God May I know who I am and what I am, every moment of every day.![]()
May I be a catalyst for light and love, and bring inspiration to those whose eyes I meet.![]()
May I have the strength to stand tall in the face of conflict, and the courage to speak my voice, even when I'm scared.![]()
May I have the humility to follow my heart, and the passion to live my soul's desires.![]()
May I seek to know the highest truth, and dismiss the gravitational pull of my lower self.![]()
May I embrace and love the totality of myself? My darkness as well as my light.![]()
May I be brave enough to hear my heart? To let it soften so that I may gracefully choose faith over fear.![]()
Tonight is my night to surrender anything that stands between the sacredness of my humanity and my divinity.![]()
May I be drenched in my Holiness and engulfed by Your love.![]()
May all else melt away.
God you deliver me from fear. You listen when I call. You save me from all my troubles. Tonight I come because you have invited me to come to you in prayer. Please listen to my prayer this night...............(name your intentions)
Oh Lord,![]()
Go with me to rest; and when the day returns, call me up with a morning face and with a morning heart, eager to labor, eager to be happy, and if the day be marked for sorrow, strong to endure it. Amen
Tomorrow O God,![]()
May I be alert, kind, compassionate.![]()
May I be authentic, generous, forgiving.![]()
May I be honest, brave, open.![]()
May I be creative, strong, forgiving (again).![]()
May I live from my intentions, not simply my habits.![]()
May I hold close in prayer the people![]()
you bring to my heart and mind right now.![]()
May I focus, may I trust, and, above all,![]()
may I be yours.![]()
May it be so. Amen.
This evening, Lord, I thank you:![]()
for your presence in every nook and cranny of creation,![]()
to the far reaches of the universe,![]()
for your presence in all things bright and beautiful,![]()
all creatures great and small, ![]()
for your presence in your people, all your people,![]()
whoever and wherever they may be,![]()
for your presence in each and every one I know![]()
and in all the strangers whose paths cross mine, ![]()
for your presence in my family, among my friends ![]()
and also in my enemies,![]()
for your presence in word and sacrament![]()
and in the Church in its work and prayer,![]()
for your presence in my own life ![]()
which, by grace, you've made your dwelling place,![]()
and for your presence in your Spirit, ![]()
ever faithful, ever fruitful, ever wise...![]()
Amen (Austin Flemming)