"in prayer we open our hearts to God..." - Karl Rahner
A Collection of Prayers
I have written and offered many of the following prayers in worship services throughout my years as Associate Pastor for Cornerstone, the contemporary worship community at Highland Park United Methodist Church.
Some of the prayers below are ones that others have offered at various times and places that have inspired me and said to God what I was unable to put into my own words. I offer all of them now to you and hope that through them you will find comfort, guidance, and, most of all, connection with God.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Short and sweet
God, I am grateful.
I'm grateful for this day, for my life, for your love.
Be with me as I go.
In the name of you holy Son, who prepares a way for me,
Meditation for Worship (The New Union Prayer Book)
I have always found prayer difficult. So often it seems like a fruitless game of hide-and-seek where we seek and God hides...Yet I cannot leave prayer alone for long. My need drives me to Him. And I have a feeling that He has His own reasons for hiding Himself, and that finally all my seeking will prove infinitely worthwhile.
And I am not sure what I mean by 'finding'. Some days my very seeking seems a kind of 'finding'. And, of course, if 'finding' means the end of 'seeking', it were better to go on seeking.
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