A Prayer of Hope

I am praying a prayer I hope you will pray with me:

Heavenly Father, 


Give us the strength as we pursue new things each day. Carry us when we are at our weakest, like you promise you will. Lord, take our hands and guide us when we feel blind or reckless and abandoned. 


You alone are worthy of all of our praise, help us praise you in the depths you deserve. 


Lord, as I take on this new chapter in life I want you to be my first priority. Please forgive me for all the ways I fail you daily and teach me to obey your commands. Teach me to live in love. Please look after me when I am in need. And I will speak of you all of my days.


I pray that people around the world will remember the true meaning of Christmas this year and always. I hope they will instill in their children, in their families, in their communities a heart of service around this special time and that it carries over to the rest of the new year. Put on our hearts the resolutions for 2011 that you need us to have in order to live more full lives.


Thank you Lord, for who you are and all that you've given us to be thankful for.


I love you and I thank you for loving me.
Amen.


Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given when Jesus Christ is revealed.
1 Peter 1:13


But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not feel faint.
Isaiah 40:31


"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11