June 30, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"Turn to God from idols. For the sword of His wrath that had been aimed at you has been sheathed into the heart of His Son. And the arrows of His anger that had been put against your breast were loosed into the Lord Jesus Christ. Because He has died for you, you were forgiven."

Paris Reidhead

June 30, 2010

Here is today's prayer:

50th Wedding Anniversary Prayer

May God, who has given you fifty years together, of his infinite goodness and mercy continue to bless you and your union. May the Father who created you, the Son who redeems you, and the Holy Spirit who sanctifies you, preserve and keep you all your days. The Lord with his favour look upon you, and so fill you with all spiritual benediction and grace; that you may so please him in this life, that in the world to come you may have life everlasting. Amen.

June 29, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"How we have prayed for a Revival - we did not care whether it was old-fashioned or not - what we asked for was that it should be such that would cleanse and revive His children and set them on fire to win others."

Mary Booth

June 29, 2010

Here is today's prayer:

Wedding Anniversary Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You from the bottom of our hearts for your continued blessings on our union that have enabled us to reach another anniversary. We thank You for letting our love deepen and for helping us in time of trial. We know that without your assistance we would never have remained so close as we are.

We ask You to continue to watch over us, over our homes and families. Help us to renew our vows of love and loyalty and to strive to remain united with You, steadfast in our faith and in your service. Amen.

June 28, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"...No man ever repented of being a Christian on his death bed."

Hannah More

June 28, 2010

Here is today's prayer:

Wedding Prayer by Robert Louis Stevenson

Lord, behold our family here assembled.
We thank you for this place in which we dwell,
for the love that unites us,
for the peace accorded us this day,
for the hope with which we expect the morrow,
for the health, the work, the food,
and the bright skies that make our lives delightful;
for our friends in all parts of the earth.
Amen.

June 27, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"A parboiled conscience is not right, soft in one part and hard in another. The Spirit of God is uniform in its work."

William H. Walton

June 27, 2010

Here is today's prayer:

Methodist Wedding Prayer

God of all peoples, you are the true light illuminating everyone.
You show us the way, the truth, and the life.
You love us even when we are disobedient.
You sustain us with your Holy Spirit.
We rejoice in your life in the midst of our lives.
We praise you for your presence with us,
and especially in this act of solemn covenant;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

June 26, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"To carry a grudge is like being stung to death by one bee."

William H. Walton

June 26, 2010

Here is today's prayer:

Hebrew Wedding Prayer

Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who hath created joy and gladness, bridegroom and bride, mirth and exultation, pleasure and delight, love and brotherhood, peace and friendship.May there soon be heard in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of joy and gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the jubilant voice of bridegrooms from the wedding canopy, and of youths from their feasts of song. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who gives the Bridegroom joy in his bride. Amen.

June 25, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"The reason why congregations have been so dead is because they have dead men preaching to them. How can dead men beget living children?"

George Whitefield

June 25, 2010

Here is today's prayer:

Episcopal Wedding Prayer

O gracious and everlasting God, you have created us male and female in your image: Look mercifully upon this man and this woman who come to you seeking your blessing, and assist them with your grace, that with true fidelity and steadfast love they may honor and keep the promises and vows they make; through Jesus Christ our Savior, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

June 24, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"Jesus was God and man in one person, that God and man might be happy together again."

George Whitefield

June 24, 2010

Here is today's prayer:

Christian Wedding Closing Prayer

May the love of God be above you to overshadow you, beneath you to uphold you, before you to guide you, behind you to protect you, close beside you and within you to make you able for all things, and to reward your faithfulness with the joy and peace which the world cannot give neither can it take away. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord, to whom be glory now and evermore. Amen.

June 23, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"I believe I never was more acceptable to my Master than when I was standing to teach those hearers in the open fields. I now preach to ten times more people than I would if I had been confined to the churches."

George Whitefield

June 23, 2010

Here is today's prayer:

Christian Marriage Prayer

Lord Jesus, grant that I and my spouse may have a true
and understanding love for each other.

Grant that we may both be filled with faith and trust.

