Category Archives: Monday Prayer

What’s In YOUR Barn?

Posted on July 29, 2013 by themondayprayer

Money just makes you more of who you already are. If you’re a jerk when you’re poor, then if you become rich you’ll just become a colossal jerk. If you are generous when you have little, you will have the … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be Deceived

Posted on July 22, 2013 by themondayprayer

Truth by definition is exclusive. Everything cannot be true. If everything is true, then nothing is false. And if nothing is false then it would also be true to say everything is false. We cannot have it both ways. —Ravi … Continue reading →

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Ripe or Rotten?

Posted on July 15, 2013 by themondayprayer

Refusing to teach a passage of Scripture is just as wrong as abusing it. It’s time for some of us to stop apologizing for God and start apologizing to Him for being embarrassed by the ways He has chosen to … Continue reading →

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Being Plumb

Posted on July 7, 2013 by themondayprayer

Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for – because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything. –Peter Marshall, U.S. Senate Chaplain, 1947. PRAYER: (from the Lectionary) “O Lord, … Continue reading →

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Independence Day Prayer

Posted on July 4, 2013 by themondayprayer

Today is the Fourth of July, Independence Day for the United States of America. This is a prayer by George Washington (1732-1799), who commanded the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, presided over the convention that drafted the U.S. … Continue reading →

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How I Treat You

Posted on June 30, 2013 by themondayprayer

There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. —C.S. Lewis PRAYER: (from the Lectionary) “O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace … Continue reading →

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Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace

Posted on June 23, 2013 by themondayprayer

“Dear God, I’m doing the best I can.” —Frank (a 7 year-old, in Children’s Letters to God) PRAYER: (from the Lectionary) “Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being … Continue reading →

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Witness Where You Are

Posted on June 17, 2013 by themondayprayer

“What we need is a desire to know the whole will of God, with a fixed resolution to do it.” —John Wesley PRAYER: (from the Lectionary) “O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for … Continue reading →

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Welcome, Sinners

Posted on June 10, 2013 by themondayprayer

“Love becomes weak if it is not strengthened by truth. Truth becomes hard if it is not softened by love.” –Nicky Gumbel, Anglican Priest and developer of the Alpha Course. PRAYER: (From the Lectionary) “Keep, O Lord, your household the … Continue reading →

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The People in Our Lives

Posted on June 3, 2013 by themondayprayer

“The salvation of a single soul is more important than the production or preservation of all the epics and tragedies in the world.” —C.S. Lewis. “You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.” —C.S. Lewis. … Continue reading →

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