Pause for Prayer: TUESDAY 2/18

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We've all got bad habits, Lord,
and once they're habits,
they're no longer things we think about or plan:
we do the wrong things.
again and again,
not by design but
- out of habit...

Help me break my bad habits, Lord:
give me a ten second warning
before I'm about to do
what I often do
- out of habit...

Give me a 10 second warning
to know when a habit's
about to be triggered...

Give me a 10 second warning, Lord:
just enough time to reconsider,
find an alternative,
go another way;
time to make a change,
and break a bad habit's ways...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I use your name in vain
or that foul "expletive deleted"...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I gossip, spread a rumor
or ruin someone's reputation...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I loose my cool
and misdirect my anger once again...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I say Yes
when I should say No...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I make a choice or judgment
based on prejudice and bias...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I tell that kind of joke
or laugh when someone else does...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I start to take for granted
all my blessings and my gifts...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I put myself ahead of family
and others counting on my love...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I'm tempted to be silent
when I know that I should speak...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I bend the truth and tell a lie
just to save my butt...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I cheat my spouse, my job, my friend,
- before I cheat myself...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I use the Internet
to feed my lusty urge...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I eat or drink much more
than what I need, than what is healthy...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I indulge myself again
while others live in want and need...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I say No
when I should say Yes...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I nurse a grudge
and fuel my jealousy and envy...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I tell myself again,
"I don't really need to go to confession..."

Give me a 10 second warning
before I'm tempted to speak out
when I know I should be silent...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I entertain myself in ways
that waste my time, my days, my nights...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I tell myself,
"This habit's not that bad..."

Give me a 10 second warning
before I con myself and start to think
that my way's always right...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I put off prayer again
just like I did the day before...

Give me a 10 second warning
before I turn my mind, my heart, my face
away from you, my Lord, my God...

Give me a ten second warning, Lord:
just enough time to reconsider,
find an alternative,
go another way;
time to make a change,
and break a bad habit's ways... 


(If you have some "10 second warning" requests to add to this prayer,
feel free to do so in the combox below or on FaceBook)





 

     
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