Category Archives: Monday Prayer

The Way of the Cross, part 3

Posted on April 16, 2014 by themondayprayer

Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me. ― Thomas à Kempis PRAYER: The Prayer of Saint Nikolai Velimirovic (1881-1956), Serbian Orthodox bishop arrested and imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp … Continue reading →

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The Way of the Cross, part 2

Posted on April 15, 2014 by themondayprayer

Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth thrown in; aim at Earth and you will get neither. –C.S. Lewis PRAYER: (from the Lectionary) “O God, by the passion of your blessed Son, You made an instrument of shameful death … Continue reading →

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The Way of the Cross, part 1

Posted on April 14, 2014 by themondayprayer

NOTE: The Monday Prayer will publish every day during Holy Week. If the cross was the end of the story, we would have no hope. But the cross isn’t the end. Jesus didn’t escape from death; he conquered it and … Continue reading →

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False Expectations

Posted on April 7, 2014 by themondayprayer

Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind. –C.S. Lewis PRAYER: (From the Lectionary) “Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the … Continue reading →

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Shedding Our Grave Clothes

Posted on March 31, 2014 by themondayprayer

God loves you just the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way. —Max Lucado, in Just Like Jesus (1998) PRAYER: (From the Lectionary) “Almighty God, You alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections … Continue reading →

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Child of Light

Posted on March 24, 2014 by themondayprayer

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.” —Helen Keller PRAYER: (From the Lectionary) “Gracious Father, Whose blessed Son Jesus Christ came down from heaven to be the true bread which gives life to the world: … Continue reading →

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God’s Love

Posted on March 17, 2014 by themondayprayer

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” —Helen Keller PRAYER: (from the Lectionary) “Almighty God, You know that we have no power … Continue reading →

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Where Is Our Help?

Posted on March 10, 2014 by themondayprayer

I was sure by now That You would have reached down And wiped our tears away, Stepped in and saved the day But once again, I say, Amen and it’s still raining As the thunder rolls I barely hear Your … Continue reading →

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Beating Temptation

Posted on March 3, 2014 by themondayprayer

“He who prays as he ought, will endeavor to live as he prays.” —John Owen, English theologian and Administrator at Oxford University (1616-1683). PRAYER: (from the Lectionary) “Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted … Continue reading →

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Into His Likeness

Posted on February 24, 2014 by themondayprayer

“I believe that there are too many accommodating preachers, and too many practitioners in the church who are not believers. Jesus Christ did not say, ‘Go into all the world and tell the world that it is quite right.’ The … Continue reading →

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