A Prayer For Those We Love

A PRAYER FOR
THOSE WE LOVE

by HELEN STEINER RICE



"OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN,"
HEAR THIS LITTLE PRAYER
AND REACH ACROSS THE MILES TODAY
THAT STRETCH FROM HERE TO THERE,
SO I MAY FEEL MUCH CLOSER
TO THOSE I'M FONDEST OF
AND THEY MAY KNOW I THINK OF THEM
WITH THANKFULNESS AND LOVE,
AND HELP ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE
WHO MUST OFTEN DWELL APART
TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE TOGETHER
IN THE HAVEN OF THE HEART!







LIGHT SHINES ON THE GODLY, AND
JOY ON THOSE WHO DO RIGHT.

MAY ALL WHO ARE GODLY BE
HAPPY IN THE LORD AND PRAISE
HIS HOLY NAME!



PSALM 97:11-12
NLT



NO WONDER WE ARE HAPPY IN THE LORD!
FOR WE ARE TRUSTING HIM.

WE TRUST HIS HOLY NAME.

YES, LORD, LET YOUR CONSTANT LOVE
SURROUND US, FOR OUR HOPES ARE IN
YOU ALONE.




PSALM 33:21-22
TLB



I TRUST IN YOUR LOVE,
MY HEART IS HAPPY
BECAUSE YOU SAVED ME.




PSALM 13:5
NCV



GOD IS IN THAT CITY, AND SO IT WILL
NOT BE SHAKEN.

GOD WILL HELP HER AT DAWN.




PSALM 46:5
NCV



YOU HEARD THEIR CRIES FOR HELP AND SAVED THEM.

THEY PUT THEIR TRUST IN YOU AND WERE
NEVER DISAPPOINTED.




PSALM 22:5
NLT



I HAVE SET THE LORD CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME;
BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND,
I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN.




PSALM 16:8
NAS



IN THE FARTHEST CORNERS OF THE EARTH
THE GLORIOUS ACTS OF GOD SHALL STARTLE
EVERYONE.
THE DAWN AND SUNSET SHOUT FOR JOY!



PSALM 65:8
TLB





INSTEAD OF TAKING OUR FAMILY AND
FRIENDS FOR GRANTED, WE SHOULD NURTURE
THEIR FEELINGS OF TRUST, RESPECT, AND LOVE.

AND JUST AS WE NOURISH OTHERS, IT IS EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT TO SPEND TIME WITH GOD, LOVING HIM
THROUGH PRAYER AND STUDYING SCRIPTURE.

WHEN WE TRUST IN HIS LOVE FOR US, OUR HEARTS
OVERFLOW LIKE STREAMS OF LIVING WATER.