For love of me you came to earth; You gave your life for me. So every day you give me now I give back happily. Take all my laughter, all my tears, Each thought, each word, each deed, And let them be my all-day prayer To help all those in need.
Reading 1 jer 18:1-6 This word came to Jeremiah from the LORD: Rise up, be off to the potter’s house; there I will give you my message. I went down to the potter’s house and there he was, working at the wheel. Whenever the object of clay which he was making turned out badly in his hand, he tried again, making of the clay another object of whatever sort he pleased. Then the word of the LORD came to me: Can I not do to you, house of Israel, as this potter has done? says the LORD. Indeed, like clay...
Lord Jesus, today we bring to Your valiant heart, our courageous men and women who fight for their country. Protect, guide and hold them close, Lord. We pray for their loved ones back home, who wait for a visit and some news. When the ache of loneliness hits them or their own, be with them and comfort them with Your presence. When they lose their lives far away from home, under severe emotional and physical pain, may Your Holy Spirit touch them. May we never make light of their sacrifice. Amen.
Reading 1 jer 15:10, 16-21 Woe to me, mother, that you gave me birth! a man of strife and contention to all the land! I neither borrow nor lend, yet all curse me. When I found your words, I devoured them; they became my joy and the happiness of my heart, Because I bore your name, O LORD, God of hosts. I did not sit celebrating in the circle of merrymakers; Under the weight of your hand I sat alone because you filled me with indignation. Why is my pain continuous, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have...
Lord Jesus, today we give to you our desire and longing to know You, love You and have fellowship with You. Each moment of each day, let us have intimacy with Your Holy Spirit. Anything that blocks the work of Your Spirit, we bind it and break it in Your Holy Name. We plead to God the Father for a relationship with God, not merely religion. Let us become the kind of Christians who really know the Lord Jesus Christ. Let us become filled with Your love and light; and let us pass it on to our brethren all over...
