"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.
Monday, June 28, 2010
For Leaders
O, Lord, You proclaim Your truth in every age by many voices.
Direct those who speak where many listen and write what many read, that they may do their part in making the heart of Your people wise, its mind sound, and its will righteous.
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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