September 17, 2023
PYAYER OF THE PEOPLE
Rick Delaney
Volunteer, Ohio
"When our days there were ended, we left and started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, escorted us until we were out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another.” Acts 21:5
Each team member contributes to in-country orientation training. In 2022, I was asked to prepare the dismissal prayer. It was our first campaign post-pandemic and I felt this prayer needed to come from all of us. Below is a sentence from each of the 2022 Daily Devotions “Prayer” in chronological order beginning September 1, leading up to our departure from home September 16. These were our prayers ...
• When we pray, we move our feet!
• Please help me open my ears and my heart to understand Your purpose.
• Calm our worried minds and help us imagine instead the lilies of the fields.
• God our Father, take and send where You want us to go for Your glory.
• Multiply the little bit I have and use it to bring safe, refreshing water to those who need it desperately. Change me through these wells so I will be more like You!
• Thank You for the many friends and experiences through which You have revealed Your love among us.
• Please, Lord, help me to understand my place in Your Body and help me to become the person You want me to be.
• Keep me from anxious thoughts and help me to train my mind on Jesus, for I want to depend on You in all things, not only today but in the days that lie ahead.
• We give thanks for Your abiding love and filling us with the gift of hope.
• …thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven…
• Give us strength to keep it up.
• Thank You for my brothers and sisters in Africa. Help us to glorify You with every breath that we breathe.
• Dear God, our Lord, thank You for being our Provider and Protector, for Your ways are righteous and true, please make our ways purposeful and our footsteps firm.
• We open our hearts and minds to recognize Your presence within us and all around us as we witness and celebrate Your life-giving power through the gift of clean water.
• Help me to be obedient and faithful to You and to remember that everything is in Your control and under Your watchful eye.
• We ask that our thankful and joyful prayers be felt and known to all our partners.
• And may we remember, what you do speaks so loud I can’t hear what you say!!
Application Question: Do I pray with purpose and compassion with all God’s children?
Prayer: n Jesus’ name we pray, Amen
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