Prayers

“Prayer does not change God, but it changes the one who prays.” - Soren Kierkegaard

God Is..

May our ears be attuned
to the whisper of God,
our hearts open
to the love of God,
our voices raised
in the worship of God
and our lives transformed
by the power of God.

 

-John Birch

www.faithandworship.com

 

What Are You Hungry For?

What are you hungry for? What do you desire – and what desire lies beneath that desire – or within it? What does your wanting teach you about yourself; about what you love, what you fear, what is possible? How does your longing meet the world’s longing? How do you pray with your desires?

Blessing

Where the world of the hunger below you meets the hunger of the world within you: may you find yourself in this place.

- Jan L. Richardson

Happiness is life.

When I ws 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.  When I went to school they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.  I wrote down 'happy'.  They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life. "  John Lennon

GOD IS HERE

                   O God, ever wakeful, ever vigilant,
         your protection and loving care are always with us.
                Even in times when evil seems rampant,
                       in times of natural disaster,
                       in times of anxiety or grief,
              you guard our going out and our coming in.
 Through Jesus Christ we know your grace is sufficient. Amen.

- Ginger Howl
Upper Room Worshipbook

God's Glory

May you see the glory of God in sun and sky;
may you hear the Creator’s song in bird and breeze;
and may the grace of Christ’s Spirit course through you,
body and soul.

- Sam Hamilton-Poore
Earth Gospel

God Is....

Third and fourth graders at Wheaton (IL) Christian Elem. were asked to complete the sentence, “By faith, I know that God is. . . “

Amanda, “forgiving, because he forgave in the Bible, and forgave me when I went in the road on my bike without one of my parents.”

Brandon, “provides because he dropped Manna for Moses and the people, and helped my dad find a job.”

Jeremy, “merciful because my brother has been nice to me for a year.”

Hannah, “sweet, because God tells me not to do things that are bad.  I need someone like that.”

Me too.