A Personal Prayer

A PERSONAL PRAYER

by HELEN STEINER RICE



BLESS US, HEAVENLY FATHER- FORGIVE OUR ERRING WAYS.
GRANT US STRENGTH TO SERVE THEE, PUT PURPOSE IN OUR DAYS.
GIVE US UNDERSTANDING, ENOUGH TO MAKE US KIND.
AND TEACH US TO BE PATIENT IN EVERYTHING WE DO,
CONTENT TO TRUST YOUR WISDOM AND TO FOLLOW AFTER YOU.
AND HELP US WHEN WE FALTER AND HEAR US WHEN WE PRAY,
AND RECEIVE US IN THY KINGDOM TO DWELL WITH THEE SOME DAY.



THIS IS MY PRAYER THAT I FAITHFULLY SAY
TO HELP ME TO MEET THE NEW DAWNING DAY,
FOR I NEVER COULD MEET LIFE'S DAILY DEMANDS
UNLESS I WAS SURE HE WAS HOLDING MY HAND.
AND PRICELESS INDEED WOULD BE MY REWARD
TO KNOW THAT YOU SHARED MY PRAYER TO THE LORD.





FOR THE LORD GIVES WISDOM,
AND FROM HIS MOUTH COME KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDERSTANDING. HE HOLDS VICTORY IN STORE
FOR THE UPRIGHT, HE IS A SHIELD TO THOSE
WHOSE WALK IS BLAMELESS, FOR HE GUARDS
THE COURSE OF THE JUST AND PROTECTS
THE WAY OF HIS FAITHFUL ONES.



PROVERBS 2:6-8
NIV







I TRUST IN YOUR LOVE.
MY HEART IS HAPPY BECAUSE YOU SAVED ME.
I SING TO THE LORD
BECAUSE HE HAS TAKEN CARE OF ME.



PSALM 13:5-6
NCV



AS FOR MAN, HIS DAYS ARE LIKE GRASS;
AS A FLOWER OF THE FIELD, SO HE FLOURISHES.
FOR THE WIND PASSES OVER IT, AND IT IS GONE,
AND ITS PLACE REMEMBERS IT NO MORE.
BUT THE MERCY OF THE LORD IS FROM
EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING
ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM.



PSALM 103;15-17
NKJV



HE IS MERCIFUL AND TENDER TOWARD THOSE
WHO DON'T DESERVE IT;
HE IS SLOW TO GET ANGRY
AND FULL OF KINDNESS AND LOVE.



PSALM 103:8
TLB



EACH DAY THAT WE LIVE,
HE PROVIDES FOR OUR NEEDS
AND GIVES US THE STRENGTH
OF A YOUNG EAGLE.



PSALM 103:5
CEV



FOR HE KNOWS HOW WE WERE MADE;
HE REMEMBERS THAT WE ARE DUST.



PSALM 103:14
NRSV



HE TURNS A DESERT INTO POOLS OF WATER,
A PARCHED LAND INTO SPRINGS OF WATER.



PSALM 107:35
NRSV



IN MY DISTRESS I PRAYED TO THE LORD,
AND HE ANSWERED ME AND RESCUED ME.
HE IS FOR ME! HOW CAN I BE AFRAID?
WHAT CAN MERE MAN DO TO ME?



PSALM 118:5-6
TLB