GOOD Friday

So they took Jesus, and, carrying the cross Himself, He went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha.

There they crucified him, and with two others, one on either side,

with Jesus in the middle.

John 19:16-18

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Oh Jesus,

For the sake of your sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

For all those who are struggling, hurting, or battling something, let them surrender to your Holy will. Help them to know that they are being brought closer to you and your suffering on the cross. Your way is perfection, your love is perfection. As we arrive at our destination, the foot of the cross, let us look up and be grateful for your sacrifice. Help us to submerge ourselves in your Holy perfect Love, May we share your Name with all that we encounter.

In His name,

Amen

Holy Week...5 days till Easter

HOLY WEEK

Peter said to Him,

"Master, why can I not follow you now?

I will lay down my life for you."

Jesus answered,

"Will you lay down your life for me?

Amen, Amen, I say to you,

the cock will not crow before you deny me three times."

John 13:37-38

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Reading the Holy Scripture this morning, i was amazed how God was speaking to me. Struggling this last month to get these prayers posted has been very humbling for me. Yes, my computer had a most nasty virus, and yes i waited too long to take it in to be fixed, which made it even worse off. But the real YES and the truth of the matter is I just didn't try hard enough. Then i just felt shame for not doing for God (and you all) what I said and committed to doing...just like Peter. I got my computer back last Thursday and here I am Tuesday with a post!WHY? I can only say that my complacency, guilt, and busyness kept me from praying with you. I have no excuse but that. And as much as I have let myself down and some of you down ( I lost several followers), the fact of the matter is I let God down because this was part of my Lenten promise to Him. Simply put, I told Him I would do it and I didn't.

So what now??

I get back up, I confess and ask forgiveness, and I refuse to let satan win!

Like I stated in a previous post, I believe it is no coincidence that my computer broke within a week of starting this series. The problem is that i became like Peter...believing I would stop at nothing to fulfill my promise, only to quickly give up when it became too hard.

It shows me the depth of God's love for me that He would take my sin by giving up on Him and this promise I made, and He would turn it around to Glorify Himself through this Holy Scripture.

Oh how He loves us....

Lover of my soul,

Forgive me when I deny you. Here I humbly sit, feeling the weight of your cross, my sin.

THANK YOU for allowing me to feel so deeply just a tiny glimpse of your sacrifice.

As we come closer to the foot of the cross to watch you suffer a most agonizing death, help us to love like you love Jesus. Help us to dig in during these final days of the journey and carry the cross with you Lord. Help us to be like Veronica, wiping the blood from Your precious face with no regard for ourselves.

We praise You, we love You, we trust You.

In the name of Jesus,

Amen

Day 25 of Lent

Prayers and Scripture for Lent

Day 25

He (Jesus) then spoke this parable addressed to those who believed in their own self-righteousness while holding everyone else in contempt.

Luke 18:9

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Holy Father,

Sometimes when we are trying so hard to do what is right, we forget how lost we once were. Being on Your righteous path does not make us righteous, it is Your law that is righteous. Let us not forget how quickly we can fall. Yet even in our fall, when we humble ourselves to you, you are there to pick us up again and again.

Praise Your unending mercy!

In the name of Jesus,

Amen

Day 23 of Lent

Prayers and Scripture of Lent

Day 23

"They walked in the hardness of their evil hearts and turned their backs,

not their faces, to me."

Jeremiah 7:24

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Forgiving God,

As so many turn their backs on you, we beg you in all your mercy to not turn your back on us.

As we look at another person in judgement and frustration, we beg you in all your glory to spare us the judgement we deserve.

Friend of my soul, quench the thirsty parts of me with your grace.

Let our hearts not harden to sin, but rejoice always in your abundant love.

In the name of Jesus,

Amen

Day 22 of Lent

Sorry about the absence...i'm really struggling with my computer not working and hubby has been out of town for 2 weeks so I haven't been able to sneak onto his. Thank you for bearing with me. You have been on my mind and in my prayers. I will continue to do the best I can to get these posts off, oh how I love to pray with you:) Unfortunately I am going to delay the Choose Hope series until after my computer comes home from the doctor, with a clean bill of health. It is just too hard to post when I'm getting booted off every 4 minutes!! Again, thank you for your patience with me. God Bless you!

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Prayers and Scripture for Lent

Day 22

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.

I have not come to abolish (them) but to fulfill (them)."

Matt 5:17

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Oh my Jesus,

Fulfill in us a yearning to be your instruments, your hands, your feet. Help us to see others with your eyes. Help transform our hearts to love like you do.

May we lift up our lives to you and fulfill our destiny.

In Your name,

Amen

Day 17 of Lent...My Baby's Birthday!

Prayers and Scripture for Lent

The Annunciation of the Lord

Day 17

And Mary said,

"Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done according to your Word",

and the angel departed from her.

Luke 1:38

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Lord; our Father,

On this Holy day of Your Annunciation, when Gabriel came to the Virgin Mary, let us give you praise. You chose the lowly Virgin to bare your Son Jesus and she did so with complete TRUST. Never once did Mary doubt You, though she must have been scared. Help us to TRUST you like Your Mother did!

