Prayers to Say

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#006633" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="001d6c00ddvuru.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="0bb968c0.gif" border=0 width="150" height="140" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#00FFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Walmer Baptist Church</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > |     </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Walmer Baptist Church"><U><U><IMG SRC="01a581f0.gif" border=0 width="88" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></U></A></FONT></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> Prayers to Say</div> <div> click on the prayer name to go to the prayer</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#bathe_me_in_your_light" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>Bathe me in your light</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#god_be_in_my_head_" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>God be in my Head </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#god_enfold_me" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>God Enfold Me</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#i_arise_today" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>I arise today</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#magnificat" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>Magnificat</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#prayer_for_generosity_" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>Prayer for Generosity </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#prayer_for_a_sick_person_" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>Prayer for a Sick Person </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#prayer_for_discernment_" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>Prayer for Discernment </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#st_augustine_of_hippo_" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>St Augustine of Hippo </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#prayer_of_st_francis_" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>Prayer of St Francis </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#st_teresa_of_avila_" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>St Teresa of Avila </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#the_anima_christi_" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>The Anima Christi </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#apostles" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>The Apostles Creed</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#nicene" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>The </U></A><A HREF="#nicene" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>Nicene</U></A><A HREF="#nicene" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U> Creed</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#the_saviour" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>The Saviour</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#traditional_celtic_blessing" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>Traditional Celtic Blessing</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#the_lord_s_prayer" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>the_lord_s_prayer</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#wake_up_call" TITLE="Prayers to Say"><U>Wake up Call</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Bathe me in your light</div> <div>  <A NAME="bathe_me_in_your_light"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="gill sans mt" >Pause in silence before and after saying this prayer.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Lord, take my words and fill them with</div> <div> Your presence, let them bring hope and faith to weary care-filled hearts.</div> <div> Let me speak to others the words of peace that You have spoken to my heart.</div> <div> Take my life Lord, and fill it with Yourself.</div> <div> Lord, bathe me in Your light. </div> <div> Illuminate my mind to clearly understand you.</div> <div> lighten my soul to bear joyful witness for You</div> <div> Lord, bathe me in Your light.</div> <div> Amen</div> <div> <I>A prayer of Rev Carter</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="god_be_in_my_head_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>God be in my Head<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Pause in silence before and after saying this prayer.</div> <bR> <div> God be in my head, and in my understanding; </div> <div> God be in my eyes, and in my looking; </div> <div> God be in my mouth, and in my speaking; </div> <div> God be in my heart, and in my thinking; </div> <div> God be at my end, and at my departing. </div> <div> Amen.</div> <div> <I>from a Mediaeval Primer</I></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="god_enfold_me"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>God Enfold Me</div> <div> Pause in silence before and after saying this prayer.</div> <bR> <div> God to enfold me,</div> <div> God to surround me,</div> <div> God in my speaking,</div> <div> God in my thinking. </div> <div> God in my sleeping,</div> <div> God in my waking,</div> <div> God in my watching,</div> <div> God in my hoping. </div> <div> God in my life,</div> <div> God in my lips,</div> <div> God in my soul,</div> <div> God in my heart. </div> <div> God in my sufficing,</div> <div> God in my slumber,</div> <div> God in mine ever-living soul,</div> <div> God in mine eternity. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="i_arise_today"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>I arise today</div> <div> Pause in silence before and after saying this prayer.</div> <div> I arise today,</div> <div> Through a mighty strength: </div> <div> God's power to guide me,</div> <div> God's might to uphold me,</div> <div> God's eyes to watch over me;</div> <div> God's ear to hear me,</div> <div> God's word to give me speech,</div> <div> God's hand to guard me,</div> <div> God's way to lie before me,</div> <div> God's shield to shelter me,</div> <div> God's host to secure me. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Magnificat<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="magnificat"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Pause in silence before and after saying this prayer.</div> <div> My soul doth magnify the Lord: </div> <div> and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. </div> <div> For the hath regarded: the lowliness of his hand-maiden. </div> <div> For behold, from henceforth: all generations shall call me blessed. </div> <div> For he that is mighty hath magnified me: and holy is his name. </div> <div> And his mercy is on them that fear him: throughout all generations. </div> <div> He hath shewed strength with his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. </div> <div> He hath put down the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble and meek </div> <div> He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away. </div> <div> He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel: as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed, for ever. </div> <div> Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; </div> <div> As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.</div> <div> The Anglican book of common prayer 1662</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="prayer_for_discernment_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Prayer for Discernment<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Pause in silence before and after saying this prayer.</div> <div> God, give us grace </div> <div> to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, </div> <div> courage to change the things that should be changed, </div> <div> and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.</div> <bR> <div> Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="prayer_for_generosity_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Prayer for Generosity<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Pause in silence before and after saying this prayer.