September 17 Prayer

‘Find your delight in the Lord, and He will give you what you most desire.
Give God the right to direct your life, and as you trust him along the way,
you’ll find that he will help you..’Ps.37:5

Start this day with gratitude for all the good things given to you.
The resources that have been provided for you.
Everything for your good.

There is a way for you to walk this day
that is filled with delight and not fret.
It starts with remembering and giving thanks.

Delighting in what is right before you,
the beauty of nature, the bird’s song outside.

Jesus right here with you now.

Pause to give thanks as you start the day...

‘Jesus, we give to you our own way,
the very course of our lives, for you to guide us this day.

We give to you all the resource of our faith
to trust and believe, hope and delight in You.

For you have given to us all good things.

Our hearts will silently wait for you to act as we
watch to see where you are moving.

We give back to you everything we have because
you have sent all of our selfishness far away.

May we forgive as we have been forgiven and look for
your goodness everywhere.

May we live in this place of gratitude,
full of grace to generously give it away.

Thanks be to God, who is our help and hope.
Amen

Ps.37:1-9, Ps.103:3-5, Lk.8:1-3
Dee Brill

September 16 Prayer

The unforgiven
The lonely outcast
The judged and condemned
The righteous and proud
The bound and scared

All sitting at a table
With Jesus there
Mercy is poured out
On one
All is forgiven
Much is given
Love flows and forgiveness frees
And the way of peace is made-

Receive now His peace to enter the place
where you need forgiveness.
Hide no more, be bold and ask for all you need.

Praying;

‘Jesus,
Let me see your full compassion for all
and your anger against the evil
lies of shame and blame.

Set us free with your forgiveness to see with your mercy,
to be your givers of mercy and
stand against all that separates us.

Make a way in us that creates peace
to forgive as we are forgiven.

Make us willing as you are willing to reach out to touch,

the unforgiven,
the lonely,
the judged and condemned,
the righteous and proud,
the bound and scared.

For we are all the one
You reached out to touch.

May your living waters of mercy flow over us today
to cleanse our hands and hearts.

May our hands be the instruments of your peace today.’
Amen

Luke 7:36-50, Mark 1:40-45
Dee Brill

September 15 Prayer

Widow Mary stood near
To the cross of Jesus
her son
God in flesh

She came closest to His pain
To touch suffering
Without any shame

Widow Mary came nearer to enter in
Because of love
She could not leave the place of pain

Neither did Brother John, the one who leaned
he did not leave but took her in.
As Jesus told him to.

And this day He still speaks;

‘Come near to me
When the suffering one calls
It is me.

‘When it breaks your heart let it break wide open
to love that will never leave.
Let it be your strength, your rock and stronghold.

My arms stretched out are that wide
to hold all the pain of those that are suffering
right now.

The grieving and desperate ones
I do not leave alone.’

Lord, Jesus,
May we look to you for our source of strength,
our hope and joy to walk with others that suffer this day.

When we want to leave and walk away
help us to see it is you that we draw near to.
Your cross can bear it all.

Your call upon us is not far away but is right here
in our words and in our hearts.

Make our lives this day a living prayer
in everything we do,
in everything we see,
and in everything we say.

Amen

John.19:25-27, Ps.18:1-2,Deut.30:11-14

September 14 Prayer

Jesus, the form of God
emptied himself
To be like us
Bore on the cross

The very instrument of death and punishment
becomes our symbol for healing power and eternal life.

Death and fear will be gone.
‘For fear is always related to punishment.
But love’s perfection drives the fear of punishment
far from our hearts.’*

Breathe here a moment as a prayer.

Breathe in this grace of healing and power to live.

Fear will rise and fall and have no hold on you
as you accept the now you are living in.

Breathe in the breath of gratitude for friends that surround you,

Beauty all around you, places you have been and
still have yet to travel to.
Poems yet to be written, and the songs still to be sung.
Hands ready to create and nurture
love and compassion.

Breathe in the life that God has given through Jesus,
His name exalted and lifted high!

So trouble your mind no longer with fears that
are no longer helpful.

The very thing that you have been afraid of will set you free.
That’s how the power of the cross becomes real.

May this be your breath prayer today in every situation,
“Jesus”

‘Let the love of God and the peace of Christ and
the fellowshipship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Amen
Philip.2:6-11, 1Jn.4:18,TPT
Dee Brill

September 13 Prayer
“No one can feel hatred towards those for whom he prays.’
St. John Chrysostom

Prayer frees us.
When we pray for others, even those we do not like,
our hearts change.

When we pray with pure hearts and lift up holy hands
We pray surrendered,
We pray being held up,
to higher heavenly ground by stronger heavenly hands
with words that bless and not curse.
To set those bound by lies,
free to come to the truth.

For God desires all people, all leaders and rulers to
come to a saving knowledge of his truth.

‘Now is the proper time for God to give the world this witness…
For there is one God and one Mediator.’

So let us pray with holy hands in every place,
Let us pray being held up by Angels hands.

“Lord, save us,
save our rulers from lies and disputes.

Free us from our frustrations and strife.
We desire your higher ways today.
Lead us under your authority so we may pray with authority.

