When you pass through the waters, I will be with you.

When you walk through a storm , Hold your head up high, And don’t be afraid of the dark–You’ll NEVER walk alone.

Dear God,

Remind me that You are with me and I don’t need to be afraid. Help me to feel Your presence when I feel the most alone. I know You keep me close; help me to keep You close too.

Amen

Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever flowing stream.

I matter; justice matters; others matter.

Dear God,

Help me to see justice as you see it; not as punishment, but as fair treatment. Help me to be fair and just in all my dealings.

Amen

I came that you may have life and have it abundantly.

Watch now, how I start the day in happiness and kindness.

Mary Oliver

Dear God,

Thank you for each new day. Thank you that each new day is good, even when it is hard. Help me to live each day in happiness and kindness.

Amen

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Each new day holds promise.

Dear God,

Thank you for this day and every day that You add to my life. Help me to be truly grateful.

Amen

You show the path of life; in Your presence there is fullness of joy.

Take joy in God’s presence.

Dear God,

I want to feel the joy of Your presence. Sometimes I get confused between joy and happiness. Help me to feel Your joy even when my circumstances are hard and I’m not particularly happy.

Amen

—but [if I] do not have love, I am nothing

There’s power in love to help and heal when nothing else can.

Bishop Michael Curry

Dear God,

Help me to love. Especially help me to love when it is not easy. Help me to love the unlovely and the unlovable. Those who do not love me. I can only do this through You.

Amen

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted.

But where there’s hope there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.

Anne Frank

Dear God,

Please, give me hope when I feel most hopeless. When the seems bleak and dark, show me that little ray of hope, that I may go on.

Amen

How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods but refuses to share?

Is poverty against the laws of God?

Dear God,

Keep me from turning a blind eye to poverty and injustice. Help me not to be overwhelmed by what I but to know that every little thing I can do, will help.

Amen

For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am among them.

When we share our work and our responsibility we can help many.

Dear God,

I cannot do this alone, even though I am tempted to try. Help me to be willing to work in community to make things happen.

Amen

Be strong and courageous— for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go

You must never be fearful about doing what is right.

Dear God,

You promise You are with me. I cling to that. Help me to be courageous and do what is right.

Amen