SECOND MONTH OF PRAYERS
CONTINUED
Yahweh (often identified as Jehovah or Lord in modern translations)
is a God Who is protective and nurturing in His dealings with His
people.

However, His people often can not believe this.  As Saint Julian of
Norwich, 14th century mystic, pointed out,  "Some of us believe that
God is almighty and can do everything; and that he is all-wise and
may do everything; but that he is all-love and will do everything
---there we draw back.  As I see it, this is the greatest of all hindrances
to God's lovers."

Saint Augustine has the answer for those who doubt that the
Almighty is our safe haven, "Christ came chiefly for this reason:
that man might learn how much God loved him."

So let us adopt the attitude of Proverbs  29: " He who putteth  his
trust in the Lord shall be safe."   Let us respond to  our own doubts
and to the doubts of others with the words of Jeremiah, the prophet,  
who was often beset by doubts regarding God's mercy:
       Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed,
       Because His compassions fail not.
       They are new every morning;
       Great is Your faithfulness.
       "The Lord is my portion, says my soul,   
       Therefore I hope in Him!"

Doubts are abolished; joy takes their place; now we firmly believe
that God is our safe haven:
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For he has clothed me with the garments of salvation.
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness.
As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
For as the earth brings forth its bud,
As the garden causes the things that are sown in it
  to spring forth,
So  the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
   to spring forth.
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OUR GOALS FOR THIS WEEK
ISAIAH 61:10-11
LAMENTATIONS 3:21-24
O GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD OF LORDS,
FOR HIS STEADFAST LOVE ENDURES FOR EVER.
Father, our beloved One, Who is faithful to us through our last breath on earth, and
Whose faithfulness will continue throughout all eternity, help unrepentant sinners to become
reconciled with You, especially those close to death.
PRAYERS TO THE ALMIGHTY FATHER CONTINUED
JEREMIAH 31:3
THE MOON AND THE STARS TO RULE
OVER THE NIGHT,
FOR HIS STEADFAST LOVE ENDURES FOR EVER.
Almighty Father, the sun shines for You; cast Your light on the sick, the homeless,
the hungry, the lonely and all those who are bereft.
PSALM 145:8b-9
PSALM 136:9
PSALM 136:3
TO HIM WHO DIVIDED THE RED SEA IN SUNDER,
FOR HIS STEADFAST LOVE ENDURES FOR EVER.
My Love, my Father, Who surveys all, but Who remains undisturbed, please
forgive me for my weakness and unfaithfulness.
IT IS HE WHO REMEMBERED US
IN OUR LOW ESTATE,
FOR HIS STEADFAST LOVE ENDURES FOR EVER.
      PSALM 136:13
Gracious Lord, my Father, Who dispenses help to those who request it, help
me to love You as much as I am able to, and help me to achieve Your will
for me.
           PSALM 136:23
LEVITICUS 19:1-2
JAMES 1:22
Ceaseless interior prayer is a yearning of the human spirit toward God.
To succeed in this consoling exercise we must pray more often to God to
teach us to pray without ceasing.  Pray more, and pray more frequently.
It is prayer itself which will reveal to you how it can be achieved unceasingly;
but it will take some time.
THE WAY OF A  PILGRIM
GOALS FOR THIS MONTH
OUR  GOAL:  READ THE SCRIPTURES FOR AT LEAST FIVE  MINUTES PER DAY.

WE  TOO ARE WITNESSES       ACTS 3:1
GOD CAN CHANGE US              ROMANS 8:9-14
ALL ARE CALLED                       ACTS 15:1-19
OUR GOD IS TENDER                 HOSEA 11:1-5
GOD  SEES OUR HEART           GAL.  6:7-10
GOD IS SPIRIT                              JOHN 4:24
WE CAN  OVERCOME FEAR    ISAIAH 35:4
FOR AS THE RAIN AND THE SNOW COME DOWN
FROM HEAVEN, AND DO NOT RETURN THERE UNTIL
THEY HAVE WATERED THE EARTH, MAKING IT BRING
FORTH AND SPROUT, GIVING SEED TO THE SOWER
AND BREAD TO THE EATER, SO SHALL MY WORD
BE THAT GOES FROM MY MOUTH; IT SHALL NOT
RETURN TO ME EMPTY, BUT IT SHALL ACCOMPLISH
THAT WHICH  I PROPOSE, AND SUCCEED IN THE
THING FOR WHICH I SENT IT.
                        Isaiah 55:10-11
                                            
FATHER, CREATOR OF ALL
 LIVING THINGS
CHRISTIAN PRAYERS, SCRIPTURE, GOALS AND STEPS TOWARD SANCTITY