Veterans

Dear Lord please be with our veterans today and at all times, especially with those with broken bodies and minds. Be with the men and women who have served their country only to be forgotten and left to go wanting as homeless and mentally wandering people of scorn only because they can't find their place in society. Please be with the families that have been hurt by these and other misfortunes of war. Help the world to grow wise enough to outlaw war and learn to settle problems without causing bigger problems of pain and suffering. Please on this Memorial Day let us honor the veterans, but not glorify war. May this be a good day dear Lord and thank you for all the great gifts that you have given us, in Christ name we pray, amen.

Grieving People

Dear Lord please be with the grieving today, give them support with the comfort of the Holy Spirit, and bless them with your presence. Perhaps they have a loss that has made them more aware of what or who are the things that really matter to them. Help the rest of us to come to this understanding with out having to suffer a loss to wake us up. May we count our blessings and give thanks for the gifts of family and friends, opportunities to go to You in prayer and opportunities to serve You by helping others. Please stay with us, guide us and protect us, in Christ name we pray, amen.

Enlightenment

Dear Lord please be with us today and may this be a good day. Help us to interact with others as You would want. May we set good examples and say things in conversations that will lead to positive thought, love, patience, and empathy toward others. May enlightenment and better understanding of directions that You want us to take be made more evident by the things that we do and say. Please may our thoughts and actions find your favor today. Thank you for all the great gifts that you have given us and please forgive our sins as we forgive others, in Christ name we pray, amen.

Being Right

Being right can sometimes be a very narrow platform on which to stand. It can be so important to us that we fail to consider all of the circumstances that have brought us to this place in the scheme of things. When Jesus interrupted the people who were going to stone the woman caught in the act of adultery, they were right according to the "Law" but the compassion of Jesus the "Peacemaker" overruled with the never to be forgotten statement "Let the one without sin cast the first stone". Long term relationships depend on this kind of love. We need to be willing to forgive the inadequacy's of others, not always carry a ruler of perfection for measurement.
Please Dear Lord be with us today, may this be a good day today and the things that we try to do work out alright and for the best. In Christ name we pray amen.

Dwell on Now

Dear Lord please be with us today and may the things that we try to do work out alright and for the best. Help us not to dwell on how things of the past might have been different if we had made different choices. Help us to think about now and what we can do to help ourselves and be productive in thought and action. Things in the past are done and over, and our future depends on now. Please help us to approach our "Now" with the right virtues controlling us. May we have the right priorities, values, attitudes, patience, understanding, wisdom, and compassion, be unselfish and humble and have empathy for others. As problems arise help us know that we can cope with all things as Jesus Christ strengthens us and if God is for us who can be against us. Thank you Dear Lord for all of the great gifts that you have given us, please forgive our sins. In Christ name we pray, amen.

Guidance

Dear Lord please be with each of us this day, and give us our daily bread. please guide us as we associate with our fellow men and women. Help us to be kind and considerate of the feelings of others. May we be quick to offer help when the timing is right to those in need. Help us to have faith in Your timing and understand that our needs will be met as they always have been and that Your timing is perfect. May we have the right priorities, values, attitudes, and patience as we use our time. May all of the glory be Yours, and thank You for all of the great gifts that You have given us, in Christ name, amen.

Compassion

Dear Lord please be with us all to day, please may this be a good day and help us all to feel your presence and strength as we cope with our challenges of daily life. Please be with the down trodden, the poor, the sick, and the alien far from home trying to better their lives and the lives of their loved ones. Please may the Holy Spirit bring compassion into the struggle for these people. May the teachings of Jesus prevail over the evil emotions of the selfish. Thank you for all the great gifts that you have given us, and please forgive our sins. In Christ name we pray amen.