Now The Day Is Over

I pray that I may carry good things into the year ahead.

I pray that I may carry on with faith, with prayer, and with hope.

(Twenty-Four Hours A Day, 31 December)

Greetings to everyone who visited Arrow Prayers in 2012.
I hope you found something useful and inspiring.

31 December 2012

I Pray

I pray that I may ... bring something good into every situation today. I pray that I may be constructive in the way I think and speak and act today. (Twenty-Four Hours A Day, 23 December) 30 December 2012

Servant Of The Lord

Here am I, the servant of the Lord; 

let it be with me according to your word.

(Luke 1:38 (NRSV)

(Daily Guideposts - 2010, 5 December)

29 December 2012

What Me Worry?

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

(Matthew 6:27 (NIV))

(A Gentle Spirit, 20 November)

28 December 2012

Fear Of Evil

I pray that fear of evil will not get me down. I pray that I may try to place myself today under the protection of God's grace. (Twenty-Four Hours A Day, 22 December) 27 December 2012

Making Good

I pray that I may make something good out of my life. I pray that I may be a good artisan with the materials I have been given to use. (Twenty-Four Hours A Day, 19 December) 26 December 2012

The Star

We observed this star at its rising, 

and 

have come to pay Him homage.

(Matthew 2:2 (NSRV), Daily Guideposts - 2010, 12 December)

25 December 2012

Earnest Prayer

The earnest prayer of a righteous man has great power and wonderful results. (James 5:16 (TLB) in Daily Guideposts - 2011, 21 December) 23 December 2012

Gossip

To overcome the problem of gossip you must recognize how insidious and harmful it is and what it involves. (A Gentle Spirit, 9 December) 22 December 2012

Do Your Job

Lord, as voters we have done all we can.  We elected a group of men and women to take care of the business of this nation in Washington, DC.  Please give them wisdom, common sense, a strong backbone, and the will to do their jobs.  Amen.

... there are times when outward appearances reflect carelessness, insensitivity and outright scorn for others... (Penney Schwab in Daily Guideposts - 2011, 16 October)
21 December 2012

Limitless Possibilities

The possibilities of following a spiritual program are limitless.

(after One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 8 December)

10 December 2012

Blessings

God, thank You for all the blessings in my life and the vision with which to recognize them. (Ashley Johnson in Daily Guideposts - 2010, 3 December) 19 December 2012

Encouraging Words

Open my eyes today, Oh God, to those who need an encouraging word. And open my mouth (or move my hands) so that I might offer it. (Jeff Japinga in Daily Guideposts - 2011, 12 December) 18 December 2012

Spiritual Path

God, help me find the spiritual path in the choices I make today. Help me turn away from self-pity. (Touchstones, 3 December) 17 December 2012

Building Up

Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.
(1 Thessalonians 5"11 (NSRV) in Daily Guideposts - 2011, 12 December) 16 December 2012

It's Not My Problem

It's Not My Problem

Pray
15 December 2012

Seeing Through A Glass Darkly

I pray that I may be content that things that I now see darkly will some day be made clear. (Twenty-Four Hours A Day, 3 December) 14 December 2012

Christmas Busyness

Jesus, let me seek and find your peace in all my Christmas busyness. 

(Marci Alborghetti, Daily Guideposts - 2010, 12 December) 

13 December 2012

Affirmative Prayer

Until today, you may not have realized the power of an affirmative prayer. It is the power you possess to call anything a reality when it may not yet be. Just for today, affirm your intentions for yourself and your life in the form of a prayer. (Iyanla Vanzant, Until Today! 30 November) 12 December 2012

Priorities

Help me to keep my attention on the priorities You have given me. (Shanna D. Gregor, Power Prayers For The Graduate, p. 194) 11 December 2012

God's Way

I am on God's course for my life. I'll get what I need today. 

(Karen Casey, Keepers Of The Wisdom, 3 November) 

10 December 2012

Fundamental Ethical Philosophy

[There is a] ... "fundamental ethical philosophy" which has been known throughout the ages. It is stated in such widely different books as the Bible and the fables of Aesop. ... In Al-Anon this same thought is repeated in many ways that point out that we can do nothing by force or compulsion. (One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 25 October) 9 December 2012

This Is The Day

This is a day that the Lord has made and I shall rejoice and be glad in it.
(Old Testament, in Powerful Prayers by Larry King, p. 238)
8 December 2012

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.

(Extraction from Desiderata by Max Erhmann, 1927)

Joy and Encouragement

Your love has given me great joy and encouragement. (Philemon 1:7 (NIV), Daily Guideposts - 2011, 3 November) 6 December 2012

Glorious Creation

Magnificent and awesome God, dwelling in far-flung splendor and all that You have made, what a privilege it is to meet You in Your glorious creation! (Carol Knapp in Daily Guideposts - 2010, 24 November) 5 December 2012

Needy Children

Lord, [help us to] remember all the needy children of the world, and help me to be an instrument of Your love and generosity. (Pablo Diaz in Daily Guideposts - 2010, 29 November) 4 December 2012

Connection

Thank You, Lord, for prayer by which we stay connected to one another through You. (Edward Grinnan in Daily Guideposts - 2011, 21 November) 3 December 2012

Father Of Lights

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of Lights ... (James 1:17 in Daily Guideposts - 2010, 1 December) 2 December 2012

Loyalty

I pray that I may be loyal to God and to others. I pray that my life today may be lived close to His and to theirs. (Twenty-Four Hours A Day, 29 November) 1 December 2012