A Special Prayer For You

A SPECIAL PRAYER
FOR YOU
by HELEN STEINER RICE



OH, BLESSED FATHER, HEAR THIS PRAYER
AND KEEP ALL OF US IN YOUR CARE
GIVE US PATIENCE AND INNER SIGHT TOO,
JUST AS YOU OFTEN USED TO DO
WHEN ON THE SHORES OF THE GALILEE
YOU TOUCHED THE BLIND AND THEY COULD SEE
AND CURED THE MAN WHO LONG WAS LAME
WHEN HE BUT CALLED YOUR HOLY NAME!
YOU ARE SO GREAT
WE ARE SO SMALL
AND WHEN TROUBLE COMES
AS IT DOES TO US ALL
THERE'S SO LITTLE THAT WE CAN DO
EXCEPT TO PLACE OUR TRUST IN YOU!
SO TAKE THE SAVIOUR'S LOVING HAND
AND DO NOT TRY TO UNDERSTAND
JUST LET HIM LEAD YOU WHERE HE WILL
THROUGH "PASTURES GREEN AND WATERS STILL"
AND PLACE YOURSELF IN HIS LOVING CARE
AND HE WILL GLADLY HELP YOU BEAR
WHATEVER LIES AHEAD OF YOU
AND GOD WILL SEE YOU SAFELY THROUGH
AND NO EARTHLY PAIN IS EVER TOO MUCH
IF GOD BESTOWS HIS MERCIFUL TOUCH.



SO I COMMEND YOU INTO HIS CARE
WITH LOVING THOUGHT AND A SPECIAL PRAYER
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER, WHATEVER BETIDE YOU
GOD IS ALWAYS BESIDE YOU
AND CANNOT GO BEYOND HIS LOVE AND CARE
FOR WE ARE ALL A PART OF GOD,
AND GOD IS EVERYWHERE!





BUT I WILL SING OF YOUR MIGHT;
I WILL SING ALOUD OF YOUR
STEADFAST LOVE IN THE MORNING.
FOR YOU HAVE BEEN A FORTRESS FOR ME
AND A REFUGE IN THE DAY OF MY DISTRESS.



PSALM 59:16
NRSV



I WILL GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD
ACCORDING TO HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS,
AND WILL SING PRAISE TO THE
NAME OF THE LORD MOST HIGH.



PSALM 7:17
NAS



MY HEART IS STEADFAST, O GOD,
MY HEART IS STEADFAST;
I WILL SING AND MAKE MUSIC.



PSALM 57:7
NIV



SING A NEW SONG TO THE LORD!
SING IT EVERYWHERE AROUND THE WORLD!



PSALM 96:1
TLB



FOR THE LORD SAYS, "BECAUSE HE LOVES ME,
I WILL RESCUE HIM; I WILL MAKE HIM GREAT
BECAUSE HE TRUSTS IN MY NAME."



PSALM 9:14
TLB



I COME TO YOU FOR PROTECTION, O LORD MY GOD.
SAVE ME FROM MY PERSECUTORS- RESCUE ME!



PSALM 7:1
NLT



TURN YOUR EAR TO ME,
COME QUICKLY TO MY RESCUE;
BE MY ROCK OF REFUGE,
A STRONG FORTRESS TO SAVE ME.



PSALM 31:2
NIV



HAPPY IS THE PERSON WHO TRUSTS THE LORD,
WHO DOESN'T TURN TO THOSE WHO ARE PROUD
OR TO THOSE WHO WORSHIP FALSE gODS.



PSALM 40:4
NCV



PROTECT ME, BECAUSE I AM FAITHFUL TO YOU,
SAVE YOUR SERVANT WHO TRUSTS YOU.
YOU ARE MY GOD.



PSALM 86:2
GOD'S WORD