Pause for Prayer: TUESDAY 6/2

Pause for Prayer: TUESDAY 6/2

People often ask us to pray for them… 
And we often ask others to pray for us… 
This morning’s is about just that…  
In fact, you might want to send a link to this post 
to folks who’ve asked you to pray for them: 
My heart and soul, my pockets and arms 
    are filled, O Lord,
        with the people I pray for today…



You know who they are and you what they need 
   and you don’t need me 
      to remind you…



But there’s something’s sacred
   in saying aloud the names of those 
      who’ve asked me to pray for them…



There’s something holy 
   in whispering to you
      what they once whispered to me…



And there’s something graced
   in simply remembering
      the prayer I saw in their eyes…
 
(Let’s all take some time here 
    to share with the Lord the names of those 
        who’ve asked for our prayers 
    – and those, too, who may not have asked 
        and yet hold a place in our hearts…)
My heart and soul, my pockets and arms 
    are filled, O Lord,
        with the people I pray for today…


Hear every prayer I whisper 
   for those who’ve asked me, Lord,
to lift their names and needs in prayer
    with faith and trust and hope in you…



Amen. 
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Here are two songs for this morning: the first I posted some years ago, the second I’ve used more frequently – they both have the same message and each one is just right for today’s prayer…  
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I Will Pray For You

I have prayed for
you

that your faith
is still held fast.
I prayed for you,
a guard against
the tempest
Every time
you’re brought to mind,
every prayer
you’ve left behind.
I have raised
you up on high,
I have prayed
for you.

I have prayed
for you
that God’s will
is your guide.
I pray for you
that you are led each day.
Every time I
sense you there,
every time I
knelt in prayer,
and in all this
world of care
I have prayed
for you.

I will pray that
God’s strength
will hold you in
the arms
of the One who
gave his all for you.
I will pray
every day
that this life
of faith remains close
to my heart and
mind.

I will pray, I
will pray,
I will stay on
my knees,
I will pray for
you today.

God, who hears
in all the secret places
will attend to
our every plea.
All we ask, all
our desires will be answered
in God’s own
time, God’s own time.

I will pray that
God’s strength
will hold you in
the arms
of the One who
gave his all for you.
I will pray
every day
that this life
of faith remains close
to my heart and
mind.

I will pray, I
will pray,
I will stay on
my knees,
I will pray for
you today.

 

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Today
I said a prayer for you

I just felt I
really needed to

I’m not certain
why you’re on my mind

Or why you need
my prayers this time

Still I prayed
anyway

 

Today I said a
prayer for you

I asked blessings
on your heart anew

I prayed that you
would somehow feel

   my prayers for you as I  kneel

Believing you’ll
receive

 

I prayed for hope,
I prayed for peace

I prayed that God’s
work in your life

   will never cease

I prayed for joy,
I prayed for love

I prayed that he’ll
enfold you in his arms

I prayed for you

 

Today I said a
prayer for you

Across the miles
or far from view

As the sun rises
and falls

He’ll be there
through it all

I pray, I pray

 

Today I said a
prayer for you

I prayed that he’d
draw close to you

That he’d touch
your day some way

and I promised I’d
always pray now and always

 

I prayed for hope,
I prayed for peace

I prayed that God’s
work in your life

   will never cease

I prayed for joy,
I prayed for love

I prayed that he’ll
enfold you in his arms

I prayed for you

 

Never underestimate
the power of prayer

It’s greater than
we can imagine,

   what a privilege to care

Taking time to
think of those

known or known to
him

Lifting up those
souls to our life-giving King

 

I prayed for hope,
I prayed for peace

I prayed that God’s
work in your life

   will never cease

I prayed for joy,
I prayed for love

I prayed that he’d
enfold you in his arms

I prayed for you,
I prayed for you, I prayed for you


  



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Praying to the Virgin Mary