The Lord’s Prayer

Again, did Jesus journey on,

When, in a certain place,

He lifted up His voice in prayer

With unction, power and grace.

 * * *

When He had ceased on of the twelve

Said :”Lord, teach us to pray,

As John taught those who followed him,

“We wish to do as they.”

 * * *

He taught them then that form of prayer

Which pure devotion is;

Known a The Lord’s Prayer ever since,

Because the words are His.

* * *

Then on He went, and preached the truth,

Along each country road,

And taught the people, high and low,

The love and fear of God;

* * *

And told them how God answers prayer.

If prayer be warm and true–

With far more loving, swift response

Than earthly parents do.

His Prayer for His Disciples

And then He stood and raised His

eyes

To heaven’s transparent dome;

And in the same clear voice He said :

“Father, the hour is come.”

 * * *

Then followed such a solemn prayer,

With holy nearness filled,

As human lips ne’er breathed before,

By faith however thrilled.

* * *

The prayer ended, the Jesus crossed

Over the Kedron brook,

And the last walk, in silence calm,

With His disciples took.

Christ in Gethsemane

On Olivet a garden grew–

Gethsemane its name–

And here, in that portentous hour,

The “Man of Sorrows” came.

 * * *

The shadows of the midnight fell,

And silence reigned around,

As He and His eleven friends

Trod the familiar ground.

 * * *

Then Oh! such heavy agony

Descended on His soul,

That even His strong spirit was

Unable to control.

 * * *

He said to them: “Exceeding woe,

Beyond all mortal grief,

O’erwelms my soul; watch here while I

In prayer shall seek relief.”

 * * *

Then went a little farther off,

And on His face He fell,

And offered up this earnest prayer:

“If it be possible,

* * *

“My Father–Oh! My Father!–

Let this cup pass from me.

Nevertheless, Thy holy will,

And not my will shall be,”

* * *

Then, coming back to those He left,

A mournful watch to keep,

He found them prone upon the ground,

And wrapped in heavy sleep.

* * *

But Jesus said : “Sleep now and rest,

The hour is close at hand.

Behold the Son fo Man betrayed

To an ungodly band.”

Hand Drawn, “Pray To The Lord” Graphics

American King James Version
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the middle of them.” (Matthew 18:20)

Hand drawn, “Pray To The Lord” graphic in colored pencil by Kathy Grimm

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Tri-colored, “Pray To The Lord Graphics”

American King James Version
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the middle of them.” (Matthew 18:20)

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Thy Will Be Done

by Dickens

 

Though dark and heavy sorrow

Doth cast on thee its spell,

And gloomy seems the morrow,

Remember “all is well;”

Though grief doth hover o’er thee,

And dark clouds lower,

Keep this sweet prayer before thee:

“Father, Thy will be done.”

* * *

Though when life’s bark seems freighted

With happiness for thee,

And with bright hopes elate,

Thy heart with joy may be,

Affliction’s dark clouds lower,

And Grief thy heart doth stun,

Then pray, in that sad hour:

“Father, Thy will be done.”

* * *

And when earth’s sorrows round thee,

Have fallen thick and fast;

When ties which long have bound thee

So fondly to the past,

All sundered are, yet alway

Whate’er to thee may come,

Submissive and resigned, pray:

“Father, Thy will be done.”

* * *

Whatever in life’s pathway

May come of good or ill,

Confiding, thy fond heart may

Bend to thy Father’s will;

And when sadly thou doust grieve,

When all seems dark, yet one

Comfort’s left for thee, to breathe

“Father, Thy will be done.”

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Tenor of Scripture

 

The tenor of Scripture is that if we are in tune with the divine mind, and so are receptive of the secret whispers and suggestions of the Spirit of God, then that Spirit will first inspire in us the prayers which our Heavenly Father will consistently answer.

 

“Every prayer is a transaction with order. You go home with a packet of seeds for your little girl, and you take her out, and say : “This little plot shall be yours. Whatever comes of this packet of seeds shall be yours.” Now, what can come of a penny packet of seeds in all this infinite universe, with stars and systems whirling round? Beauty can come of it! Life can come of it! Why? Because your little gardener is transacting with older. She is dealing with law, and law will deal with her, and out of the seed she sows there shall come beauty to gladden her. When she kneels an hour or two later, and breathes forth from a pure heart a prayer to the eternal God for blessing upon herself and you, will you say, “What good can come of it?” Good can come of where law rules, where right is triumphant. Prayer is not a dip into a lucky bag. It is dealing with eternal law.” author unknown.

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