Norman Vincent Peale

Our Heavenly Father, we thank you for all the days you have given us.  Grant, O Lord, that we may demonstrate in our lives that every day, be it dark or sunlit can be a good day.  Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.  (Positive Thinking for Every Day of the Year, 19 October)

O God, incline my heart to follow in Jesus' way.

Protect me from every evil way.

Let me keep my body fit and healthy.

Lord, touch my life today in the personal yet powerful way You have touched people through the ages.  (Joni Tada, More Precious Than Silver, 21 Oct)

Let me accept my family and friends as they are, even when they do not understand or approve of my program.  Help me to detach with love, always remembering that you are guiding me to become more content with myself and others.  (This New Day, 12 Sep, adapted)

If I feel overwhelmed today, remind me that You will carry me through.  I am learning that good things take time.  Show me how to slow down.  (This New Day, 15 Oct)

 

Show me new ways to appreciate the gift of family, Lord.  (Three Minutes a Day, Vol. 38, 12 October)

Teach me to deny my selfish desires and obey Your commandments.

Let me keep in mind how uncertain is my hold upon my bodily life. (John Baillie, A Diary of Private Prayer, 15th day)

Oh God, enable me to discipline my will so that in hours of stress I may honestly seek after those things for which I have prayed in hours of peace.  (John Baillie, A Diary of Private Prayer, adapted)

Lord, help me to set a good example for others.  (Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 38, 1 Oct)

Help me, God, to be open to feeling whatever I need to feel to be healed and healthy.  (Melody Beattie, The Language of Letting Go, 3 Oct)

Comfort me in time of distress.

Help us, Lord, to understand where we can make change and help us to have the courage to do so.  (Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 38, 5 Oct)

 

O heavenly Father, I praise and thank you for the peace of the night.  I praise and thank you for this new day.  I praise and thank you for all your goodness and faithfulness throughout my life.  You have granted me many blessings; now let me also accept what is hard from your hand.  You will lay on me no more than I can bear.  You make all things work together for good for your children.  (Dietrich Bonhoefer)

Norman Vincent Peale

Our Heavenly Father, help us to remember that when things go wrong it could very well be that we are wrong ourselves.  Make us right.  Through Jesus Christ our Lord.  (Positive Thinking for Everyday of the Year, 5 October)