A Prayer of Praise

A Prayer of Praise

Sweet Jesus, thank you for the love you give.

Thank you for teaching us to laugh,

to cry.

Thank you for teaching us to dance,

to kneel.

Thank you for teaching us to shout,

to be silent.

Thank you for teaching us to say Hallelujah,

to say help.

Thank you for teaching us to be bold,

to be calm.

Most of all thank you for your love,

and teaching us to accept and share love.

Praise the Lord!

Amen

(As kindly featured on a site called Reflections Online)

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17 Injunctions For Embodied Faith

“True evangelical faith is of such a nature it cannot lie dormant, but spreads itself out in all kinds of righteousness and fruits of love; it dies to flesh and blood (1); it destroys all lusts and forbidden desires (2); it seeks, serves and fears God in its inmost soul (3); it clothes the naked (4); it feeds the hungry (5); it comforts the sorrowful (6); it shelters the destitute (7); it aids and consoles the sad (8); it does good to those who do it harm (9); it serves those that harm it (10); it prays for those who persecute it (11); it teaches, admonishes and judges us with the Word of the Lord (12); it seeks those who are lost (13); it binds up what is wounded (14); it heals the sick (15); it saves what is strong (sound) (16); it becomes all things to all people (17). The persecution, suffering and anguish that come to it for the sake of the Lord’s truth have become a glorious joy and comfort to it.” (Menno Simons)