Some dear friends are facing some really hard times
and they're making their way through them
- one day at a time.
This Night Prayer is for them and for all of us
who need to remember to pray for the grace
to live our lives - one day at a time...
So many things, Lord, large and small,
pull me in a dozen different directions
and slowly, surely, my time for prayer
slips to the bottom of my list of things to do
and then I'm too tired
or I forget to make the time to pray
to find the peace I long for...
Who doesn't want peace, Lord?
Who doesn't want some peace and quiet?
Who doesn't want a breather, some respite
from the craziness a day can bring?
But how easily, how often I forget
that moments spent in prayer
can turn an awful day to awesome
just by sitting down and resting by your side...
Help me to turn to you in prayer every day, Lord:
help me set aside the time to be with you,
help me find a quiet place to stop, to sit, to breathe,
to close my eyes and seek your presence in my heart...
Help me promise to pray always, Lord
- one day at a time...
Help me find a place to rest in the quiet with you
- one day at a time...
Help me take some deep breaths and rest in you, Lord
- one day at a time...
Help me stop to read and reflect on your word each day
- one day at a time...
Help me share my ups and downs with you, Lord
- one day at a time...
Help me promise to meet you every day, Lord
- one day at a time...
And if I learn to pray like this, Lord,
I'll be constantly seeking your grace and your help
- one day at a time...
And I'll more easily find you every day
in my neighbors and in strangers;
in my work and in my rest;
in my heart and in my prayer
- one day at a time...
I'll more constantly seek your might and your strength
I'll more quickly draw the grace and courage, the faith I need
to move from dawn to dusk and through the dark of the night
- one day at a time...
So many things keep me from prayer, Lord,
and what keeps me from prayer, keeps me from you;
and what keeps me from you, keeps me from hope;
and what keeps me from hope, keeps me from life...
So, slow me down, I pray, Lord,
on the busiest, most difficult of days
and in your quiet presence, with your grace,
help me come to you in prayer
- one day at a time...
Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake
and watch over me as I sleep
that awake, I might keep watch with you
and asleep rest in your peace...
Amen.
The presentation in the video for today's NIGHT PRAYER
is almost as powerful as the song it offers!
One day at a time, sweet Jesus
That's all I'm asking of you
Give me the strength to do everyday
What I have to do
Yesterday's gone, sweet Jesus
And tomorrow may never be mine
Help me today, show me the way
One day at a time
I'm only human, I'm just a woman
Help me believe in what I could be
And all that I am
Oh, show me the stairway that I have to climb
Lord, for my sake, teach me to take
One day at a time
Refrain
Oh, do you remember
When you walked among men
Well, Jesus, you know
If you're looking below
That it's worse now than then
Cheatin' and stealin', violence and crime,
Lord, for my sake, teach me to take
One day at a time
Refrain
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