NIGHT PRAYER: Tuesday 4/1

It's April Fools Day, Lord,

    and this morning I asked your forgiveness

        for the many times I've been foolish

but tonight I come to pray for your pardon 

    for the times I've feared I'd look foolish

        - if I did as you bid me to do

        - if I spoke as you call me to speak

        - if I witnessed to gospel truth

        - if I took the unpopular stand

        - if I refused to abide what's unjust

        - if I dared to openly share my faith

        - if I called out those who do wrong

        - if I took up the cause of the outcast

        - if I spoke the truth to power

        - if I invited others to pray with me

        - if I refused to engage in gossip 

        - if I made no secret of what I believe...

 

I ask your mercy and pardon, Lord,

    for the times I've feared I'd look foolish

if I openly shared all I believe:

    that you are my God,

        my Redeemer, my Savior, 

    my strength and my hope,

        my way, my truth and my life... 

Make me a fool for your sake, Lord

    and give me the strength and courage I need

        to make no secret of what I believe

    and to boldly live and freely share

        the faith that lives in my heart...

         

Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake

    and watch over me while I sleep

that awake, I might keep watch with you

    and asleep, rest in your peace...

Amen.

Fool for You by Nichole Nordeman

 

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There are times when faith 

    and common sense do not align,
when hard core evidence of you is hard to find,
and I am silenced in the face 

    of argumentative debate, 

    and it's a long hill it's a lonely climb. 

 

Cause they want proof,
They want proof of all these mysteries I claim. 

Cause only fools would want to chant 

    a dead man's name.
Maybe it's true, yeah but....

 

I would be a fool for You, 

    all because You asked me to.
A simpleton who's seemingly naive,
I do believe, You came and made Yourself 

    a fool for me.

 

I admit that in my darkest hours I've asked what if,
What if we created some kind of 

    man-made faith like this,
Out of good intention or emotional invention,
and after life is through there will be no You.

 
Cause they want proof of all these miracles I claim,
Cause only fools believe that men can walk on waves.
Maybe it's true, yeah but...

 

I would be a fool for You, 

    all because You asked me to.
A simpleton who's seemingly naive,
I do believe, You came and made Yourself 

    a fool for me.

 

Unaware of popularity,
and unconcerned with dignity,
You made me free
- proof enough for me.

 

I would be a fool for You
Only if You asked me to,
A simpleton who's only thinkin' of
the cause of love.

 

I will speak Jesus' name.
If that makes me crazy,
they can call me crazed,
I'm happy to be seemingly naive,
I do believe, 

You came and made Yourself a fool for me.

 

A fool for you.

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