In the spirit of the Book of Common Prayer, Art Nelson provides a new collection of public and private prayers to help us meet the uncertainties of life with the dignity of prayer.Often when situations of very specific pain or joy arise (pregnancyat risk, marriage crisis, addiction, psychosis, incarceration, rape, celebrating wedding or anniversary, victory over abuse, etc.), we struggle to find the right words to pray for that situation. The high emotion of the moment or the longstanding nature of a chronic illness or the shock of enduring a national crisis leave us frustrated at just the time when we want and need to pray.This is a difficult and uncertain time for individuals, communities and nations. These timely and sensitive prayers are meant to stimulate reflection and provide reassurance--both for us and for those we pray for.
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The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in
from this time on and forevermore.
PSALM 121:1-3, 7-8 NRSV
I look up to the mountains; does my strength come from mountains?
No, my strength comes from God,
who made heaven, and earth, and mountains.
He wonāt let you stumble,
your Guardian God wonāt fall asleep. . . .
GOD guards you from every evil,
he guards your very life.
He guards you when you leave and when you return,
he guards you now, he guards you always.
PSALM 121:1-3, 7-8 The Message
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD.
Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my supplications!
If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?
But there is forgiveness with you,
so that you may be revered.
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord
more than those who watch for the morning,
more than those who watch for the morning.
O Israel, hope in the LORD!
For with the LORD there is steadfast love,
and with him is great power to redeem.
It is he who will redeem Israel
from all its iniquities.
PSALM 130 NRSV
Help, GODāthe bottom has fallen out of my life! Master, hear my cry for help!
Listen hard! Open your ears!
Listen to my cries for mercy.
If you, GOD, kept records on wrongdoings,
who would stand a chance?
As it turns out, forgiveness is your habit,
and thatās why youāre worshiped.
I pray to GODāmy life a prayerā
and wait for what heāll say and do.
My lifeās on the line before God, my Lord,
waiting and watching till morning,
waiting and watching till morning.
O Israel, wait and watch for GODā
with GODās arrival comes love,
with GODās arrival comes generous redemption.
No doubt about itāheāll redeem Israel,
buy back Israel from captivity to sin.
PSALM 130 The Message
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
ROMANS 8:38-39 NIV
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
ROMANS 8:38-39 NRSV
Iām absolutely convinced that nothingānothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkableāabsolutely nothing can get between us and Godās love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.
ROMANS 8:38-39 The Message
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Table of contents
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
Praying the Inner Life
Prayers for Times of Grief
Prayers for Times of Difficulty
Prayers for Ongoing Illness
Prayers for Healing
Prayers for a Marriage
Prayers for Parents and Children
Prayers for Celebrations
Prayers for Home and Church
Praying for Our Larger World
Praying for the Yearās Seasons
Praying the Scriptures
Notes
About the Author
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