Category: Prayer

June 23, 2021

Make me truly thine…

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Lord, make me truly thine. May demons tremble at the hold you have on me. Posses me with thy love, protect me with your wings. Teach me, mould me. Liberate me from the tyranny of sin. May I never love sin and by grace unleash in me a love for thee all powerful and strong. Cleanse me in the rivers of your mercy. Forgive me with thy hand of blessing. All for thy glory and the furtherance of thy kingdom. Amen.

September 1, 2020

Happy Autumn Everyone!

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Happy Autumn everyone! 

Autumn Leaves 
The time when the winds blow.
I lift up my colar to shield from the wind.
It is cold, but the colours are perfectly beautiful.
I shuffle through the leaves.
It reminds me of childhood, holding mum’s hand as I kick up leaves, wearing my welly boots and duffle coat.
I always loved this time of year.
I’m thankful to God for this time of year.
The time when the winds blow.
– DTH 

January 6, 2020

A Selection of Prayers

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A Prayer of Praise
Sweet Jesus, thank you for the love you give.
Thank you for teaching us to laugh,
to cry.
Thank you for teaching us to dance,
to kneel.
Thank you for teaching us to shout,
to be silent.
Thank you for teaching us to say Hallelujah,
to say help.
Thank you for teaching us to be bold,
to be calm.
Most of all thank you for your love,
and teaching us to accept and share love.
Praise the Lord!!!
Amen
***
Prayer of Love
God of Love,
Thank you that you are love itself.
We praise you that it was for Love that your Son Jesus was born.
We praise you that it was for Love that your Son Jesus lived a perfect and holy life.
We praise you that it was for Love that your Son Jesus taught us to love.
We praise you that it was for Love that your Son Jesus taught us to love God.
We praise you that it was for Love that your Son Jesus taught us to love each other.
We praise you that it was for Love that your Son Jesus taught us to love even our enemies.
We praise you that it was for Love that your Son Jesus died for us.
We praise you that it was for Love that your Son Jesus took the punishment for all our sins.
We praise you that it was for Love that your Son Jesus defeated death and rose again.
We praise you that it was for Love that your Son Jesus set us free.
We praise you that love incarnate will come again and thank you that you are love itself.
In the name of the Son of Love,
Amen
***
Prayer for Peace
God of love, whose gospel is peace.
We pray that through your divine love, that peace would come.
Together we say, May Peace Prevail on earth.
In saying this we also know that we are to be your hands and feet in this world.
Therefore, loving God, enable us to be the change we wish to see in the world around us.
Let us be witnesses for peace and let our peace testimony have an impact on the whole world.
All for your glory and the improvement of the human race.
In the name of our Sweet Prince of Peace,
Amen
***
Love
Love. That splendid word. Thank you, Father.
You are graciously loving us.
You are love.
This is such a beautiful thought.
Teach us to understand it and live in the light of it.
Continue to show us how to love.
To love others and to love you.
Love.
That splendid word.
Thank you, Father.
***
(Also appeared as a guest post at Reflections Online).
January 3, 2020

Prayer for Peace

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God of Love, whose Gospel is Peace.
We pray that through your Divine Love, that Peace would come. Together we say, May Peace Prevail on Earth. In saying this we also know that we are to be your hands and feet in this world. Therefore, loving God, enable us to be the change we wish to see in the world around us. Let us be witnesses for peace and let our peace testimony have an impact on the whole world. All for your glory and the improvement of the human race.
In the name of our Sweet Prince of Peace,
Amen.

(Also appeared as a guest post at Poetry Corner in 2009).

October 31, 2019

Manna

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My life and soul were parched.
In a proverbial land of hunger and thirst, despair seemed inevitable.
I cried to you like many times before.
You, Lord are faithful.
Like Moses striking the rock my thirst was quenched.
Like Manna from heaven my hunger was satisfied.
You are faithful from generation to generation.
Blessed be your name.
Amen

October 31, 2019

Victory

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Father, true and merciful
Thank you for saving a prodigal.
Your heart of love shines through
You give life fresh and new.
In hope I thirst for more
Christ is the only victory in this war.
The tempter comes knocking
How can one as I stop falling?
Only by you my rock and shield
In your palms my destiny is sealed.
Hallelujah my king
My heart shall ever sing.
Glory and honour to your name
Your Salvation is my claim.
Amen

October 27, 2019

Passover

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Passover comes – Calvary is near.
You are anointed in love.
Prepared for burial – You know what is to come.
Prophet, Priest, King
Anointed for a purpose.
‘Seek first the kingdom’, you say to rich and poor.
In this work you find satisfaction.
Teach us to do what we can for you, with the oil of love.
A broken jar, a broken saviour.
You are sold for less.
Your servants are ridiculed.
Yet Lord, third day rising.
You are our victory!
Let freedom reign.

October 25, 2019

The Sunrise is Coming

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(Written a number of years ago, but still with some relevance).

When I look at this world I feel a deep pain.
A burden in my soul.
This overwhelming sadness threatens to engulf me, to crush me with waves of despair.

Who can I trust but you?

Our Western civilization has fallen foul to false idols.
Community is replaced by screen’s of various sizes.
Friendship is reduced to a virtual status.

Yet in You I find community.
In you I find friendship.
The wife you provided, the baby on the way.

The love of this world is enmity with you.
The world’s love blows hot and cold.
A politics of hate, a muffled church, neighbourhoods of fear and pain –
Broken, All Broken!
But, Your light still shines.
Pockets of hope, sparkles in the night.
The Sunrise is coming!

October 23, 2019

Finders Keepers

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I seek you.
I long for you.
I seek with all my heart.
In this world of sin,
We need a saviour.
‘Seek and ye shall find.’
So, I seek, I hunt, I yearn.
I sought you, you whom my soul loves. I found you… You found me.
In sackcloth and ashes I am found.
You call me son, though I say servant.
So I arise.
You embrace me, ‘Abba!’
Thankyou for loving me as I am, not just as I should be.
Thankyou for finding me, for keeping me.