Good Morning, God
Lord, sometimes it is good to just take a break from serious stuff and laugh a bit or guffaw a lot! Someone said one that "laughter is the best medicine". Another said that we should save our energy and smile more because it takes fewer muscles and less effort to smile than to frown.
Lord, it is healthy when we can laugh at the follies or tongue-in-cheek witticisms or cartoon panels that tickle our funny bones. It is good when we can laugh at ourselves. And, Lord, we can even laugh at cartoons that somehow tie back to some of your biblical stories.
So, Lord, may we begin today being more willing to laugh at ourselves and to see the humor in situations and to decide to bring more joy into our conversations. There are many things today we will have to seriously face, but there will also be times when a bit of joviality will help. As the song says, "A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down"!. Let us laugh - a lot!
In Jesus name, Amen
20110128
A Prayer for the Headlines, Friday, January 28
Good Morning, God
Lord, all of this terrorism stuff around the world is getting old! How long will it be before those plotting to be terrorists realize that it is a futile effort to try to change things by blowing up one's self and innocent people? Terrorists are simply selfish people wanting only for themselves. People who are left, people who are in power, governments that make laws and care about protecting life, liberty and happiness, work all the harder to combat terrorism before it happens and put barriers in place to ferret out terrorist cells and block the person carrying the bomb.
Lord, many terrorists claim that their religion advocates and rewards being a suicide bomber. Many terrorists believe that if people don't believe like they believe, that those people deserve to be targeted and killed.
Heavenly Father, we are blessed to be known and loved by you and that your sacrifice was your own son so that we might live and have life! And, Lord, we remember that we also can have no greater love that to give up our own rights, privileges, even our life, so that others may live and have life and abundance.
In Jesus name, Amen
Lord, all of this terrorism stuff around the world is getting old! How long will it be before those plotting to be terrorists realize that it is a futile effort to try to change things by blowing up one's self and innocent people? Terrorists are simply selfish people wanting only for themselves. People who are left, people who are in power, governments that make laws and care about protecting life, liberty and happiness, work all the harder to combat terrorism before it happens and put barriers in place to ferret out terrorist cells and block the person carrying the bomb.
Lord, many terrorists claim that their religion advocates and rewards being a suicide bomber. Many terrorists believe that if people don't believe like they believe, that those people deserve to be targeted and killed.
Heavenly Father, we are blessed to be known and loved by you and that your sacrifice was your own son so that we might live and have life! And, Lord, we remember that we also can have no greater love that to give up our own rights, privileges, even our life, so that others may live and have life and abundance.
In Jesus name, Amen
20110126
A Prayer for the Headlines, Wednesday, January 26
Good Morning, God,
We come to you this morning praying for discernment, wisdom and good decisions in the days and weeks ahead. We have heard our President's "State of the Union" address. We have heard the official and unofficial responses to the speech...from both sides. Now, we the people, are mulling things over over coffee this morning and will chew on things over lunch and dinner the rest of the day.
Gracious God, we pray that as agendas are formed for "Winning the Future," we will act in ways that will, first of all, be pleaseing to you and honor you for giving us all we have in the first place. Then, we pray that what we do will honor each other, that we won't put undue burdens on some of us while letting others of us live free of obligations. Your desire for us, Loving God, is for us to live righteously - "God-rightly" - in all we do.
And, we do well when we remember to turn to you each day, humbling ourselves in prayer before you each day, asking your forgiveness for our short-comings each day, and turning away from the things you don't like each day, that you will then bless us and our land. May we do our part "each day."
In Jesus' name, Amen.
We come to you this morning praying for discernment, wisdom and good decisions in the days and weeks ahead. We have heard our President's "State of the Union" address. We have heard the official and unofficial responses to the speech...from both sides. Now, we the people, are mulling things over over coffee this morning and will chew on things over lunch and dinner the rest of the day.
Gracious God, we pray that as agendas are formed for "Winning the Future," we will act in ways that will, first of all, be pleaseing to you and honor you for giving us all we have in the first place. Then, we pray that what we do will honor each other, that we won't put undue burdens on some of us while letting others of us live free of obligations. Your desire for us, Loving God, is for us to live righteously - "God-rightly" - in all we do.
And, we do well when we remember to turn to you each day, humbling ourselves in prayer before you each day, asking your forgiveness for our short-comings each day, and turning away from the things you don't like each day, that you will then bless us and our land. May we do our part "each day."
In Jesus' name, Amen.
20110124
Prayers for the Headlines, Monday, January 24, 2011
Good Morning, God
Lord, you see them, just as some of us see them, walking along the highway with their dogs. Doesn't seem to matter how cold or hot it is, either, there is the man and the woman and the two dogs. Most often, the man and the woman are carrying something that looks like it was just bought from one of the stores along the way. Rain, snow or shine, it seems that this couple is always out for their walk and purchases.
Lord, this couple will probably never be in the headlines as such, but only in this headline prayer. Lord this couple may be like many others around town - taking daily strolls, buying just what they can carry home, sharing life with the beloved pets, sharing life with each other, sharing life with anybody with whom they come in contact.
Heavenly Father, how blessed are we when we can share life with someone - a store clerk, a partner, good neighbors, fellow coffee drinkers, those who gather to do some community service. Lord, bless all of us each day who travel life's highways and byways, keep us safe and give us someone or something to love and share life with.
In Jesus name, Amen
Lord, you see them, just as some of us see them, walking along the highway with their dogs. Doesn't seem to matter how cold or hot it is, either, there is the man and the woman and the two dogs. Most often, the man and the woman are carrying something that looks like it was just bought from one of the stores along the way. Rain, snow or shine, it seems that this couple is always out for their walk and purchases.
Lord, this couple will probably never be in the headlines as such, but only in this headline prayer. Lord this couple may be like many others around town - taking daily strolls, buying just what they can carry home, sharing life with the beloved pets, sharing life with each other, sharing life with anybody with whom they come in contact.
Heavenly Father, how blessed are we when we can share life with someone - a store clerk, a partner, good neighbors, fellow coffee drinkers, those who gather to do some community service. Lord, bless all of us each day who travel life's highways and byways, keep us safe and give us someone or something to love and share life with.
In Jesus name, Amen
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