This is a general liturgy that we sometimes use for beginning a time of spiritual retreat. It focuses on themes of coming to Jesus and resting in him. It can be done individually, or responsively with the standard text being read by a leader, the bold text read by all, and songs sung by all....
Category: Prayers and Liturgies
Cease Striving
My personality tends to be one that is very task and performance oriented. At times, this is an asset and drives me to do all that I do with excellence. However, more commonly, it drives me to strive and be frantic in much of what I do. In such times I find my mind and...
Parenting Liturgy
The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loveThe Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.He will not constantly accuse us, nor remain angry forever.He does not punish us for all our...
I Will Never Cast You Out
A prayer based on Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ, by John Bunyan, as quoted in Gentle and Lowly, by Dane Ortland My Lord, I am a great sinner… Yet Jesus says to me “I will never cast you out”I have pursued sin year after year… Still Jesus says to me “I will never cast...
Christian Contentment – Part 1
This liturgy is a two-part book liturgy based on the book “The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment” by Jeremiah Burroughs. when I read the book, and every time I revisit these liturgies, I am challenged again – do I really believe that I have a Good Father who is entirely in control? The liturgies can...
Christian Contentment – Part 2
This liturgy is a two-part book liturgy based on the book “The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment” by Jeremiah Burroughs. When I read the book, and every time I revisit these liturgies, I am challenged again – do I really believe that I have a Good Father who is entirely in control? The liturgies can...
On Loving God
In 2019, in the weeks leading up to Easter, I was spending some time reading the book of Hebrews and looking at the Old Testament pictures of sacrifice that pointed to Jesus. During the same time, I was reading the book “On Loving God” by Bernard of Clairvaux. Something about this combination deeply impacted me...
Prayers from A. W. Tozer
The following are prayers written by AW Tozer in his books The Pursuit of God and The Knowledge of the Holy. Prayers from The Pursuit of God Public domain – accessed December 2023, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/25141/25141-h/25141-h.htm Following Hard after God O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty...
The Glory of God
Based on The End for Which God Created the Worldby Jonathan Edwards Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.(Psalm 103:1) It appears that when the Bible speaks of the ultimate end of God’s work, it can always be summarized by the one phrase — the glory of God....
The Valley of Vision
The Valley of Vision is a book of Puritan prayers and meditations collected and adapted by Arthur Bennett. You can pray them verbatim in your time of spiritual retreat or as part of a daily rhythm with God. Alternatively, you can use them to inspire your own prayers or paraphrase them in your own words....