Thursday, December 10, 2009

SWS: Prayer for Peace with Others

Dear Friends,
I came across the following prayer in my devotional reading, and thought it was Something Worth Sharing (SWS). I'm sure we can all resonate with the sentiments expressed in this prayer. [Please note: the book in which I found this prayer was published in 1928. So some of the words and expressions in this prayer do not match up with current English usage.]
Blessings,
Clayton
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My God, I have again given way to temper, and said things I would fain have left unsaid. Just at a time when all seemed at peace around me, one little word of contradiction has thrown me back, and excited feelings which I thought were conquered forever. My Father, when shall I learn to give way to others, even though I may not agree entirely with them? Forsake me not, although I am self-confident. Teach me to yield more easily, to be more patient with those who argue with me. Fill me with grace to subdue all evil feelings; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord - Amen.

Source: Mary Wilder Tileston, ed., Prayers Ancient and Modern (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928), p. 131.

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Monday, November 02, 2009

SWS: Prayer for God's Peace and Love

Dear Friends,
I came across the following prayer in my devotional reading today. Even though the language is a bit arcane, I pray that you find this as meaningful as I did.
Blessings,
Clayton
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Enable us, O God of patience, to bear one another's burdens, and to forbear one another in love. Oh, teach and help us all to live in peace and to love in truth, following peace with all men and walking in love, as Christ loved us, of whom let us learn such meekness and lowliness of heart that in Him we may find rest for our souls. Make us so gentle and peaceable that we may be followers of Thee as dear children, that Thou, the God of peace, mayest dwell with us forevermore. Amen.
--Benjamin Jenks (1642-1724)

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