by Joanne | Apr 21, 2013 | Prayer, Uncategorized
This is a prayer of Gregory of Nyssa…… Lord, from You flows true and continual kindness. You had cast us off and justly so, but in Your mercy You forgave us. You were at odds with us, and You reconciled us. You had set a curse on us, and You blessed us....
by Joanne | Apr 17, 2013 | Encouragement, Prayer
This is a re-post from October 13, 2011…… A story was once told…. “I need oil,†said an ancient monk, so he planted an olive sapling. “Lord,†he prayed, “it needs rain that its tender roots may drink & swell. Send gentle showers.†And the...
by Joanne | Apr 16, 2013 | Encouragement, Prayer
Today I am going to re-post a blog I wrote over a year ago. In light of the events that occurred yesterday at the Boston Marathon, I felt to share it once again. Yesterday we saw a horrific act of violence happen to innocent, unsuspecting people. I watched the news in...
by Joanne | Apr 14, 2013 | Prayer
This is a prayer of David Martyn Lloyd-Jones, a British evangelical leader…. “O Lord our God, have mercy upon us. Forgive us especially; we pray thee again, for our folly – for our foolish talking about our century and the ‘modern man’, as if anything...
by Joanne | Apr 7, 2013 | Prayer
A prayer of Ambrose of Milan, an Archbishop of the early church: O Lord teach me to seek you, and reveal yourself to me when I seek you. For I cannot seek you unless you first teach me, nor find you unless you first reveal yourself to me. Let me seek you in longing,...
by Joanne | Mar 31, 2013 | Prayer
“He is not here, he is risen just as he said. Come & see the place where he lay.” (Matthew 28:6 NIV84) Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. (1 Timothy 1:17...
