Happy New Week to you...
Off the top, a prayer request once again for my sister-in-law Karen,
in hospital struggling with illness.
Please pray for the medical team and a correct diagnosis and treatment!
Please pray for Karen and her family's strength and encouragement!
Please also pray for wisdom to know how to bring comfort
to sorrowing neighbors; 3 months yesterday, since a tragic accident
took the life of a wife and mother in our community!
Please pray for their comfort as well 💔
that they may know
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Ps.34:18
Today's prayer-poem is shared, ultimately
as a reminder and encouragement
to fight the good fight,
to finish the race,
to keep the faith.
to prize the crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous Judge,
will award to me (and you) on that day—
and not only to me, (and you)
but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
A few favorite songs to begin a new week on!
Lord, you are altogether wonderful and worthy of
Desire’s dearest, deepest plea of devotion and love
Though the spirit is willing, Lord, you know the flesh is weak
And prone to pride, untoward and too pitiful to speak
But You are rich in mercy, Lord, a patient Father-Friend
You forgive us when we are truly sorry and repent
Then make my life an open book with nothing left to hide
Strip me of looking back, like Lot’s wife, and rid me of pride
Unfold the secret/stubborn strongholds of my heart, Lord, lay them bare
Like sacrifices on an altar of penitent prayer
Help me to love my neighbor as myself, with no holds barred
And be a faithful laborer even when toil/love is hard
When popular opinion and wild applause sways the crowd
And religion becomes defiled, disobedient, proud
Remind me of the consequences still waiting to be
Of love’s final recompense and its grave longevity
Lord, you are altogether wonderful and worthy of
Love’s unreserved commitment to go over and above
Required regulations as an antidote for guilt
Rather than emulations of Your lifeblood freely spilt
Lord, there is much to do; help me with true humility
To give my life to You as once You gave Your life for me
To count each earthly loss as gain in an eternal crown
And to take up the cross of faith until You lay it down
Your Word, a gushing fountain that will quench Want, through and through
Your faithful goodness and mercy, always more than enough
To satisfy us in the morning with unfailing love
Lord, let us covet shamelessly the prayers of fellow-saints
Of fellow-warriors, till we transcend creature-complaints
Till Sight tenderly traces enduring faith's glory, when
We, who with unveiled faces are transformed at last, amen
© Janet Martin
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:
and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God,
who loved me, and gave himself for me.
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