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

Who Can Question?

WHO CAN QUESTION?

by HELEN STEINER RICE



THEY ASKED ME HOW I KNOW IT'S TRUE
THAT THE SAVIOR LIVED AND DIED
AND IF I BELIEVE THE STORY
THAT THE LORD WAS CRUCIFIED.
AND I HAVE SO MANY ANSWERS
TO PROVE HIS HOLY BEING-
ANSWERS THAT ARE EVERYWHERE
WITHIN THE REALM OF SEEING-
THE LEAVES THAT FALL IN AUTUMN
AND WERE BURIED IN THE SOD
NOW BUDDING ON THE TREE BOUGHS
TO LIFT THEIR ARMS TO GOD,
THE FLOWERS THAT WERE COVERED
AND ENTOMBED BENEATH THE SNOW
PUSHING THROUGH THE DARKNESS
TO BID THE SPRING HELLO.
ON EVERY SIDE, GREAT NATURE
RETELLS THE EASTER STORY,
SO WHO AM I TO QUESTION
THE RESURRECTION GLORY?





"TRULY, TRULY, I SAY TO YOU,
UNLESS A GRAIN OF WHEAT FALLS
INTO THE EARTH AND DIES,
IT REMAINS ALONE; BUT IF IT DIES,
IT BEARS MUCH FRUIT."



JOHN 12:24









MY MERCY WILL STAY WITH HIM FOREVER.
MY PROMISE TO HIM IS UNBREAKABLE.



PSALM 89:28
GOD'S WORD



THE LORD'S PROMISE IS SURE. HE SPEAKS
NO CARELESS WORD: ALL HE SAYS IS PUREST
TRUTH, LIKE SILVER SEVEN TIMES REFINED.



PSALM 12:6
TLB



WHEN I SUFFER, THIS COMFORTS ME:
YOUR PROMISE GIVES ME LIFE.



PSALM 119:50
NCV



HE IS THE ONE WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH,
THE SEA, AND EVERYTHING IN THEM.
HE IS THE ONE WHO KEEPS EVERY PROMISE FOREVER.



PSALM 146:6
NLT



SURELY GOODNESS AND LOVINGKINDNESS WILL
FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE,
AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER.



PSALM 23:6

A Bright New World

A BRIGHT NEW WORLD

by HELEN STEINER RICE



WE FEEL SO SAD WHEN THOSE WE LOVE
ARE TOUCHED BY DEATH'S DARK HAND,
BUT IT WOULD EASE OUR SORROW
IF WE COULD BUT UNDERSTAND
THAT DEATH IS JUST A GATEWAY
THAT ALL MEN MUST PASS THROUGH
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF DEATH,
IN A WORLD THAT'S BRIGHT AND NEW,
OUR LOVED ONES WAIT TO WELCOME US
TO THE LAND FREE FROM TEARS
WHERE JOY BECOMES ETERNAL
AND TIME IS NOT COUNTED BY YEARS.





FOR YOUR UNFAILING LOVE
IS AS HIGH AS THE HEAVENS.
YOUR FAITHFUNESS REACHES
TO THE CLOUDS.



PSALM 57:10
NLT



SHEW THY MARVELLOUS LOVINGKINDNESS,
O THOU THAT SAVEST BY THY RIGHT HAND THEM
WHICH PUT THEIR TRUST IN THEE FROM THOSE
THAT RISE UP AGAINST THEM.



PSALM 17:7
KJV



WHEN I AM AFRAID,
I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN THEE.



PSALM 56:3
NAS



BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HAVE
LEARNED TO ACCLAIM YOU,
WHO WALK IN THE LIGHT
OF YOUR PRESENCE, O LORD.



PSALM 89:15
NIV



HELP ME, O LORD MY GOD;
SAVE ME IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR LOVE.



PSALM 109:26
NIV



OUR SOUL WAITS FOR THE LORD;
HE IS OUR HELP AND OUR SHIELD.



PSALM 33:20
NAS



COME QUICKLY! HELP ME, O MY SAVIOR.



PSALM 38:22
TLB



GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH,
A VERY PRESENT HELP IN TROUBLE.



PSALM 46:1
NRSV