Part of Always

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Bob Hostetler Lord Jesus, today is one of those days you promised to be with me when you said, "I will be with you always, even to the ...

Meister Eckhart's Beatitude

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Bob Hostetler Meister Eckhart said, "Blessed are the pure in heart who leave everything to God now as they did before they ever existed...

My Psalm 32

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Bob Hostetler How blessed I am, Lord, that my sins are forgiven, my wrongs blotted out. How blessed I am that you charge no sin to m...

Prayer Before a Speaking Engagement

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Bob Hostetler No speaker is saved by the quality of his material; no preacher succeeds by the multitude of his gifts. Relying on man's a...

I Enter

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Bob Hostetler (a prayer of Eugene Peterson, in his book, Praying with the Psalms, June 19) I enter the place of prayer, dear God, to listen ...

Summer is Nigh

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Bob Hostetler This year, Lord, is flying by. Summer is nigh. I renew my prayer that you will make this yet--even more--a year of breaking th...

Haven't Asked Enough

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Bob Hostetler Father, I confess that I haven't asked enough of you. You have said, "Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it."...

Refiner's Fire

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Bob Hostetler Abba, Father, some of my friends and coworkers are in the furnace right now, walking through the flames, not of idolatry but o...

Spiritual Amnesia

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Bob Hostetler Save me, God, from spiritual amnesia, from forgetting--like your people Israel did long ago, and repeatedly (Ps. 78)-- all the...

Arrows, Dove, Bones, and Stones

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Bob Hostetler Abba, Father, thank you for the arrows in my quiver, my children, who make me so proud. Thank you for my dove, my darling, my ...

Thanks for Small Homely Things

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Thank you, Lord, for the beauty of small, homely things: Sunlight through a jar of beach-plum jelly... A rainbow in soapsuds in dishwater......

Like An Empty Cup

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Bob Hostetler I come to this day, Lord, and lift my empty cup to the overflowing fountain of your strength and sufficiency. You are more tha...

My Psalm 31

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Bob Hostetler In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge; Let me not be ashamed; deliver me because you (certainly not me!) are righteous. Please l...

For Benefit of Counsel

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Bob Hostetler Lord, your Word says, "a wise man listens to advice" (Proverbs 12:15). You have reminded me several times recently h...

Prayer for My Eating Habits

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Bob Hostetler Abba, you know I don't treat my body like a temple of your Holy Spirit. I ask you for help in discerning and addressing wh...

No Confidence in the Flesh

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Bob Hostetler Lord God, Abba, in Jesus' name I pray: Grant me to worship you in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and put no confiden...

Your Timing

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Bob Hostetler Lord, you mystify me with your timing. You are all-knowing, and past, present, and future are all the same to you. Still, I do...

Lord of My Life, Whose Tender Care

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Bob Hostetler (A prayer by an anonymous hymnwriter, slightly updated and revised) Lord of my life, whose tender care Has led me on till now,...

Deliver

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Bob Hostetler Deliver us from evil, Lord. Deliver us from debt. Deliver us from self-reliance. Deliver us from deceitful people. Deliver us ...

Lord, I Know Not

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(A prayer by François Fénelon) Lord, I know not what I ought to ask of Thee, Thou only knowest what I need; Thou lovest me better than I kno...