Your favorite inspirational verse/thought?

[MrFussbudget]

"When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free."

[IceWizard]

Friday, December 17






Isaiah 55:8-13


8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain cometh down,
and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither,
but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud,
that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth:
it shall not return unto me void,
but it shall accomplish that which I please,
and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace:
the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree,
and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree:
and it shall be to the Lord for a name,
for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

We thank you that you have given us the light of life,
that we can now learn how to live, and that through your
great grace we may understand life in direct relationship
with the Lord Jesus, who was crucified and who rose from
the dead. Grant that the power of Christ may be made
visible in us. Grant that his life may become our life,
that we may leave behind all doubts and anxiety,
even though we are often surrounded by darkness
and night. Keep us in your Word. Let your will hold
sway over all the world, for your will must be done in heaven,
on earth, and down to the lowest depths.
Let your will be done on earth as in all the heavens.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

[Charon]

Let Your Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven, In Jesus precious name I agree in prayer. Amen and Amen.

[IceWizard]

Saturday, December 18






Matthew 10:27-33


27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light:
and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul:
but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing?
and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men,
him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men,
him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

Our Father, out of reverent silence comes the praise that is due to you,
O God in Zion. It is right for us to praise you and to keep our promises
to you. People everywhere shall come to you, for you answer prayer.
Protect us your children in the task you have given us. Watch over us so
that we can serve you in the right way and receive from you the gifts
we need in order to go toward your kingdom and witness to your name.
Help us on every step of the way. May our lives be entrusted to your hands,
and may we always find our strength in you, our God and Savior.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

[Charon]

Help all Your Children Lord God in Jesus precious name. Amen and Amen.

[IceWizard]

Sunday, December 19






Proverbs 1:5-10


5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning;
and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation;
the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge:
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father,
and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head,
and chains about thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee,
consent thou not.


Today's Prayer...


Dear Father in heaven,

We hope in you and in your promise, which we hold in our hearts
as our most precious possession. Protect us when times grow hard.
May your Spirit come. May your Spirit constantly reveal your Word
and give your promise to the hearts of many so that they may share
in the hope, the faith, and the struggle for the great day. On that day
we will be allowed to rejoice, exulting with all people because your
salvation comes for the whole world.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

[Charon]

May Your Spirit constantly reveal Your Word in Jesus precious name. Amen and Amen. *start reading your Bibles again STAT in tribute to the birth of Our Lord. TO ME*

[IceWizard]

Monday, December 20






Psalm 71:7-13


7 I am as a wonder unto many;
but thou art my strong refuge.
8 Let my mouth be filled with thy
praise and with thy honour all the day.
9 Cast me not off in the time of old age;
forsake me not when my strength faileth.
10 For mine enemies speak against me;
and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
11 Saying, God hath forsaken him:
persecute and take him;
for there is none to deliver him.
12 O God, be not far from me:
O my God, make haste for my help.
13 Let them be confounded and consumed
that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered
with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.



Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,

Thank you for bringing us into glorious day.
Let the rays of your grace, the grace of Jesus Christ,
shine into our hearts so that we are truly born of the
Spirit and serve you as your children at all times,
also when hard days come. Through your might and your
revelation pry us loose from all earthly things.
Pry us loose from worries and from pleasures.
We are your children, O Lord God. We come before you,
our Father in heaven, and you will accept us so that
we may be a people who prepare the way for you.
May all the words you speak be a blessing to us and
make us joyful in expectation for the day of Jesus Christ,
which has begun in power and glory and will bring
power and glory when all is fulfilled according to your
merciful and perfect decree. O God, your children entreat you,
"Accept us. Hear us. Set the light aflame in our hearts
for the coming of your great day!"


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

[Charon]

Be not far from us Oh Lord. In Jesus precious name, Amen and Amen.

[IceWizard]

Tuesday, December 21






Deuteronomy 4:3-10


3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baalpeor:
for all the men that followed Baalpeor,
the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
4 But ye that did cleave unto the
Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.
5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments,
even as the Lord my God commanded me,
that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
6 Keep therefore and do them;
for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the
sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say,
Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
7 For what nation is there so great,
who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is
in all things that we call upon him for?
8 And what nation is there so great,
that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law,
which I set before you this day?
9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently,
lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen,
and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life:
but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the
Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me,
Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words,
that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon
the earth, and that they may teach their children.



Today's Prayer...


Lord Jesus Christ,

To you we may lift our eyes, for you have broken free from our world of death
and live in the glory of life, and you offer your life to us on earth. Let the power
of your life be revealed today in us and in many others who want to celebrate
Christmas. Send your Spirit to move our hearts so that we hear, see, experience,
and understand what you and your gift of eternal life truly mean for us.
So watch over us in these days and strengthen us in faith. Shed the light
of your grace over us and within us. Protect us as your disciples.
Lead us into communion with our Father in heaven and into community
with you, O Jesus Christ, for all eternity.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen