18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others We bring before you, O Lord, the troubles and perils of people and nations, the sighing of prisoners and captives, the sorrows of the bereaved, the necessities of strangers, the helplessness of the weak, the despondency of the weary, the failing powers of the aged. O [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others Lord, educate us for a higher life, and let that life be begun here. May we be always in the school, always disciples, and when we are out in the world, may we be trying to put into practice what we have learned at Jesus’ feet. [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others Lord, I know not what I ought to ask of Thee; Thou only knowest what I need; Thou lovest me better than I know now to love myself. O Father! give to Thy child that which he himself knows not how to ask. I dare not [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others Make me a captive, Lord, and then I shall be free; Force me to render up my sword, and I shall conq’ror be. I sink in life’s alarms when by myself I stand, Imprison me within your arms, and strong shall be my hand. My heart [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others Father in Heaven! Hold not up our sins against us, but hold us up against our sins, so that the thought of thee when it wakens in our soul—and each time it wakens—should not remind us of what we have committed, but of what thou didst [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others Preface: I love color. I carry a box of 24 colored pencils in my purse, as well as a pen case with five different colored fountain pens and two different colored highlighters. I color in my Bible. I color in my journal. I used to use [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others Teach me, O God, not to torture myself, not to make a martyr out of myself through stifling reflection, but rather teach me to breathe deeply in faith. Amen. -Soren Kierkegaard

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others . Our Father, you made us. You made us so that we are restless until we rest in you. Accept, we beseech you, those pressure points in life where we know we need you. And help us. For you are our Father and we know who [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others Our sin lies in nothing else but in loving what you hate and hating what you love. I confess, eternal God, that I have constantly loved what you hate and hated what you love. But today I cry out in the presence of your mercy: grant [...]

18. Pray Unceasingly Pray continually alone and with others Jesus, my Lord, beloved Jesus, true God and searcher of the secrets of the heart, you know I love you better than the earth and all that is in it. You are dearer to me than heaven and earth. My heart desires to love you more. [...]