Pause for Prayer: SATURDAY 12/30

Pause for Prayer: SATURDAY 12/30
A new year begins on Monday, Lord


    and I’m praying I’ll begin 2024
       as best I can – and with your help!


If there’s one thing I’m sure of – it’s this:


    I can’t count on myself


        to make the changes I need to make…
Only with your help, Lord,


    will I change and grow 
       and turn my heart around


          only with your help…



You’re the Lord of


    freely given pardons,


    second chances,


    clean slates,


    fresh starts


    and new beginnings


– and I’m gonna need all of the above


      as I begin a new
year…



Most of all, Lord, 
   refresh and restore my hope 
that, indeed, I can make


    a new beginning, a fresh start,


and that you’ll give me


    the second or hundredth chance I need
        to hear your word and follow you,


        to live as I truly want to live,


        to do what I know you call me to do,


        to love as I truly want to be loved


        and to pray as I truly need to pray…



Don’t let my regret over


    past, failed attempts


keep me from trusting  
   that with your help 
        I can do, I can accomplish,
        I can realize my heart’s true desires


    and live in peace with all, 
        faithful to your word…



Make me modest in my pledges, Lord:


    let my new beginning be reasonable,


    my intentions pure and generous;


    my efforts guided by your Spirit


    and my success be the fruit of your grace…



Show me, Lord, in my heart of hearts,


    what you’d have me resolve;


help me persevere and follow through
    in the year that lies ahead…


Help me live the new year 
    one day at a time,


each day filled with
your mercy,


    with your freely given pardon


and all the second chances,


    clean slates and fresh starts


        that fall from your heart and hand…



January 1 will be the day that you make, Lord,
    help me live and keep it in your grace and peace;


bless and keep me as a new year dawns


    and I pledge again to walk in your light…




  

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