NIGHT PRAYER: Tuesday 11/23

On Thursday, Lord, 

we'll be getting together with family and friends

    to meet and greet,

    to praise and thank you,

    to eat and drink,

    to laugh and cry

and...

    to chat and talk,

    to compare and contrast,

    to converse and discuss

    and maybe, just maybe, we'll argue...

 

The topics will vary, we'll take different sides:

    turkey - frozen or fresh?

    breast meat or drumstick?

    Patriots or Colts? 

    cranberry: relish or jelly?

    Biden or Trump?

    green bean casserole: yay or nay?

    pumpkin, apple or mincemeat pie?

    Vax or not? 

 

Help us avoid the mine field, Lord,

    that our table can easily become...

 

Remind us to begin our meal with prayer

    with time to name all the gifts and blessings

    you've given us, one and all...

Remind us in our prayer, Lord,

    how we're sisters and brothers,

    all daughters and sons of you, our only God...

 

Remind us to begin with prayer, Lord,

    patiently listening as others speak,

    with reverence for what they say...

Remind us to begin in prayer, Lord,

    to begin with prayer that shapes with grace

    the words we choose, our tone of voice,

    the points we make and how we make them,

    all we share and all we receive

    as we gather together as family 

    sharing a table of love...

 

Keep us from speaking in anger, Lord,

keep us from shouting our point of view,

keep us from putting down other's ideas

    and from badmouthing those who speak them...

Keep us one in peace together,

keep us one in mind and heart,

keep us one above all else,

keep us one in you, O Lord,

keep us one in you...

 

Protect us, Lord while we're awake

and watch over us while we sleep

that awake, we might keep watch with you

and asleep, rest in your peace...

 

Amen.

 

Tonight's music is a little unusual - as is the video! I encourage you to watch and listen to the whole video - both its lyrics and the visual have an application for just the circumstances that threaten the peace of our Thanksgiving tables... 

 

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Love One Another by Newsboys

 

Love Love Love 

 

Yeah we don’t always live what we believe 

Yeah we don’t always share a common source 

Here we are, now shouting til we’re hoarse 

Jesus taught us a different kind of discourse 

 

Don’t talk about it talk about it 

Just do it 

 

Love one another   Sister and brother 

Don’t hurt each other - Yeah 

Lines drawn in the sand 

Complicate our new command 

Love one another - Yeah 

 

Yeah we don’t always live what we believe 

Yeah we don’t like the shouting of demands 

Yeah we forget the world is in His hands 

But there’s one thing the whole world understands 

 

Chorus

 

Love loves a troubled face 

Love loves a hopeless case 

Love loves to break the ice 

Love loves at any price 

 

Love one another   Sister and brother 

Don’t hurt each other yeah 

Get off the high horse 

Take it to a higher source 

Love is the ultimate force - Yeah 

 

Chorus

 

Love one another   Sister and brother 

Don’t hurt each other yeah 

Get off the high horse 

Take it to a higher source 

Love is the ultimate force - Yeah

 

Chorus 

Love loves a troubled face 

Love loves a hopeless case 

Love loves to break the ice 

Love loves at any price 

 

Love one another   Sister and brother 

Don’t hurt each other yeah 

Get off the high horse 

Take it to a higher source 

Love is the ultimate force - Yeah 

Chorus

 

Love one another   Sister and brother 

Don’t hurt each other yeah 

Get off the high horse 

Take it to a higher source 

Love is the ultimate force - Yea

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