Singing In The Rain

Let us pray together:

Thank you Lord for being all beginnings and all endings. In the morning you cradle the world and in the evening you heal our wounds so we can fight another day; You are the morning dew and the evening mist; You are the early morning sun kissing the potential of a new day and you are the twilight whispering promises yet to come.

We sing of sorrows and laugh at mistakes; we dance in the rain and laugh at the wind; we dream of things yet to come and believe the things we hope for, the evidence of thing unseen.

When our faith falters and our hopes crash upon the craggy rocks of ambition, renew our strength; let us be caught into your loving arms when we faint and lifted up as we struggle to rise above circumstances that seek our demise. You are a great and mighty God who helps us to live above our circumstances.

It is in the name of Gratitude we pray, Amen.

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MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT PRAYER ASSIGNMENT

Pray today that love with guide and shape your conversations.

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. Ephesians 4: 15

PRAYCATION LENT 2011 CONFERENCE CALL ON THURSDAY

Remember that the Praycation Conference call is this morning, Thursday, March 31st at 6 AM Central/ 7 AM Eastern. Call 1-218-936-2800, access code 812713. It is our time of prayer and study. Join us and invite others to do the same. You can also click on the follower’s icon on the right side of the home page to receive new prayers when they are posted in your email inbox.

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Defeats Do Not Define Us

Early we seek your face this morning thankful for a moment of rest. Thank you for the restorative powers of sleep and the refreshment of rest. Thank you that both were apart of our nighttime hours.

Forgive us again for sins committed by thought word and deed. Help us to release those who have sinned against us through forgiveness.

In Jesus name, assist us in learning from our mistakes. We know its because of your love you chastise us. Thank God our defeats do not define us nor are we doomed to repeat a negative past. Amen.

Robert Payne

MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT PRAYER ASSIGNMENT

Your prayer assignment for today is to pray for wisdom.

"If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you." James 1:5

PRAYCATION LENT 2011 CONFERENCE CALL ON THURSDAY

Remember that the Praycation Conference call is tomorrow, Thursday, March 24th at 6 AM Central/ 7 AM Eastern. Call 1-218-936-2800, access code 812713. It is our time of prayer and study. Join us and invite others to do the same. You can also click on the followers icon on the right side of the home page to receive new prayers when they are posted in your email inbox.

Morning Refresher Course

God of this brand new day, we welcome you with our many morning moods. Some of us greeted the day with joy and anticipation. Praise dripped from our lips. Some of us barely made it though the night while others couldn’t wait for a fresh start and a new beginning. Some of us dreaded the issues we must face today while others view the challenges as opportunities to be conduits of your power.

Forgive us when we talked with others before talking to You. Forgive us when we sought your hand before we sought your face.

Whatever the circumstance, refresh us with your spirit. Teach us again to lift our faces towards the promise of a new day. Show us again how to transform the rise and grind to the rise and shine!

Help us to remember the times when grace met us unexpectedly. Wash us with new morning mercies. Help us to grow beyond the mistakes of the past and keep us from new evils that seek to disrupt and devour. Provide the resources for our rescue and redemption today and always…in Christ’s name. Amen.

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MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT PRAYER ASSIGNMENT

Today, pray for those who are waiting for news about kidnapped children or those who have runaway. Pray for their safe return. Pray that those who love and miss them will seek peace from the one who is Peace.

Open Eye Thanksgiving

"O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his loving-kindness endures forever."

Psalm 118:29

Open our eyes today to see all that we should be thankful for even if at the present moment our problems, pain or need might lead us to believe that we have no thanksgiving. Open our eyes to your unfailing goodness. Help us to see that you are working behind the scenes of our lives to usher us into a season of restoration and reconciliation... and for this, we are thankful. Enter our hearts and clear away anything that prevents an attitude of gratitude.

With eyes wide open we see that we have been blessed with every spiritual blessing. Every good and perfect gift has graciously come from your hand. Thank you Lord, for all you have done for us. In Jesus Name, Amen.

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MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT PRAYER ASSIGNMENT:

Pray today for your enemies, those who curse you and those who persecute you.

But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which spitefully use you, and persecute you;

Matthew 5: 44

On the Road Again

My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope that I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and will never leave me to face my perils alone.

Prayer of Thomas Merton

MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT PRAYER ASSIGNMENT:

Pray today that signs and wonders will follow the preached Word of God!

Call And Response

“I love he Lord, because he heard my voice and my supplications. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I love.

Psalm 116: 1-2

We stop long enough today to remember that you have been kind enough to hear our voices lifted in prayer and petition. At times our voices were amazed at the unprecedented opportunities you sent in our direction. Our voices were sometimes filled with awe and wonder as we considered your great majesty. Our voices were angry because of some difficulty and you responded with patience.

We praise you, Maker and Ruler of all, for your listening ear. Forgive us when we called on others before we called you. Grant us this day to no only call but spend time in your presence listening for Your still small voice whispering the mysteries of the universe.

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MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT PRAYER ASSIGNMENT:

Your prayer assignment today is to pray for caregivers. Pray for those who see to the needs of ailing loved ones or those with diminished capacity at home.

On Guard!

“He guards you when you leave and when you return, he guards you now, he guards you always.”

Psalm 121: 8

Great God of Creation, call us today to a greater devotion to love and serve you.

Help us to turn away from impulses that dishonor your glory.

Help us to resist the temptations that distract us from our spiritual disciplines.

Help us to deny the fear that if we give what we have we will have less.

Help us to discern that by giving we shall receive more.

Help us to discover a richer faith that holds up under pressure, high gasoline prices, unemployment, and deployment, mortgage and nuclear reactor meltdowns, polluted water and soil, infants, adolescents and aging parents.

Let each step taken today lead us to know that we are preserved by You, accompanied by You, ruled by You, and guarded by You, now and forever more, in Jesus name, Amen.

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MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT PRAYER ASSIGNMENT

Today pray for your co-workers. Pray for those who share responsibilities with you to achieve goals at work. Pray for their health, safety and wellbeing.