become pervasive.  In those times may we notice you in the little things and let that recognitionContinue reading “Prayer for July 15, 2021”

God of Peace, help us as we live in a time where there seems to be anger and anxiety.  May we look for ways to come together with our neighbors and those who live lives in ways that are not the same.  May we learn from the heritage, culture and lives of strangers.  Let us see the beautyContinue reading “Prayer for July 14, 2021”

Today is the lesser feast day of Jeremy Taylor, who was described as the “Shakespeare of Divines” for his writings. It is appropriate that one of his writings was a set of prayers. Golden Grove; or a Manuall of daily prayers and letanies . . . (1655)it can be found at this link http://anglicanhistory.org/taylor/golden/prayers.html O God of all Creation, weContinue reading “Prayer for July 13, 2021”

Patient God, we are grateful for all that you have given us and know that you are with us every step of the journey we are travelling.  Help us today to not be so overwhelmed by all the expectations we and others have set upon us.  Let us prioritize what we are called to doContinue reading “Prayer for July 12, 2021”

O God to whom we praise, help us to celebrate this day of Sabbath you have given us.  Let us look back on the week before with thanksgiving for all the good we have been able to do.  Allow us to accept your forgiveness for the wrongs we may have done and set us free from theContinue reading “Prayer for July 11, 2021”

Forgiving God, help us when we struggle to forgive.  There are times when the pain or anger we feel from what someone has done to or against us is still too real to us.  In fact, there is evil and it drains our energy for love and compassion.  May we not give that power over how we respondContinue reading “Prayer for July 10,2021”