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Forgiving Others

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This prayer was written by Kyle and posted to his blog Vindicated.  Kyle wrote this as a way to help himself thorough forgiving others – a requirement of God we are reminded of every time we pray the Lord’s Prayer.  It seems to me to be an excellent prayer for any follower of Christ to use, and I repost it for your edification.

Almighty God, in obedience to your command to forgive, I commend to you N. I forgive his/her sins against me, especially ______________. I acknowledge that you are the only one righteous, and that like N., I stand as a sinner in need of your grace. I know also that I have from time to time committed similar sins, and even worse. Please forgive N., and forgive me. Please bless and heal N., and help him/her to grow in relationship with you, that both he/she and I would come to delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your name. Amen.

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God break me into a million pieces. Allow each piece to absorb something new and then hold all the pieces near to Your heart, and let the warmth of Your love melt them into a brand new creation awaiting to be evident in my life. Forever and ever, amen.

A prayer by one of my sista’s Sara Aldridge (LOVE THIS!!!) (via marshallnorthcutt)

Praying With Augustine

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Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new,
late have I loved you!
You were within me, but I was outside,
and it was there that I searched for you.
In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created.
You were with me, but I was not with you.
Created things kept me from you;
yet if they had not been in you they would have not been at all.
You called, you shouted, and you broke through my deafness.
You flashed, you shone, and you dispelled my blindness.
You breathed your fragrance on me;
I drew in breath and now I pant for you.
I have tasted you,
now I hunger and thirst for more.
You touched me,
and I burned for your peace.

- from Confessions, Book 10, Chapter 27, as translated at www.feastofsaints.com

Theology FAIL: Praying for Obama’s Death

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A sadder commentary on the state of Christianity in our nation I cannot believe exists.  This is from Ben Myer’s blog “Faith and Theology.”  See the link below. And apparently t-shirts and bumper stickers are available as well . . . Capitalism at it’s best too.

Apparently some Southern Baptist pastors have been using Psalm 109:8 as a prayer for Obama’s death: "May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership. May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow."  . . .  One of these pastors says: "You’re going to tell me that I’m supposed to pray for the socialist devil, murderer, infanticide, who wants to see young children, and he wants to see babies killed through abortion and partial-birth abortion and all these different things. Nope. I’m not gonna pray for his good. I’m going to pray that he dies and goes to hell."

from Theology FAIL: praying for Obama’s death by Ben Myers
posted on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:10:00 GMT

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A Morning Prayer by Thomas Merton

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My Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself,
and the fact that I think that I am following your will
does not mean that I am actually doing so.

But I believe that the desire to please you
does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this,
You will lead me by the right road.
Though I may know nothing about it.

Therefore will I trust you always
though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me.
And you will never leave me to face my struggles alone.
– Thomas Merton

Luke 18:1-8

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Luke 18:1-8

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Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to continually pray without losing heart. He said, «There was a judge in a certain city who did not fear God and had no respect for people. And a widow in that same city came to him and said, ‘Do justice for me against my adversary.’»

«For a time the judge refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I do not fear God and care nothing for people, yet because this widow keeps troubling me, I will give her justice. Otherwise, she will just keep coming until she wears me out.»

And the Lord said, «Hear what the unjust judge said. Will not God grant justice to his chosen, who cry out to him day and night? Will he be slow in helping them? I tell you, he will quickly give them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?»