TRUE BELIEVERS - Religious beliefs, verses, poems and prayers...

[justanolecowboy]

Originally Posted by Kent

I need your prayers now.. I just found out today about 5:30 p.m. that my Mom died on the 17th of this month. I feel so raw. I cannot describe to you how I feel. We have not spoken to each other in 4 years and to find this out today via google was well, it was beyond what words can convey. Please include me and my family in your prayers. Thank you all.

Kent -

As I pray for you this day - Psalms 23 keeps coming to my mind....there are no "words" that I can say personally that will help bring some comfort or peace - but God is the great comforter - beyond anything I could write or convey - so I direct my prayers to Him for your comfort - and of course send my own words of comfort for your peace and understanding. Please let me know if you need anything. - blessings and prayers.

Psalm 23
A psalm of David.

1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths
for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk
through the darkest valley,[a]
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.

[DMW]

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury,pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.


O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen

[Talon]

I move through life with spiritual grit.


The word courage comes from the Latin word for heart.
My heart takes courage when I boldly break through fear,
refusing to be crippled by it for one moment.

I have all the spiritual grit I need to make whatever changes or decisions are neccesary.
I have the courage to climb any mountain, however insurmountable it may appear.

I am not dismayed by life's setbacks or derailed by doubt.
I rely on my spiritual tools to steady my mind and fuel the faith of my courageous heart.

Right now, I step out with daring and take clear action.
I am a courageous conqueror, and victory is already won.


Be strong and courageous;
do not be frightened or dismayed,
for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

~Joshua 1:9