Something Greater

Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word! My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word! Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways. This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life. My eyes long for your promise; I ask, “When will you comfort me?” I am severely afflicted; give me life, O Lord, according to your word! You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word. A Prayer based upon Psalm 119 // Milt Reynolds Photo by Eddie & Carolina Stigson

Lord Jesus, God of my salvation, I cry out before you day and night. I call to you for help...in the morning my prayer brings me to you. Lord, I must trust you. I must trust that you hear and that you care. Or else, I'm undone! Forgive my sin...I don't deserve your forgiveness, but I cannot live without it. I cannot bear the thought of never being in your presence, never knowing your comfort, never being treasured and loved by you. You are my strength and my shield. My heart trusts in you, and that trust brings confident, expectant hope. That trust makes my heart celebrate and sing with gratitude! Hallelujah! Be my shepherd, Lord Jesus my God! Carry me forever! A Prayer based upon Psalm 28, 58, 88, 118, 148 // Milt Reynolds Photo by Liane Metzler on Unsplash

The earth and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to the LORD...The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle.. God is my Helper, the Sustainer of my life, for he has brought me through every trouble. I ask for favor and honor and all that is good in the eyes of God alone. Upon God alone do I depend and trust, in this life of toil and temptation, and in the life of rest and rejoicing to come. A Prayer based upon Psalms 24, 54, 84, 114, 144 // Milt Reynolds Photo by abshky on Unsplash

Lord, it was you who brought me out of the womb, making me secure at my mother’s breast. I was given over to you at birth; you have been my God from my mother’s womb. Too often do I forget this. Too many times hard circumstances and conditions push me into a corner of dark self-pity and distrust in your constant oversight and provision. Rescue me, Lord, from forgetting you! Save me from being dissatified with your rule over my life! Correct my inclination toward trusting in riches, taking refuge in destructive behavior, and refusing to take refuge in you. Open my mouth in praise of your care for me. Open my heart to hope in your name, for it is good! Although my spirit is weak within me, you know my way. You are my shelter, my portion in the land of the living. A Prayer based upon Psalms 22, 52, 82, 112, 142 // Milt Reynolds Jonathan Borba on Unsplash

Lord God, I find your victorious strength to be a source of great joy. I ask for rich blessings, and you give more than could be imagined! I ask for life, and you promise that I will be with you forever. I ask for majesty and splendor, and you grant me to be a child of the King! I ask for peace and joy, and you help and reassure me with your Spirit. Your gracious, faithfully and strong love has blots out my rebellious words and actions. You completely wash away my guilt and cleanse me from the prison of sin. Without your mercy and grace, I would be punished for my sin. I was guilty when I was born, sinful from the start. But you purified my past, cleansed and washed it whiter than snow. You turn your face away from my sins and blot out all my guilt. O, God! Create a clean heart for me, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Restore the joy of you salvation to me and sustain my spirit with eagerness to love your ways and to help others return to you. My hea...

Lord, today looms over me as a day of trouble...chores and errands that I dread, my body feeling weak, my head feeling dull, my obligations feeling heavy and frustrating. Protect me, Lord, from despair. Protect me from scorning, ignoring and harming the people you've brought near to me. Help and sustain me today. Renew my heart to desire what is good and right in your sight, for your whole puposes. May you have the victory in the fight for my soul. Make my heart's pride be centered upon your goodness and rightness in all circumstances and in all conditions. Make my faith be grounded upon you alone, and not in my own self, or politics or any human power or prestige. Restore me, God; make your face shine on me today so that I may be saved from dishonoring and disobeying you. Revive me, Lord, and I will call on your power and authority. A Prayer based upon Psalms 20, 50, 80, 140 // Milt Reynolds Photo by Alexandra Fuller on Unsplash

Lord, our Lord, open my heart and mind today to delight in your magnificent goodness and greatness. Remind me of your power shown in creating everything out of nothing: the earth, the universe...every molecule of substance, created and sustained by your constant power and wisdom. Lord, grant me humility today. Move my heart towards gratitude and obedience and worship in all that you have done, are doing, and will do for the sake of your glory and our greatest good. Make me keenly aware of the selfish, willfully disobedient part of my heart and mind. Make me see how I am searching for love and success and satisfaction in all the wrong places. Make me to know afresh how created things can never truly satisfy my hunger and thirst for my the One Who created me. I put my hope in you, Lord. Bring me out of anxiety. Bring to an end my loneliness. Bring me to you! Open my heart and mind to shout and sing in jubilant joy in you our Lord, our King! A Prayer base...