Give us the grace to live with each other in peace and harmony.

May we always bear with one another's weaknesses and grow from each other's strengths.

Help us to forgive one another's failings and grant us patience, kindness, cheerfulness and the spirit of placing the well-being of one another ahead of self.

May the love that brought us together grow and mature with each passing year.

Bring us both ever closer to You through our love for each other.

Let our love grow to perfection.

Amen.

June 22, 2010

Here is today's quote (the beginning of a 5 day run on George Whitefield quotes):

"Whole days and weeks have I spent prostrate on the ground in silent or vocal prayer."

George Whitefield

June 22, 2010

Here is today's prayer:

Anniversary Prayer

Lord, help us to remember when we first met and the strong love that grew between us. To work that love into practical things so nothing can divide us.
We ask for words both kind and loving, and for hearts always ready to ask forgiveness as well as to forgive. Dear Lord, we put our marriage into your hands.
Amen.

June 21, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"If He laid down His life for us, is it not the least we can do to lay down ours for Him? If He bore the cross and died on it for me, ought I not to be willing to take it up for Him?"

D.L. Moody

June 21, 2010

I have spent a good chunk of my time this past month or so preparing for and officiating at weddings. I thought we could wrap up the end of the month by praying for all of these new marriages (and the ones that have been around for a while too!). So for the next 10 days (counting today), I will be sharing prayers for weddings and marriages. I invite you to be in prayer for your own marriage or for the marriages of your friends and families.

Here is today's prayer:

Bless our Marriage

We thank You, O God, for the love You have implanted in our hearts.

May it always inspire us to be kind in our words, considerate of feelings, and concerned for each other's needs and wishes.

Help us to be understanding and forgiving of human weaknesses and failings.

Increase our faith and trust in You and may Your prudence guide our life and love.

Bless our marriage, O God, with peace and happiness, and make our Love fruitful for Your glory and our joy both here and in eternity.

Amen

June 20, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"I would rather a thousand times be five minutes at the feet of Christ than listen a lifetime to all the wise men in the world."

D.L. Moody

June 20, 2010

Here is today's healing prayer:

Prayer for Healing Husband / Wife

We offer this prayer to Jesus Christ, the Divine Physician and the healer of all human ills. I come to you today to ask for your help on behalf of my beloved Husband / Wife (mention name), who seeks to be restored to good health.

The years we have shared, and the love we have known, is precious to me, and my
heart breaks in my helplessness. But I believe that with the Lord all things are possible.

Comfort me in my distress and obtain blessings for my beloved Husband / Wife so that (name) may be quickly and completely restored to health. Amen

June 19, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"Shame on the Christianity of the nineteenth century; it's a weak and sickly thing. Would to God we had a few men like Daniel living here today."

D.L. Moody

June 19, 2010

Here is today's healing prayer:

Prayer for Restoration of Health

Dear Jesus, Divine Physician and Healer of the sick, we turn to you in this time of
illness. O dearest comforter of the troubled, alleviate our worry and sorrow with
your gentle love, and grant us the grace and strength to accept this burden. Dear
God, we place our worries in your hands. We place our sick under your care and
humbly ask that you restore your servant to health again. Above all, grant us the
grace to acknowledge your will and know that whatever you do, you do for the love
of us. Amen.

June 18, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"Oh, young man, character is worth more than money, character is worth more than anything else in this wide world."

D.L. Moody

June 18, 2010

Here is today's healing prayer:

Prayer for the terminally ill

Merciful God, we remember before you all who are sick this day. Give them courage
to live with their disease. Help them to face and overcome their fears. Be with
them when they are alone or rejected. Comfort them when they are discouraged. And
touch them with your healing Spirit that they may find and possess eternal life,
now and forever. Amen.

June 17, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"The Christian on his knees sees more than the philosopher on tiptoe."

D.L. Moody

June 17, 2010

Here is today's healing prayer:

Catholic Intercession Healing Prayer

Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch, or weep tonight, and give Your angels
and saints charge over those who sleep.
Tend Your sick ones, O Lord Christ.
Rest Your weary ones.
Bless Your dying ones.
Soothe Your suffering ones.
Pity Your afflicted ones.
Shield Your joyous ones, and all for Your love's sake. Amen.

