Thursday, August 03, 2006

Daily Prayer #6

Prayer of the Bible
Generous in love—God, give grace!
Huge in mercy—wipe out my bad record.
Scrub away my guilt,
soak out my sins in your laundry.
I know how bad I've been;
my sins are staring me down.

You're the One I've violated, and you've seen
it all, seen the full extent of my evil.
You have all the facts before you;
whatever you decide about me is fair.
I've been out of step with you for a long time,
in the wrong since before I was born.
What you're after is truth from the inside out.
Enter me, then; conceive a new, true life.

Soak me in your laundry and I'll come out clean,
scrub me and I'll have a snow-white life.
Don't look too close for blemishes,
give me a clean bill of health.
God, make a fresh start in me,
-Psalm 51





(Jesus Son of God
touch me; and say the word
and I will be clean and whole)







Words of Jesus
Jesus stood up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Hasn't anyone found you guilty?"
"No one, sir," she said. "Then I don't find you guilty either," Jesus said. "Go now and leave your life of sin."


(meditate on
the words of Jesus)





Pray for ourselves and others
Pray to God the Father, through the power of our Master Jesus, through the love of the Spirit—Romans 15:30 The MSG


(Bring the needs of ourselves and other before God)

Closing Prayer
Glory to God in the church!
Glory to God in Jesus!
Glory to God down all the generations!
Glory to God forever and ever! Amen!—Ephesians 3:21

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