Prayer of Hope

O Lord, in Whom is our hope, remove far from us, we pray Thee, empty hopes and presumptuous confidence. Make our hearts so right with Thy most holy and loving heart, that hoping in Thee we may do good; until that day when faith and hope shall be abolished by sight and possession, and love shall be all in all.

IF WE WORK TOGETHER

* DEAR GOD, grant me the gift of patience and the ability to work harmoniously with others. Remind me that I need never work alone. Let me be quick to ask for Your help..With You beside me, there's nothing we can't handle together.

IF WE WORK TOGETHER

* DEAR GOD, grant me the gift of patience and the ability to work harmoniously with others. Remind me that I need never work alone. Let me be quick to ask for Your help..With You beside me, there's nothing we can't handle together. href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank">

Prayer When Words Won't Come

O My Father, I have moments of deep unrest -- moments when I know not what to ask by reason of the very excess of my wants. I have in these hours no words for Thee, no conscious prayers for Thee. My cry seems purely worldly; I want only the wings of a dove that I may flee away. Yet all the time Thou has accepted my unrest as a prayer. Thou has interpreted its cry for a dove's wings as a cry for Thee, Thou has received the nameless longings of my heart as the intercessions of Thy Spirit. They are not yet the intercessions of my spirit; I know not what to ask. But Thou knowest what I ask, O my God. Thou knowest the name of that need which lies beneath my speechless groan. Thou knowest that, because I am made in Thine image, I can find rest only in what gives rest to Thee; therefore Thou hast counted my unrest unto me for righteousness, and has called my groaning Thy Spirit's prayer. Amen.