June 16, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man."

D.L. Moody

June 16, 2010

Here is today's healing prayer:

Healing Novena

To Christ the Great Physician
We know that there is one physician:
Both flesh and spirit
uncreated, yet born
God in man
True life in death
From both Mary and From God
Subject to suffering and then impassible
Jesus Christ our Lord!

We ask O Great Physician, for spiritual, physical, and emotional healing,
especially my intention of ______.
You of both flesh and spirit

May we spend all of our days in your healing presence
You the eternal Son born for us

Grant us the healing benefits of your Incarnation, Death, and Resurrection
You who are true God and true man

Grant us your true life in the midst of death
You, the true life in death

Grant us to follow your example and that of your Blessed Mother
You, from both Mary and from God

May our suffering be for our growth; free us, we pray, from that which we cannot
bear
We ask You, O God the Word who became man to suffer

We ask you to grant us this healing if it brings us closer to you,
Jesus Christ our Lord!

June 15, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"Character is what you are in the dark."

D.L. Moody

June 15, 2010

Here is today's healing prayer:

Prayer After Surgery

Blessed Savior, I thank you that this operation is safely past, and now I rest in
your abiding presence, relaxing every tension, releasing every care and anxiety,
receiving more and more of your healing life into every part of my being. In
moments of pain I turn to you for strength, in times of loneliness I feel your
loving nearness. Grant that your life and love and joy may flow through me for the
healing of others in your name. Amen.

June 14, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"A man can no more take in a supply of grace for the future than he can eat enough for the next six months, or take sufficient air into his lungs at one time to sustain life for a week. We must draw upon God's boundless store of grace from day to day as we need it."

D.L. Moody

June 14, 2010

Here is today's healing prayer:

Prayer Before Surgery

Loving Father, I entrust myself to your care this day; guide with wisdom and skill
the minds and hands of the medical people who minister in your Name, and grant that
every cause of illness be removed, I may be restored to soundness of health and
learn to live in more perfect harmony with you and with those around me. Through
Jesus Christ. Amen.

June 13, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"Faith takes God without any ifs."

D.L. Moody

June 13, 2010

Here is today's healing prayer:

Prayer for Heart problems

Merciful Jesus, during Your life on earth You showed great concern for the sick and
the infirm. Have compassion now on those who are suffering from heart disease. Grant them a healing of mind and body and restore their strength and spirit. Comfort them with the knowledge that we are praying for them, and give them peace
with a sense of Your Presence.
Amen.

June 12, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"There is no better evangelist in the world than the Holy Spirit."

D.L. Moody

June 12, 2010

Here is today's healing prayer:

Prayer for Stress

Father of love, hear our prayers for the sick members of our community
and for all who are in need. Amid mental suffering, stress and anxiety may they find consolation in your healing presence. Show your mercy and free downcast spirits. May these people find peace and lasting health. We ask this through the Lord Jesus who healed those who believed. Amen

June 11, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"Earth is receding; heaven is approaching. This is my crowning day!"

D.L. Moody

June 11, 2010

Here is today's healing prayer:

Prayer for Depression

Heavenly Father, You are intimately aware of the struggle I am experiencing - the
pain and the despair. You know the desire of my heart to be healed of this illness.
I ask now for Your healing touch. I know that You are able and that just like in
Bible times, You can release me from my depression. Please make it so, Amen.

June 10. 2010

Here is today's quote:

"God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves."

D.L. Moody

June 10, 2010

Here is today's healing prayer:

Prayer for Emotional Healing

Lord, You invite all who are burdened to come to You. Allow your healing hand to
heal me. Touch my soul with Your compassion for others. Touch my heart with Your
courage and infinite love for all. Touch my mind with Your wisdom, that my mouth
may always proclaim Your praise. Teach me to reach out to You in my need, and help
me to lead others to You by my example. Most loving Heart of Jesus, bring me health
in body and spirit that I may serve You with all my strength. Touch gently this
life which You have created, now and forever. Amen.

