A Prayer For Sabbath Rest

Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, Author of Love and Life. You have given us the opportunity to work this past week. The privilege of serving You and Your Kingdom in visible and invisible ways. For the work of our hands and heart, we thank...

Principles Of Prayer

Three principles of prayer: Keep it honest.Keep it simple.Keep it up.

Prayer: Begin With The End In Mind

Today, we continue our series on prayer, and on being identified with Christ, with a prayer from the Sarum Primer. The Sarum Primer is a collection of prayers first published in 1514. And, while today’s prayer is only one of the collection, it is often simply...

Prayer: The Clarity And Faith Of Hezekiah

It is 701 BC. Hezekiah is king of the southern Kingdom of Judah. “Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before or after his time. He remained faithful to the Lord in everything, and he...

The Psalm As Prayer: Longing For God

Psalm 63 has two parts. The first part of the Psalm is our prayer today (v 1-8).  David is in the desert of Judah, fleeing under threat of death.  The precise circumstances are not clear, nor are they important.  Despite David’s circumstances, the...