Daily Prayers Are Heavens Stairs

DAILY PRAYERS
ARE HEAVEN'S STAIRS

by HELEN STEINER RICE



THE STAIRWAY RISES HEAVEN-HIGH,
THE STEPS ARE DARK AND STEEP.
IN WEARINESS WE CLIMB THEM AS
WE STUMBLE, FALL AND WEEP.
AND MANY TIMES WE FALTER
ALONG THE PATH OF PRAYER,
WONDERING IF YOU HEAR US
AND IF YOU REALLY CARE.
OH, GIVE US SOME ASSURANCE,
RESTORE OUR FAITH ANEW,
SO WE CAN KEEP ON CLIMBING
THE STAIRS OF PRAYER TO YOU,
FOR WE ARE WEAK AND WAVERING,
UNCERTAIN AND UNSURE,
AND ONLY MEETING YOU IN PRAYER
CAN HELP US TO ENDURE
ALL LIFE'S TRIALS AND TROUBLES,
ITS SICKNESS, PAIN, AND SORROW
AND GIVE US STRENGTH AND COURAGE
TO FACE AND MEET TOMORROW.





"TRULY, TRULY, I SAY TO YOU, IF YOU ASK
ANYTHING OF THE FATHER, HE WILL GIVE
IT TO YOU IN MY NAME."



JOHN 16:23







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



PSALM 13:5
NCV



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



OH, HOW I LOVE YOUR LAW!
I THINK ABOUT IT ALL DAY LONG.



PSALM 119:97
NLT



I WILL MEDITATE ON ALL THY WORK,
AND MUSE ON THY DEEDS.
THY WAY, O GOD IS HOLY;
WHAT GOD IS GREAT LIKE OUR GOD?



PSALM 77:12-13
NAS



MY EYES ARE AWAKE THROUGH THE NIGHT WATCHES,
THAT I MAY MEDITATE ON YOUR WORD.



PSALM 119:128
NKJV



WHEN I THINK OF YOUR WAYS,
I TURN MY FEET TO YOUR DECREES;
I HURRY AND DO NOT DELAY
TO KEEP YOUR COMMANDMENTS.



PSALM 119:59-60
NRSV