Sunday, November 27, 2011

The Secret Wonders Reserved for Your Inner Courts

Psalms, Prayers, and Devotionals



 
Dear Master,
        You are with me in the torrent, holding my hand in the blizzard rain.  I fear not but remain calm in the stillness of the moment, the quietude of trust, the peace of Your Spirit abiding in me.
     Make my life is a tapestry of Your work, collections of miracles that I witness, record, and experience.  Always close together do we ride, You carrying the load, my heart care-free.  Awaiting final orders, the moment of discovery, when past and future blend together into the stillness of this moment.  Free from expectations and desires, here I sit and wait for You, knowing that one day Your Spirit will move me.  
     You decorate my reality so finely tuned, I am like a child in a role playing game, facilitating the interactions You inspire.  Beloved, enter me and make music.  Enter me and shine brightly.  Let us make Love together.  I want to share with You, to be close with You.  Thank You for shattering my doubts into smithereens.  Let us sweep away the dust and remake the world to Your liking.  I am helpless and hopeless without Your direction and care.  I cannot do what You ask me, save You fill me with Your Spirit, the only way in which I am empowered to overcome. 
     I keep myself from the spots of this world and the vile of affection.  But You are what I want, what I need.  I give up anything and everything for You.
     Let my devotions be pleasing for You.  Show me how to be a better servant and steward.  Elevate my degree of initiation.  Teach me of the secret wonders reserved for Your inner courts. 
     Oh Lord, how I long for Your holiness, a purity I cannot achieve in this realm.  It grips me in a vice of sadness that even my own best efforts fall terribly short of Your glory.  Thank You for killing me softly and sweetly.  Let me decrease while You increase in me.  Make me a better soldier, Sir; make me a better son, my Father.  Open my heart  to more of You.  In Jesus’ Name.  Amen.
Larry Word

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Strength During Times of Distress 11/26 by LarryWord | Blog Talk Radio

Strength During Times of Distress 11/26 by LarryWord | Blog Talk Radio

Psalm of Strength During Distress

Psalms, Prayers, and Devotionals

Dear Lord,

        Blessed be the name of Jehovah, both now and forever.  Before pride rises up, before I retaliate wrong for wrong, may the Lord restrain me.  Calm me, my Lord.  Soothe my blood pressure, that the constant noise and ruckus around me does not affect my soul.  Thank You for giving me a peace at the core of my being and a path to find my way back to it.    

     My sighs are heavy, but I remind myself that my time to be freed from this realm draws closer.  My life is but a vapor before thee.  Sustain me during my short season and make my life to be worth something.  Condemn me not utterly, but grant me some reprieve.  Thank You for being such a gracious Master to me.

     Where there is hope, let there also be laughter.  The spiritual light shines upon the children of men.  Where there is laughter, let there also be dancing; not the kind of Soul Train lust seen on television, but dancing for joy to the Lord, leaping like a hart in a gay and merry spirit of thanksgiving.

     Lord, You give me strength to fight another day, to breathe another breath, and to keep my life in perspective.  I pray for all the nuanced things necessary to bring about Your plan and Your Kingdom on earth.  Lord, You are my private Lover.  What we share is intimate and romantic.  Make me a faithful witness for You, a diligent worker who receives the bounty of Your Grace.  In Jesus’ Name.  Amen.

Larry Word