Help Us to Hold Fast

Oh, Lord! Help us to hold fast all together to Your path, even in the shaky times. Lord! You have promised to help us in our time of trouble and need. We rest upon Your word.

For the Homeless

Prayer for the Homeless



O God, as Naomi and Ruth journeyed from one land to another seeking a home, we ask your blessing upon all who are homeless in this world. You promised to your chosen people a land flowing with milk and honey; so inspire us to desire the accomplishment of your will that we may work for the settlement of those who are homeless in a place of peace, protection, and nurture, flowing with opportunity, blessing, and hope. Amen.

EYES OF THE LORD

A HEBREW SAGE MIGHT SAY. . .
Every time you speak, your mind is on parade.


"For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro over the entire earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those who are wholeheartedly loyal to Him." [2 Chronicles (Dibre Hayamin Bet) 16. 9 Tanakh, Nevi’im]

Gentle Reader,

Though "GOD is spirit" and His "worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth" [John 4. 24], it is wonderful to know that our Loving Creator is also omnipotent (all powerful, invincible, unstoppable), omniscient (all-knowing, insightful, profound knowledge) and omnipresent (all-present, completeness, pervasive, all-encompassing). And we can know assuredly that "he who formed the eye, shall he not see?" [Psalms (Tehillym) 94. 9 Tanakh, Kethuvim] "The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, observing the wicked and the good." [Proverbs (Mishle) 15. 3 Tanakh, Kethuvim] HIS eyes saw each step of HIS creation, that "it was good." [Genesis/Bereshith 1] GOD saw Adam and Eve sinning in the Garden, HE saw Cain kill Abel, and HE saw the people building the tower at Babel, and HE came down to observe it. Nothing is done without HIS knowledge, all is seen by the Almighty ONE.

The Prophet Zechariah reminded us not to "despises or scorn a day of small beginnings" for they will be examined and scrutinized by "the eyes of the Lord, ranging over the whole earth." [Zechariah (Zecharyah) 4. 10 Tanakh, Nevi’im] When "the Lord saw how great was man's wickedness on earth, and how every plan devised by his mind was nothing but evil all the time" and "the earth was corrupt in God'S sight and was full of violence." [Genesis 6. 5, 11 Tanakh, Torah] "But Noah found favour in the eyes of the Lord" [Genesis/Bereshith 6. 8] and he and his family were saved through the awful flood that encompassed the entire world.

We are encouraged by the psalmist’s words that Peter quoted, "For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil." [Psalms (Tehillym) 34. 15 Tanakh, Nevi’im; 1 Peter 3.12] It is reassuring and comforting to know that one of the names of our Great God is "El-Roi (God of Seeing)" [Genesis/Bereshith 16. 13], and conduct ourselves responsibly and fittingly, being fully aware that our God & Heavenly Father is watching us with deep love and concern.




PRAY for the peace of Jerusalem and all of Israel!
Welcome Sabbath! – Queen of the week! Enjoy the peace and harmony of Shabbat! Praised are YOU, YEHOWAH, our GOD, SOVEREIGN of the Universe, WHO makes us holy with YOUR mitzvoth and favours us with the Holy Shabbat, lovingly and graciously given to us. Remember, HE WHO keeps Israel neither slumbers or sleeps!

thanks

Thank you



O Gracious God, we give you thanks for your overflowing generosity to us. Thank you for the blessings of the food we eat and especially for this feast today. Thank you for our home and family and friends, especially for the presence of those gathered here. Thank you for our health, our work and our play. Please send help me those who are hungry, alone, sick and suffering war and violence. Open my heart to your love. We ask your blessing through Christ your son. Amen. and Amen

Prayer of Despair

I have been rejected and despised;
I am hurting and destroyed by the pain.
I am angry with others and with you, O God,
for there is no comfort, none anywhere.
I call your name and you are absent.
I wonder why you let me suffer so.
My cries echo in the universe
and ring in my ears
and I am weary of the taste of my tears.
Hear my plea, O God of love.
Let me not be destroyed
by this agony on the brink of death.
I am like a broken reed,
fragile and crushed.
Hear my plea, O God of love.
Let me not be destroyed.

Nighttime Prayer

My Father,
I love You with all my heart. I thank You for having kept me safe this day. Pardon me the evil I have done, and accept the good I have done. Take care of me while I sleep and deliver me from all danger. May Your grace be always with me and with all my loved ones. Amen.