You Alone

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Bob Hostetler You alone are God, You were from of old, And You will be until eternity, always, first and last, Now and always for ever and e...

Impromptu Praise

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Bob Hostetler Abba, Father, Mighty God, Adonai, I praise you: for the grace to praise you. I praise you: for the symphony of seasons, four m...

A Prayer of Hildegarde of Bingen, slightly revised

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Bob Hostetler Fire of the Spirit, Life of the lives of creatures, Spiral of sanctity, Bond of all natures, Glow of charity, Lights of clarit...

The Grace of Loving Curiosity

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copyright Bob Hostetler Abba, I pray for "the grace of loving curiosity" (Eugene Peterson), that I may see you at work in other pe...

My Psalm 22

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Bob Hostetler My God, my God, how can you let me feel forsaken? You seem so distant, so far from the words of my groanin...

Pruning

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copyright Bob Hostetler Abba, you know I don't like the pruning process. I want uninterrupted, straight-line growth...but I confess that...

Gratitude

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copyright Bob Hostetler Thank you, Lord, for the many blessings wherewith you have blessed me... my family, my children, for their health an...

For the Prayers of Others

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copyright Bob Hostetler Abba, thank you for the prayers of others on my behalf, those times when someone's prayer--unbeknownst to me-- h...

On Taking My Problems Less Seriously

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copyright Bob Hostetler Lord God, help me to take my problems less seriously, and with them my obsessions, my perfectionism, my concern for ...

Help Me Swallow

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copyright Bob Hostetler : Abba, help me swallow whole the truth that you will never leave me nor forsake me; that you will be with me throug...

On My Son's Engagement

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Bob Hostetler Abba, thank you for my son, and for his fiance Nina. Thank you that he has found a woman who lights his eyes, who thrills his ...

My Jesus, I Love Thee

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A hymn by William Featherston with a new verse by Bob Hostetler My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine; For Thee all the pleasures of s...

Thanks for Catholics

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copyright Bob Hostetler Father, the blessings of this day remind me to thank you for the impact Roman Catholic brothers and sisters have had...

My Psalm 21

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copyright Bob Hostetler I will rejoice in your strength, O Lord; and oh, how greatly do I rejoice in your salvation! You have given me my h...

O Love That Will Not Let Me Go

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A hymn by George Matheson, updated and revised O Love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul in you; I give you back the life I owe, ...

A Spacious Place

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copyright Bob Hostetler Abba, Father, you have indeed brought me into a spacious place (Psalm 18:19), given me a dream wife--no, a wife beyo...

Hem Me In

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copyright Bob Hostetler God, my King, my Father, as you accomplished your will through such unlikely candidates as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob...

Save Me From a Mixed Faith

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copyright Bob Hostetler Save me, God, from a mixed faith: a faith in you... and in me. I believe; help my unbelief. I long to believe only-...

Thanks for Pardon, Acceptance, Adoption

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Bob Hostetler Abba, how long since I last thanked you for my pardon, acceptance, and adoption? I do so now; thank you that you have made me ...

Like a Baby

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Bob Hostetler Lord, I want my soul to be like a weaned child (Psalm 131), but too often I'm just a baby, a spoiled suckling in spirit. I...