In the name of all goodness and dignity, hope and peace.

‘For you are the hope of all the earth, and of the distant seas.’

Amen
1Tim.2:1-8, Ps.91:12, Ps.65:6
Dee Brill

Saturday Slow Down

Slowdown the wandering and wondering
The many words you may think and say

Slowdown the worries of the future
Be
Right here
Now
In the life situation you are in

There is only one thing
One word
One being
In the boat with you
As you back into the future

There is the One
Whose eyes stay on yours
Whose very presence will guide you
For their eyes see ahead and
yours see what has past

Today
Slowdown
Without words
To be in the now
And offer a very short prayer
For God listens
to short prayers.

Amen
Dee Brill
Ps.139:1-6

September 10 Prayer

How can a blind person lead another?
We can only go where we have sight to see.
Jesus speaks to us so clearly to come and change the way we see.
The way we see ourselves when we look at others.

Remember
Where you have come from.
Where you are helpless and in need.
Remember but for the grace of God go I.

Until we can set aside our own beams
that get in the way we can not see the
one in front of us clearly as God does.

The one that is in need too, helpless like me
struggling to carry their own beam.

Lord, I come to you in my own limited sight and awareness,
and ask you to
Remove all that stands in the way
from me seeing the way
you see the world.

I lay down my own need to be above another,
to know more or be right in their eyes.

Clear the way for me to see,
remove the duplicity in my heart and all the ways
that get in the way of
a clear path of peace.

You are the God of restoration and shalom.
May your wisdom be set deeply within our hearts
to accept your correction and guidance.

Today,
We receive abundant grace with faith and love from Jesus Christ
to see more clearly.
Lord lead the way, we pray.
Amen

Lk.6:39-42
Dee Brill

September 9 Prayer

We are beloved of God
We have all the graces we need to live as Christ

These graces are clothes freely given to us,
outer garments to wear,
to cover our own nakedness and vulnerability.

Clothing to put on;
‘Forgive as we have been forgiven.
Show mercy as we have been shown mercy,
Kindness, tenderness, compassion,
to listen with humility and patience,
trying to understand one another.

These garments are to be put on,
not hidden in our closets of feeling good inside,
rationalizes our isolation,
withdrawing from facing another brother.

These garments are to put on, to practice
saying I’m sorry
for not understanding,
sorry for reducing you into others with a label.

Beloved of God
It starts where you are naked and in need of mercy.
It starts with knowing you are not in charge of changing others .

Begin here
Receive the clothing of mercy, forgiveness and grace.

Be compassionate upon yourself to give yourself away.

For peace will eventually rule over all
And love will bind us all together in harmony
When we are clothed with His garments.

With your arms reached high
Get dressed
For a new day has begun for you to get up.

With gratitude in your heart
Beloved,
begin again to put on these garments of grace.

It’s another day to practice,
keep at it,
for there will be plenty of opportunities in every moment of this day.

Praying;

‘Ok Lord,
I surrender to all that you have for me today,

by your grace I will give myself away.

I will start here with gratitude that I have all that I need.
I will let your dress me

and feel your garments brushing up on my own flesh, my own willfulness.

I will practice
to walk the walk of humility and grace,
and let your peace rule over my heart,
and do everything in the name of love.

‘By your mercy we pray’
Amen

Col.3:12-17, Luke 6:27-38
Dee Brill

September 8 Prayer

Love came down
heaven opened
and love came down

Love spoke
‘You are mine,
Listen
Everyone.’

Look and pay attention
You are Loved!

Where else could we go?
Anywhere else is nowhere

So come
Receive the blessing from the trinity
When the heavens open and love comes down.

Pray,

“We open our finite minds and hearts to your infinite holy knowledge
that we are yours.

Today with open hands and we surrender all to the place where you speak love into our beings.

Let it grow and blossom into something beautiful
that we carry in our eyes and on our faces.

May our hands be only used for blessing what you have already begun.
And may our words go forth to speak of your love coming down.

Amen
Dee Brill
Mark 1:9-13

September 7 Prayer

Taking about spiritual health,
How do we stay rooted and grounded in our
faith without being persuaded otherwise?

How does one stay alive and strengthened without
going down the slippery slope of offense and judgment?

We start with our hearts wrapped in heavens fabric of love and receive
comfort being held there together.

Christ is the head and all health and all fullness is in him.

We are like a tree being deeply rooted to grow into Christ’s life.

So stop throughout this day to recognize where your thoughts are going.

What draws you and captivates your heart?

Is it empty or full
of faith, hope and love?

“Lord, we come to you together to seek your mystery which dwells in us.

Open our eyes to see the blatant difference between the world's systems and mindset and the truths of Christ’s wisdom.

We surrender our thoughts and wills
to become deeply rooted and filled with God to overflow in us.

Lead us this day to seek you and pray for grateful hearts with benevolent love.

May we show ourselves as fully alive to Christ in every way
that your healing hands become ours,
to reach out and bless what you are blessing.
To comfort where hearts are wounded and show a better way.

Amen.
Dee Brill
Colossians 2