NIGHT PRAYER: Monday 6/3

all the people
so busy

they don’t
know just what to do next…

And I lift
up to you

all the
folks so bored

they think
they’re gonna go crazy…

I lift up to
you

all the
unemployed

who wait for
a job to support them…

I lift up to
you

all the
suffering and sick

who cry for
an end to their pain…

I lift up to you 
all the people in prison
who long to be free,  to go home…

I lift up to
you

all the
folks in deep sadness

who yearn
for the healing of grief…

I lift up to
you

those who
stand in harm’s way

for the sake
of our freedom and peace…

I lift up to
you

all the
folks so long hurting

they doubt
they’ll ever find peace…

I lift up to
you

the
depressed and despairing

who hunger
for promise and hope…

I lift up to you
the confused and confounded
who long for your wisdom and truth…

I lift up to
you

the abused
and mistreated

who wait for
their nightmare to end…

I lift up to
you

who thirst
for belief and conviction…

I lift up to
you

the poor and
the hungry

who wait for
a place at our tables…

I lift up to
you

the
forgotten and lonely

who long for
companions and friends…

I lift up to
you

the hooked
and addicted

who work their recovery a day at a time…

I lift up to
you

all the
folks who are lost

and who fear that
they’ll never be found…

I lift up to
you 

stir my heart, Lord, to reach out and help them…

I lift up to
you

all who’ve
suffered my faults

and I pray
they’ll forgive any harm that I’ve done…

I lift up to
you

all the
people I’ve wounded

and I pray
you’ll heal the ones whom I’ve hurt…

I lift up to
you, Lord,

myself and
my needs

and ask that you answer my every prayer…

I came to You with my heart in pieces
And found the God with healing in His hands
I turned to You, put everything behind me
And found the God who makes all things new
I looked to You drowning in my questions
And found the God who holds all wisdom
And I trusted You and stepped out on the ocean
You caught my hand among the waves
‘Cause You’re the God of all my days

Each step I take You make a way
And I will give You all my praise
My seasons change, You stay the same
You’re the God of all my days

I ran from You, I wandered in the shadows
And found a God who relentlessly pursues
I hid from You, haunted by my failure
And found the God whose grace still covers me
I fell on You when I was at my weakest
And found the God, the lifter of my head
And I’ve worshiped You and felt You right beside me
You’re the reason that I sing
‘Cause You’re the God of all my days

In my worry, God, You are my stillness
In my searching, God, You are my answers
In my blindness, God, You are my vision
In my bondage, God, You are my freedom
In my weakness, God, You are my power
You’re the reason that I sing
‘Cause You’re the God of all my days

In my blindness, God, You are my vision
In my bondage, God, You are my freedom
All my days