Find a quiet time and place to pray... take a few deep breaths...
be still... and know that God is near...
Create in me
a clean heart, O God...
-Psalm 51
(Before moving on to the reflection below,
In the quiet of my prayer each day, Lord,
my heart speaks to yours
and yours to mine...
I pray today for a deep quiet in my heart and mind,
that sweet stillness of your presence where, without a word,
your heart speaks to mine
and mine to yours...
Give me a heart blessed
with the silence of your presence
with its peace and power to calm my fears
and soothe my worried soul...
Create in me
a clean heart, O God...
Help me make a time to be with you
and in my heart of hearts to find the silent place within
where your heart beats in mine,
(Before moving on to the reflection below,
spend some quiet time with the scripture verse above...)
In the quiet of my prayer each day, Lord,
my heart speaks to yours
and yours to mine...
I pray today for a deep quiet in my heart and mind,
that sweet stillness of your presence where, without a word,
your heart speaks to mine
and mine to yours...
Give me a heart blessed
with the silence of your presence
with its peace and power to calm my fears
and soothe my worried soul...
Create in me
a clean heart, O God...
Help me make a time to be with you
and in my heart of hearts to find the silent place within
where your heart beats in mine,
pulsing strong, steady, true and without fail...
Sometimes my heart's heavy with grief and problems;
Sometimes my heart's heavy with grief and problems;
sometimes my mind's confused, unsure of what to think;
sometimes my soul is sick with hurt and fear;
sometimes the noise within screams out
though no one hears or knows the pain it shouts...
Create in me
Create in me
a clean heart, O God...
I need more than silence, Lord,
I need more than silence, Lord,
I need the healing stillness of the quiet only found
in finding you and resting by your side...
Though I long for answers and solutions
Though I long for answers and solutions
and for what I want and think I need;
though I stew in my own juices and pity my own plight;
I know that what I need the most
I know that what I need the most
is to find in you the peace that only you can give,
the quiet place prepared for me within your heart...
Take the tension from my neck
and the tightness from my shoulders:
relax me, Lord, and let me be at ease in trusting
that you're always there to comfort and to strengthen me...
Help me lay down my burdens
as I enter the grotto of prayer to find your peace,
as I walk the holy ground of your presence within me,
as I seek the quiet stillness where your silent word
can soothe and heal and mend me...
Create in me
a clean heart, O God...
Create in me a clean heart, O God:
a heart prepared to welcome you,
a heart swept clean to call itself your home,
a heart renewed by mercy and your pardon,
a heart refreshed by hope that lifts me up,
a heart restored to courage by your Spirit,
a heart whose silence waits your quiet presence
and the stillness of the peace it brings...
Come, Lord, and meet my in my prayer,
in the silence, in the quiet, in the stillness:
create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and steadfast spirit in my soul...
and the tightness from my shoulders:
relax me, Lord, and let me be at ease in trusting
that you're always there to comfort and to strengthen me...
Help me lay down my burdens
as I enter the grotto of prayer to find your peace,
as I walk the holy ground of your presence within me,
as I seek the quiet stillness where your silent word
can soothe and heal and mend me...
Create in me
a clean heart, O God...
Create in me a clean heart, O God:
a heart prepared to welcome you,
a heart swept clean to call itself your home,
a heart renewed by mercy and your pardon,
a heart refreshed by hope that lifts me up,
a heart restored to courage by your Spirit,
a heart whose silence waits your quiet presence
and the stillness of the peace it brings...
Come, Lord, and meet my in my prayer,
in the silence, in the quiet, in the stillness:
create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and steadfast spirit in my soul...
To ponder and pray over...
does my heart need - today?
Does anything keep me from accepting
the clean heart the Lord offers to create within me?
What "house cleaning" might I do in my heart,
to welcome in the Lord?
What will I ask of the Lord today?
From this prayer time, what word or phrase will I keep with me
to carry through the rest of my day?
What quiet, what silence, what stillness
does my heart desire? long for? need?
What cleansing, what healing, what mending does my heart desire? long for? need?
does my heart need - today?
Does anything keep me from accepting
the clean heart the Lord offers to create within me?
What "house cleaning" might I do in my heart,
to welcome in the Lord?
What will I ask of the Lord today?
From this prayer time, what word or phrase will I keep with me
to carry through the rest of my day?
(After you spend some time with these questions,
pray the reflection above one more time...)
Here are some tips for praying 10 minutes a day. If you find these daily prayer reminders helpful, please let me know - and share them with others.
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