Prayer: Lord, Make My Pathway

Lord, make my pathway up the mountain rocky

So that I may have something to grip

For if the way is smooth, Lord, 

You know that I will surely slip!

Lord make my way straight and narrow

And help me walk like the proverbial arrow

For You know, Lord, that anything less

Will find me in hell's bar playing faro!

Fulfill my needs, Lord, don't give me my wants

For my eyes are bigger than my stomach

'Cause if my wants are wantonly met

The end result is much throwing up and sorrow!

Lord, keep contented ever my heart

Whether with little or much

Keep my hand in Yours, Lord,

For this world's cup is surely filling up!

Help me, Lord, to keep my eye on the Son

And my heart on the Holy Spirit

Help me to love You as I ought

For Beloved Jesus my lost life bought!

AMEN.

Prayer: Lord, Help Me Not To Make Shipwreck!

Lord, help me not to make shipwreck

Upon the sandy shoals

Of name or rank or talent

Let me upon Christ take hold!

Help me to set aside my self, Lord

Help me, Lord, to lift You up

Give me the strength to give my back to

The accolades of men from the bitter cup!

I beseech You, Lord, for the blessings

That keep my sight raised high

To the Temple of The Eternal

To my mansion in the sky!

Until the Day of Awarding

When Saints have been glorified

Let me not make shipwreck of my faith, Lord

By believing Old Satan's lies!

AMEN.

Prayer: For Protection

BUT JESUS IS MY

SO THAT I CAN SAY:

Oh, Lord, there are so many questions

That I need to answer

As I venture out each day to

Face those in the high and byways,
Whether friend or foe,
Adversary or associate,
Benefit or burden,
Leech or love.

I ask You for Your covering.

I ask You, Lord, to lead me and
Help me to do what You want me to do
In whichever circumstance I find myself.
Help me to remember that there is no place that
You can bring me to, that You cannot carry me through.

I ask You, Lord, to guide my footsteps and

Let me not pick up the fleas of sin that

Attach themselves to the warm body

That lacks the Living Power that

Heals, seals, and protects from the wiles of Satan.
Lord, where there is a lack within
Please instill, and fill me.

Give me Your strength, Lord, and 

Help me, through Your Grace,
To stand up aright, and stand ... victorious!

AMEN.

Prayer: Spare Me!

Prayer: Spare me!

FATHER, spare me from the curse of riches

for I fear that in my ease and abundance 

I will see no need for You.

Instead, Father, I pray that you will grant just enough

so that I will never forget from where my help comes.

Spare me, Lord, from an abundance of self-confidence,

for I fear that in my reliance on self,

You will become redundant

and serve no useful purpose in my life.

What ever pinnacle I, with Your blessing, may reach,

spare me, Father, from the rabid desire for the world's applause

for I fear that I may become so enamored of that dainty

that I will think myself a god to whom adulation is due,

and think myself ascended to be on equal with my Lord.

Spare me from that deadly sin called greed,

and teach me instead to be contented with what I have

so that I may eat grass and be ever so satisfied
because Your blessed hand has provided.

Father, help me to be happy for my neighbor when

good fortune smiles upon her, and help me to not covet

her possessions for myself because

I know, in my heart, that in due season

You will bless me also.

Help me to patiently wait upon You

for I know that You are able.

I love You.

AMEN

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