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Lord, I Come to You for Love

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(This prayer was originally posted on Set In Silver)

Lord, I come to you for Love.

What more is there to say?

What more is there to express?

For you and you alone are Love.

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I long for my marriage to thrive.

I seek after the joys and the happiness.

I grasp for the smiles and the victories.

I lose my sight and then return.

Lord, I come to you for Love.

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My child is in your hands.

In Your arms you embrace both my child and me

In Your heart you hold our dreams, different as they may be

In Your will and for your purpose

In Your timing and for your glory

Lord, I come to you for Love

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Lord,

I come to you for Love

At the times of hurt, I come

On the days of sorrow, I come

In the midst of the water, I come

Filled with joy and happiness, I come

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You are always there, for your word declares

You are forever here, for your voice whispers

At your feet

Before your throne

Lord, I hear your call and I come.

Thank you for Your love.

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There is always more to say!

There is always more to proclaim!

For you, Dear Lord, are Love, true and faithful.

Lord, Thank you for calling me to Your Love.

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Let’s Pray for Our Prayer Life

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Have you ever thought about praying for your prayer life? Will you consider asking God to help you grow in the areas you feel weak or insecure or doubtful when you pray? Will you join me in praying for your conversation with God Almighty…

Lord God, our prayer life seems so daunting at times. Other times it feels void, empty. God, there are times we dance on the mountain top in your presence then we turn around and feel like we are sitting in the mire in the midst of the valley. Why?

Why is prayer so hard at times? Lord God, may we ask you to help us to pray? Will you so graciously meet us, each of us, where we are and teach us to pray. Lord, we know The Lord’s Prayer. We know the Scriptures that draw us to pray without ceasing and to couple our prayers with Thanksgiving. But God, in all our knowing, we are missing something. What?

Holy Spirit?. Selah.

Spirit, will you pray with me today? Guide my heart to the words swarming in my head this very moment. Cause my thoughts to express the fullness of my heart’s cry. Selah.

Help me to be real.

Help me to pray in the emotion that is circling within this very moment.

Help me to carry my questions and my requests to the Father.

I struggle with finding the right words. Will you please silence my desire to pray “properly” or “correctly” and simply help me to talk to you, my God? Oh, that I will talk with familiarity and ease! That I may express my truths with trust that my Father is holding every word of mine in His heart. Selah.

Remind me that God cherishes me.

That He favors my vulnerability.

And that He promises to hear me.

Father God, thank you for hearing our words. You hear us when we speak. This amazes me. This draws my heart to songs of worship that You, the God of the mountain and the God of the valley, is purposing to be ever faithfully by my side in sweet, sweet conversation.

God, Three in One, how spoiled we are to be known by You! Oh, that we will begin our personal prayer time with You, remembering how connected we are in You! Thank you for pouring your love on us. Thank you for filling us with Your Spirit. Thank you for giving us the mind of Christ. Lord God, thank you.

Selah

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Because Jesus

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May we celebrate what we have because Jesus.

Because Jesus came we have a choice. No longer confined to the life choices circling us every day. We are offered a choice that settles and calms and rationalizes and comforts and guides and secures all other choices.

Because Jesus came we have life. No longer continuing down the side roads of uncertainty. We are accompanied by a Best Friend down a straight path in which He guides our feet and sets our eyes.

Because Jesus we are free. No longer bound by the various chains of sin and doubt. We are free! Free to life everlasting! Free to Live in the fullness of love and grace day by day! Free to laugh, to absorb the good around us and walk away from the weight that brings us down. We are free to speak the Name above all names. We are free to stand. We are free to proclaim Truth. We are free to share the Way.

We are free to Live Because Jesus!

Lord God,

Oh, how we thank you for You! Thank you for the gifts you so freely and graciously give us. For the gift of salvation, the gift of baptism, the gift of the Spirit, the gift of His fruits, the gift of marriage, the gift of friends, the gift of family, the gift of being a member of the very Body of Christ.

Lord, you have given us so much!

Father, I pray for these gifts that are set before us. Lord, if one of these gifts are sitting before us, yet we have yet to receive it or open it or declare it or use it or enjoy it… Oh, Father, open our eyes today!

I pray, if it be the gifts of salvation or baptism, my friend will give to you their acceptance of your gift this Christmas season. I pray they will choose to receive Jesus Christ as their Savior. I pray they will choose to follow you and identify with you in baptism.

I pray that we will determine today to walk in the Spirit. May we relish in His fruit. Not in that we are fake with putting on the image of patience and love and joy, but that we are real in the image of God in us. Help us to understand the presence of the Holy Spirit and how beautifully and powerfully real He is in us!

I pray for the gifts of marriage and of friends and of family. Father God, this differs for each us. Father, hear our cries, tears, prayers, desires, smiles and praises! Hold our hearts in these areas of life. Give us the daily bread we need per “these gifts” and help us to enjoy the day at hand.

And I thank you for allowing us to be a part of the Body of Christ! Lord, how deeply unique we all are. Yet, in your Name we are knit together as intricately as the human body. Each of us so vital, so valued, so loved and so called by You!

I can hardly comprehend your Gifts to us! Selah

Because Jesus is in my heart, my hands are open wide to receive the gifts of today! I lay it, all of it, before you. May my gift be a smile on your heart.

Jesus, I love you!

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