My Morning Prayer

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Give your best . . . anyway

“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.

If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.

For you see, in the end, it is between you and God.

It was never between you and them anyway.”

~ Mother Teresa

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The Narrow and Wide Gates

 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Matthew 7:13-14

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My Prayer

Dear God,

There is nothing like the feeling of being loved!

You created us to love and be loved.

I thank you for all the love you have given me and shown me throughout all my days.

Thank you for all the special touches and blessings that let me know you care about even the smallest details of my life and that you love me no matter what.

Thank you for friends who are there for me…

and that I can be there for…through the seasons of life.

Thank you for the love of parents and children and extended family.

I am grateful for the love in my life.

I pray that every person will experience love…especially your unending

. . . . . far-reaching

. . . . . peace-bringing

. . . . . merciful

. . . . . and unconditional love.

This I  pray and offer my whole-hearted love and thankfulness.

Amen.

- Prime Time with God

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Today is Good Friday

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,

that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

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Maundy Thursday

We adore You Oh Lord and we thank You…

Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world…

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serenity

Dear God,

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change

the courage to change the things I can,

and the wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;

Enjoying one moment at a time;

Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace.

Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it.

Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His will;

That I may be reasonably happy in this life,

and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.

Amen.

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God, Make Me Brave For Life . . .

Prayer of Guidance

God, make me brave for life

oh, braver than this.
Let me straighten after pain,

as a tree straightens after the rain,
Shining and lovely again. 

God, make me brave for life

much braver than this. 
As the blown grass lifts, let me rise 
From sorrow with quiet eyes,
Knowing Thy way is wise.

God, make me brave, life brings
Such blinding things. 
Help me to keep my sight
Help me to see aright 
That out of dark comes light.

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I asked God, and He answered …

I asked God to take away my pain. God said, “No.” It is for me to take away but for you to give up.

I asked God to grant me patience. God said, “No.” Patience is a by-product of tribulation. It isn’t granted, it is earned.

I asked God to spare me from pain. God said, “no.” Suffering draw you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me.

I asked God to make my spirit grow. God said, “No.” You must grow on your own, but I will prune you to make you fruitful.

I asked God for all the things that I might enjoy life. God said, “No.” I will give you life so that you may enjoy all things.

I asked God to help me love others as much as He loves me. God said… Ahh… Finally you have the idea.

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make me brave, life brings . . .

God, make me brave for life

oh, braver than this.

Let me straighten after pain,

as a tree straightens after the rain,

Shining and lovely again….

God, make me brave for life

much braver than this.

As the blown grass lifts, let me rise

From sorrow with quiet eyes,

Knowing Thy way is wise…..

God, make me brave, life brings

Such blinding things.

Help me to keep my sight;

Help me to see aright

That out of dark comes light.

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