Help us to look into the hurt faces of our world and the hurt places in our heart and TRUST You with it.

Your yoke is easy, burden light...let us sit in that promise with complete TRUST.

In the name of our Savior,

Amen

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HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY COOPER

Cooper Bright light and big surprise Leader Wise Kind and caring...even in the little ways Gentle Brave Sensitive and Empathetic Adventuresome Clever and hysterical My Baby! When you came into our lives 10 years ago, you were a surprise and I can't say i was fully equipped to deal with a new baby and a 14 month old. I was a mess. But, God knew you already and how much our family needed you. Needed your loyal faithfulness and gentle leadership. You humor and wit. You completed us. I am so proud to be your mommy and I truly admire you. I love you! Mom xoxoxox

Day 15 of Lent

Prayers and Scripture for Lent

Day 15

"It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave; just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many."

Matt 20:26-27

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Maker of the Beginning and End,

The world teaches us the contradiction of Your Perfect Law and sometimes it's hard.

Help us today to have the Grace to sit in Your way. To be a servant and not be served. To remember in your eyes that last is always first.

To have humility.

In His name,

Amen

13 Day of Lent

Prayers and Scripture for Lent

Day 13

Jesus said to His disciples

"Be merciful, just as you Father is merciful"

Luke 6:36

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Dear Merciful Father,

Your mercy is more vast than the ocean! More plentiful than every grain of sand! Always ready to forgive, no matter the depth of the fall. You paid the ultimate price in your mercy, by giving us your Son Jesus. Help us to honor you and your Sacrifice by forgiving others when they hurt us. Not only forgiving them, but bringing them to you love and in prayer.

In the name of Jesus,

Amen

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Thanks for all the prayers and support, as I went off on my quiet time with Christ.

They worked!

The theme of the retreat was AMAZING LOVE...it sure is. It was a wonderful experience and God showered me with Love and Blessings.

I'm grateful that God worked through my friend to get me there. I'm grateful too for the women i shared this time with. I was welcomed home with hugs and kisses and was so happy to know my family had a great weekend too.

If any of you have been thinking about attending a retreat, of any kind, I would highly encourage you to try one. They refresh the soul and clear out the cobwebs.

God is good....all the time!

Days 9, 10, 11, and 12 of Lent

I am posting the readings for the next 4 days because I will be out of town on a Catholic Women's Retreat. The cool thing about this retreat is phones, tv, radio, computers, electronics are NOT allowed. I'm excited and will spend most of my weekend working on a lost art...

the art of listening.

This is a challenge for me sometimes, ok- all the time, so listening to God and the other women is going to be my focus for this retreat.

Please pray that I can keep my mouth shut and my heart and ears open for the next 4 days!

I apologise for not stopping in to visit anyone this last week, miss you. My computer is still causing me some trouble so until that is resolved, i'm unable to get on-line for more than 5 minutes at a time. Thank goodness for AUTO SAVE or these posts would be impossible.

God is good!

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Prayers and Scripture for LENT

Day 9

"Ask and you shall receive.

Seek, and you will find.

Knock and it will be opened to you."

Matt 7:7

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Dear Father,

Your faithfulness and love are unending. Like a tiny infant, you give us all we need. You know our hearts perfectly and you desire for us the dreams you placed in our hearts. Help us to walk confidently with you today, not doubting...only trusting your perfect love.

In the name of Jesus,

Amen

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Day 10

"If you bring your gift to the alter,

and there recall that your brother has anything against you,

leave your gift there at the alter, go first to be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift" Matt 5:23-24

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Great Forgiver!

Your Word gives us conviction in the deepest parts of our being.

Thank you for giving us the grace to forgive and love others as you have demonstrated through out your time on Earth. Show unto us, any relationships that may need healing and give us the desire to make those scars heal, only by with your love.

In Him,

Amen

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Day 11

"My command to you is:

love your enemies,

pray for your persecutors"

Matt 5:44

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Oh Great Love,

As you hung on the cross, you cried...

"Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do."

As we struggle today against, hate, gossip, judgement, and resentment,

help us to radiate your life and forgiveness unto the world, so that through us, the whole world will know Jesus and His death on the cross.

In the name of our Savior,

Amen

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Day 12

He was transfigured before their eyes.

Matt 17:2

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Holy Lord,

You yearn for our salvation more than we can comprehend. You not only died for us, you transform us! You take the old and make them new, the dirty and make them pure, the weak and make them strong.

Praise You for loving us enough to change us, no matter how it may hurt sometimes.

In the name of Jesus,

Amen

xoxoxox

Thank you God for allowing me to pray with these women! You are the medicine for our souls; healing, nurturing, and strengthening all who come before you.

Day 8 of Lent

Lenten Prayers and Scripture

Day 8

As the crowds were increasing, He began to say,

"This generation is a wicked generation;

it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites,

so will the Son of Man be to this generation."

Luke11:29-30

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Son of Man, Holy Redeemer

Let us not look for signs, but look to you to put our trust and faith upon.

Help us use this time in Lent to depend on you more, leaving our whole self at your feet.

You are our Savior and we are nothing without you.

Thank you for dying for us all.

In His name,

Amen