June.19.02: Light For The Day - "Give Us Strength"

-- Psalm 28:7-9 (NIV)
"7 The LORD is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped.
My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song.
8 The LORD is the strength of His people,
a fortress of salvation for His Anointed One.
9 Save Your people and bless Your inheritance;
be their shepherd and carry them forever."

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Give Us Strength

Give us strength to do Your Will.
Do not dwell on the sins we have committed,
Or on the sins we shall commit.
Put out of your mind our many failings.

Keep no record of our wrongs.
Both those which were deliberate,
And those which we could not help.
Remember, Lord, that men are apt to slip,

That we are a weak and spineless race,
Apt to blunder and fall.
Our skins may seem clear and fresh,
But beneath the surface are festering spiritual sores.

O God, we know You are well disposed to us,
So give us Your strength and support.
Help us to live by the precepts of our faith,
Fill our minds with the light of Your love.

We have heard the holy teachings of Your Son.
Let us not be content merely to hear Him,
But give us the desire to obey Him.
Teach us always to look upwards.

Seeking to probe with our prayers the mystery of heaven.
May the vision of Your heavenly kingdom
Guide our actions on earth.

-- Prayers from Papyri

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-- Isaiah 40:28-31 (NIV)
28 Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary and increases
the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

-- Exodus 15:2 (NIV)
"The LORD is my strength and my song;
He has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise Him,
my Father's God, and I will exalt Him."