June 9, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"There's no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself."

D.L. Moody

June 9, 2010

Here is today's healing prayer:

Prayer for a Sick Child

Heavenly Father, watch with us over your child (name) and grant that he may be restored to that perfect health which it is yours alone to give. Relieve his pain, guard him from all danger, restore to him your gifts of gladness and strength, and raise him up to a life of service to you.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

June 8, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"This book (the Bible) will keep you from sin or sin will keep you from this book."

D.L. Moody

June 8, 2010

Here is today's healing prayer:

Prayer for Anxiety

Dear Lord,
I need you now because I am full of stress and anxiety. Reading your Word brings
comfort, as I ask you to come and take my heavy burdens. I take each burden, one by
one, and lay them at your feet.

Please carry them for me so that I don’t have to.
Replace them with your humble and gentle yoke so that I will find rest for my soul
today. I receive your gift of peace of mind and heart.

Thank you that I can lie down tonight in peace and sleep. I know that you, Lord, will keep me safe. I am not afraid because you are always with me.
Please keep me daily, Lord, in your perfect peace.
Amen

June 7, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"Work as if everything depended on you and pray as if everything depended on God."

D.L. Moody

June 7, 2010

Here is today's healing prayer:

Prayer for a Miracle

God of all creation, you who spoke a simple command and brought forth light from
the darkness, I ask you now to send forth your miracle-working power to heal (name). You cleansed the lepers, opened the eyes of the blind and by
speaking a simple command, you empowered the crippled to rise up and walk.

You sent forth your life-giving power to all those in need, including those you raised from
the dead. I ask you to send forth your healing power into their body and give them the strength to fight their illness. I ask this through my Lord, Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

June 6, 2010

Here is today's quote:

"The preaching that this world needs most is the sermons in shoes that are walking with Jesus Christ."

D.L. Moody

June 6, 2010

Here is today's prayer of healing:

Prayer for the Sick

Omnipotent and eternal God, the everlasting Salvation of those who believe, hear us
on behalf of Thy sick servant [Name] for whom we beg the aid of Thy pitying mercy,
that, with his bodily health restored, he may give thanks to Thee in Thy church.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

June 5, 2010

I have been remiss on posting both my daily prayers and quotes...my apologies...life just happened!

For the next couple of weeks, I thought we could take a look at some of the sayings of D.L. Moody.

Here is today's quote:

"Some people think God does not like to be troubled with our constant coming and asking. The way to trouble God is not to come at all."

D.L. Moody

June 5, 2010

There have been so many people around me (church members, family, friends, etc) that have been ill or hurt recently; I thought it appropriate that we take the next few weeks to pray prayers of healing for those people in our midst.

Here is today's prayer:

Prayer for Cancer

Dear Jesus, Divine Physician and Healer of the Sick, we turn to You in this time of
illness. O dearest Comforter of the troubled, alleviate our worry and sorrow with
Your gentle love, and grant us the grace and strength to accept this burden of cancer. Dear God, we place our sick under Your care and humbly ask that You restore Your servant (N.) to health again. Above all, grant us the grace to acknowledge Your holy will and know that whatsoever You do, You do for the love of us. Amen.

June 4, 2010

Well, I lost a few days between Annual Conference and other travels in getting my daily posts up. Now that things are settling back in to a more normal schedule again, let's see if we can pick up where we left off!

I will begin with this evening's prayer that is dedicated to my friends Neal and Elaine who are getting married tomorrow. May Elaine and Neal and all of those other newlyweds be held and blessed by the hand of God!

Here is this evening's prayer:

Hand in hand Prayer

Hand in hand, we come before you, O Lord. Hand in hand, we are stepping out in faith... We, who are gathered here, ask that you would take this couple into your hands. Help them, O Lord, to keep firm in the commitments they have just made. Guide them, O God, as they become a family, as they each, change through the years. May they be flexible as they are faithful. And Lord, help us all to be your hands if there be need. Strengthen, tenderly all of our commitments, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen