Grace Chapel

[LuxPerpetua]

Lord, grant me patience, compassion, understanding, empathy, and love for everyone in all situations. Help me to love those who persecute me, just as you loved us, who nailed you to the cross with our sin. Help me to be merciful and always open to others' fears and concerns. Help others to overlook my own shortcomings and see your grace. Amen.

 

[Celeste]

 

[ByzantineDixie]

Refiner's Fire--Brian Doerksen

Purify my heart
Let me be as gold and precious silver
Purify my heart
Let me be as gold, pure gold

Refiner's fire
My heart's one desire
Is to be holy
Set apart for you, Lord
I choose to be holy
Set apart for you, my master
Ready to do your will

Purify my heart
Cleanse me from within and make me holy
Purify my heart
Cleanse me from my sin, deep within.

Refiner's fire
My heart's one desire
Is to be holy
Set apart for you, Lord
I choose to be holy
Set apart for you, my master
Ready to do your will


Rose

 

[dsdumpling]

Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Romans 4:19 NIV

 

[LuxPerpetua]

"The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." Romans 10: 8-9.

 

[Phoebe]

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me."
Revelation 3:20

 

[dsdumpling]

Thank you Lord for this day that you have given me. Help me to show you in my words and deeds. Amen

 

[LuxPerpetua]

Oh, God, please be with my friend Laura and help her through this difficult time. Comfort her and protect her in your loving care. Please help me to be sensitive to her needs and to be open and honest in ways that will be helpful to her. Please help me to be encouraging, uplifting, and supportive. Help me to be non-judgmental, and to always know the right words to say. Please bless her, Lord, and help me to be the type of friend she needs right now. Let her know how valuable she really is, and help me to always remind her of what a good friend she has been to me. I thank you so much for sending her to me when I needed a friend, and I pray that now I can show her my friendship when she most needs it. In Christ's name I ask these things, Amen.

 

[dsdumpling]

I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love. Ephesians 3:17 NLT

 

[LuxPerpetua]

God, in your mercy, please give me strength.

 

[LuxPerpetua]

Lord, I ask that you will have mercy on all of us and help us to know your will. Please protect us spiritually and physically this day, and give us your strength and comfort to face the world. Help us to be loving, empathetic, kind, compassionate, and overflowing with humility. Please keep all of our loved ones safe from harm, and help our leaders to make wise decisions. Keep our hearts in tune with yours, and help us to always seek that which is good and holy in your sight. When we do fall, Lord, please pick us up and put us back on the right path.

God, please be with Timothy today as he takes his test. Help him to be mentally prepared and have clear thinking. Help him not to worry or get stressed but to be totally relaxed and have faith in you. I pray that you will be with Laura and Sagar and help them to do well, too. Please be with me on the youth retreat this weekend. Help me to sensitive to their needs and open and sharing. Help me not to be troubled but to rest easy with you. Help me to share your love and your ways with these kids, and help me to be a good example to the other adult chaperones so that they will come to know you better. Give me strength and courage as I face my fears. I pray that your will be done in the Ohio matter. Please help Pat to seek your will for his life and to act in faith not greed. Help us to know what to do about moving, and if you want us to move, please give us the perseverance to do it again. Please bless our finances in the way that only you can do, Lord. If it is your will for me to get a job, please let me know how to make that happen. Thank you, Lord, for always taking care of us and for loving us. Thank you for helping that poor little spider this morning. Help me to continually praise you and have faith in you.

In Christ's most holy and precious name.

Amen.

 

[ByzantineDixie]

Father in heaven, I confess that I have lived as if You did not matter and as if I mattered most. Your name, O Lord, I have not honored as I ought; my worship and prayer have faltered. I have not allowed Your love to move me and so my love for others has failed. There are many whom I have hurt and many whom I failed to help. My thoughts and desires are soiled with sin against You and against my brothers and sisters. There is no health in me. For the Sake of Jesus Christ I ask You to Forgive me, renew me and lead me, so that I may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your holy name. Amen.