PRAYERS FOR THE HEART:

Give us, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may drag downwards ; give us an unconquered heart, which no tribulation can wear out; give us an upright heart, which no unworthy purpose may tempt aside. Bestow upon us also, O Lord our God, understanding to know you, diligence to seek you, wisdom to find you and a faithfulness that may finally embrace you, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Forgive us, O Christ, for all our wanderings.   Forgive us for not listening to your voice calling us into right ways.  Forgive us for our complaining and our worrying that have made us lose trust in you. Forgive us for anger and selfishness and for greed. For all these we are sorry and pray that they may be taken from us.

Set our hearts on fire with love for you, O Christ our God, that in its flame we may love you with all our heart, with all our mind, with all our soul and with all our strength and our neighbors as ourselves, so that, keeping your commandments, we may glorify you, the giver of all good gifts.

As our tropical sun gives forth light , so let the rays from your face enter every nook of my being and drive away all darkness within.

Grant me, O Lord, to know what is worth knowing, to love what is worth loving, to praise what delights you most, to value what is precious

in your sight, to hate what is offensive to you. Do not let me judge by what I see, nor pass sentence according to what I hear, but to judge rightly between things that differ and above all to search out and do what pleases you, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

I pray that Christ will live in your hearts by faith and that your life will be strong in love and be build on love . And I pray that you and all God’s holy people will have the power to understand the greatness of Christ’s love how wide and how long and how high and how deep that love is.   Christ’s love is greater than anyone can ever know, but I pray that you will be able to know that love. Then you can be filled with the fullness of God. With God’s power working in us, God can do much, much more than anything we can ask or imagine.  To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus, forever and ever. Amen.

O heavenly Father, in whom we live and move and have our being , we humbly pray that you so guide and govern us by the Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our daily life we may never forget you, but remember that we are ever waking in your sight; for your own name’s sake.

Lord, here is my Bible, here is this quiet room, here is this quite time, and here am I.   Open my eyes; open my mind; open my heart; and speak.

Speak Lord, for your servant hears . Grant us ears to hear, Eyes to see, Wills to obey, Hearts to love; Then declare what you will, Reveal what you will, Command what you will, Demand what you will.

Lord Jesus, I don’t know much about you, But I am willing to learn; And I am ready to give all that I know of myself To all that I know of you; And I am willing to go on learning.

TRAIN ON HOW TO HEAR GOD!