God Minute
I have been reading this silly old prayer book I found when we moved. It's called the "God Minute." There is a short prayer (it's supposed to be 1 minute) for every day. Idk how long we've had it. There are a lot of thees and thous and I was about to give up on it. But then I read today's and was kinda astounded when I started crying. I had a kinda bad night. Jeff and I aren't getting along very well... I slept on the couch. I was feeling pretty useless and hopeless. But, this prayer helped remind me that God is still here, speaking to me, even if I've hardened myself to him (and everyone else for that matter). I hope it blesses you as much as it blessed me.
Father of us all, we thank Thee for life and that we live now; that our eyes have been opened to the beauties of today; that our hands have been filled with the tasks of the present. Nor do we despise the past, into whose labors we have entered; its errors warn us, its successes inform us, its sacrifices inspire us and to its brave souls we are forever debtors. We are thankful for the moral leadership of the world, for the women and men who are the road-breakers of liberty, for those prophets of the humanities who hear first the call of life, to whom bodies are more than gold and the soul of a little child of greater value than the buildings of the city. We are thankful for the friends whose faith in us makes us better than we are; for the children who call us by the holiest name men may ever know; for the tasks we are unworthy of, but rejoice in; and for Jesus of Nazareth, Thy Son and our only Saviour, in Whose Name are all our prayers and supplications. Amen.
All the prayers are based on a Scripture. This one is on Psalm 96:1-4
1-2 Sing God a brand-new song! Earth and everyone in it, sing!
Sing to God-worship God!
2-3 Shout the news of his victory from sea to sea,
Take the news of his glory to the lost,
News of his wonders to one and all!
4 For God is great, and worth a thousand Hallelujahs.
His terrible beauty makes the gods look cheap;
Father of us all, we thank Thee for life and that we live now; that our eyes have been opened to the beauties of today; that our hands have been filled with the tasks of the present. Nor do we despise the past, into whose labors we have entered; its errors warn us, its successes inform us, its sacrifices inspire us and to its brave souls we are forever debtors. We are thankful for the moral leadership of the world, for the women and men who are the road-breakers of liberty, for those prophets of the humanities who hear first the call of life, to whom bodies are more than gold and the soul of a little child of greater value than the buildings of the city. We are thankful for the friends whose faith in us makes us better than we are; for the children who call us by the holiest name men may ever know; for the tasks we are unworthy of, but rejoice in; and for Jesus of Nazareth, Thy Son and our only Saviour, in Whose Name are all our prayers and supplications. Amen.
All the prayers are based on a Scripture. This one is on Psalm 96:1-4
1-2 Sing God a brand-new song! Earth and everyone in it, sing!
Sing to God-worship God!
2-3 Shout the news of his victory from sea to sea,
Take the news of his glory to the lost,
News of his wonders to one and all!
4 For God is great, and worth a thousand Hallelujahs.
His terrible beauty makes the gods look cheap;