Dormancy

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Lord, I feel like I'm in a season of dormancy. Cold. Quiet. Still. Hidden. Fruitless. But I believe that I am here in your will, ...

Frailty

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Lord...how do I despise What upon trust Is styled honor, riches, or fair eyes; But is--fair dust! I surname them gilded clay, Dear eart...

You Answered

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Prayer-answering God, thank you from the bottom of my heart for the good report yesterday on Miles's eyesight. Those who know you...

For Writing Tools

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For fountain pens and India ink, Legal pads and time to think, Olivetti, Underwood, Selectric, Typewriters both manual and electric, Ty...

A Song of Ascents

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I bless you, Lord, in private and together with the saints who stand to sing and pray and give and sit to listen and read and study in ...

For Calleigh

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Gracious Lord, please have mercy on her. Heal her quickly and completely from this nagging infection in her lungs, and forestall any need fo...
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A Prayer of Israel Houghton

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A Poet's Prayer

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Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me. (Robert Frost, "Cluster of Faith," 1962...

For the Grace This Day Will Require

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O God the author of all good, I come to Thee for the grace another day will require for its duties and events. I step out into a wicked worl...

On This Day of Travel

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May it be Your will, Lord, My God and God of my ancestors, to lead me, to direct my steps, and to support me in peace. Lead me in life, tran...

Mantle

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Lord, Elisha asked for a double portion of Elijah's spirit, the eldest son's inheritance, to rest upon him. And it was given to him....

Overshadowed (Slightly Revised)

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How desolate my life would be, How dark and drear my nights and days, If, Lord, your face I did not see, To brighten all earth's we...

Another Psalm 4

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Lord, I trust you're listening-- You, my Defender and my Advocate. Proclaim Jubilee in my heart, mind, and life. Have mercy on me an...

Transform

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Lord Jesus, you turned a meager lunch into a banquet for thousands, a common lake trout into an ATM, a brash fisherman in...
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Amanuensis

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Lord, make me your amanuensis. Your scribe. Your secretary. Think aloud to me, slowly and simply enough that I can transcribe the things...

Joan of Arc Prayer

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If I am in your Truth, God, keep me there. If I am not in your Truth, God, put me there. Amen. (from the Daily Prayer blog )
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But Thine Own

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We give Thee but Thine own, Whate’er the gift may be; All that we have is Thine alone, A trust, O Lord, from Thee.

Fruit Prayer

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Holy Spirit, cultivate and proliferate your fruit in my writing. Let love permeate my words. Help me experience joy in the writing, and ...

Where You Lead

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Where you lead me I will follow. Where you lead me I will follow. Where you lead me I will follow. I'll go with you, With you all...

Seasons of Love Prayer

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In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, In cups of coffee, In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife, in love... by any measure,...