</div> <div> Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous, </div> <div> teach me to serve you as I should, </div> <div> To give and not to count the cost, </div> <div> To fight and not to heed the wounds, </div> <div> To toil and not to seek for rest, </div> <div> To labour and ask not for reward, </div> <div> Save that of knowing that I do your most holy will. </div> <div> Amen.</div> <bR> <div> Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="prayer_for_a_sick_person_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Prayer for a Sick Person<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Pause in silence before and after saying this prayer.</div> <div> Prayer for the Sick</div> <div> God of love, </div> <div> ever caring, </div> <div> ever strong, </div> <div> stand by us in our time of need.</div> <div> Watch over ________ who is sick, </div> <div> look after him/her in every danger, </div> <div> and grant him/her your healing and peace. </div> <div> We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord. </div> <div> Amen. </div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="prayer_of_st_francis_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Prayer of St Francis<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Pause in silence before and after saying this prayer.</div> <div> The Prayer of St Francis (1181-1226)</div> <div> Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. </div> <div> Where there is hatred, let me sow love, </div> <div> Where there is injury, pardon; </div> <div> Where there is doubt, faith; </div> <div> Where there is despair, hope; </div> <div> Where there is darkness, light; </div> <div> Where there is sadness, joy.</div> <div> O divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek </div> <div> To be consoled, as to console, </div> <div> To be understood, as to understand, </div> <div> To be loved, as to love, </div> <div> For it is in giving that we receive; </div> <div> It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; </div> <div> It is in dying that we are born to eternal life. </div> <div> Amen.</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="st_augustine_of_hippo_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>St Augustine of Hippo<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Pause in silence before and after saying this prayer.</div> <div> St Augustine of Hippo (354-430)<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Watch, Lord, with those who wake, or watch or weep tonight, </div> <div> and give your angels charge over those who sleep. </div> <div> Tend your sick ones, O Lord Jesus Christ; </div> <div> rest your weary ones; bless your dying ones; </div> <div> soothe your suffering ones; pity your afflicted ones; </div> <div> shield your joyous ones. </div> <div> And all for your love's sake. </div> <div> Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, </div> <div> have mercy on me a sinner. </div> <div> Amen.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="st_teresa_of_avila_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>St Teresa of Avila<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Pause in silence before and after saying this prayer.</div> <div> St Teresa of Avila (1515-82)</div> <div> Christ has </div> <div> No body now on earth but yours; </div> <div> No hands but yours; </div> <div> No feet but yours; </div> <div> Yours are the eyes </div> <div> Through which is to look out </div> <div> Christ's compassion to the world; </div> <div> Yours are the feet </div> <div> With which He is to go about </div> <div> Doing good; </div> <div> Yours are the hands </div> <div> With which He is to bless people now. </div> <div> Amen.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="the_anima_christi_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>The Anima Christi<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Pause in silence before and after saying this prayer.</div> <div> Soul of Christ sanctify me </div> <div> Body of Christ save me </div> <div> Blood of Christ inebriate me </div> <div> Water from the side of Christ wash me </div> <div> Passion of Christ strengthen me </div> <div> O good Jesu hear me </div> <div> Within thy wounds hide me </div> <div> Suffer me not to be separated from thee </div> <div> From the malicious enemy defend me </div> <div> In the hour of my death call me </div> <div> And bid me come to thee </div> <div> That with thy saints I may praise thee </div> <div> For ever and ever. </div> <div> Amen.</div> <bR> <div> <I> </I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I> <A NAME="apostles"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >TheApostles Creed</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Pause in silence before and after saying this prayer.</div> <div> I believe in God, the Father, the Almighty;</div> <div> Creator of Heaven and Earth; and in Jesus</div> <div> Christ, His only Son, our Lord, Who was</div> <div> conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of</div> <div> the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was</div> <div> crucified, died, and was buried. He decended into Hell.</div> <div> On the third day He rose again from the dead.</div> <div> He ascended into Heaven, and sits at the </div> <div> right hand of the Father. From thence He </div> <div> shall come to judge the living and the dead.</div> <div> I believe in the Holy Spirit, The Holy Catholic Church,</div> <div> The communion of saints,the forgiveness of sins,</div> <div> the resurrection of the dead, and life everlasting...</div> <div> Amen</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="nicene"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Nicene Creed</FONT></div> <bR> <div> We believe in One God,</div> <div> the Father, the Almighty,</div> <div> maker of heaven and earth,</div> <div> of all that is seen and unseen.</div> <div> We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,</div> <div> the Only Son of God,</div> <div> eternally begotten of the Father,</div> <div> God from God, Light from Light,</div> <div> true God from true God,</div> <div> begotten, not made, one in Being with the Father.</div> <div> Through Him all things were made.</div> <div> For us men and for our salvation</div> <div> He came down from heaven:</div> <div> by the power of the Holy Spirit</div> <div> He was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man.</div> <div> For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate;</div> <div> He suffered, died, and was buried.</div> <div> On the third day He rose again</div> <div> in fulfillment of the Scriptures;</div> <div> He ascended into heaven</div> <div> and is seated at the right hand of the Father</div> <div> He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,</div> <div> and His kingdom will have no end.</div> <div> We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,</div> <div> Who proceeds from the Father and the Son.</div> <div> With the Father and the Son He is worshipped and glorified.</div> <div> He has spoken through the Prophets.</div> <div> We believe in one holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.</div> <div> We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.</div> <div> We look for the resurrection of the dead,</div> <div> and the life of the world to come.</div> <div> Amen.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="the_saviour"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>The Saviour</div> <bR> <div> Pause in silence before and after saying this prayer.</div> <div> Lord Jesus Christ, you are the saviour</div> <div> You are the peace of all things calm</div> <div> You are the place to hide from harm</div> <div> You are the light that shines in dark</div> <div> You are the heart's eternal spark</div> <div> You are the door that's open wide</div> <div> You are the guest who waits inside</div> <div> You are the stranger at the door</div> <div> You are the calling of the poor</div> <div> You are my Lord and with me from ill</div> <div> You are the light, the truth, the way</div> <div> You are my Saviour this very day. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="gill sans mt" > <A NAME="the_lord_s_prayer_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >The Lord's Prayer</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Pause in silence before and after saying this prayer.</div> <div> Our Father, who art in heaven, </div> <div> hallowed be thy name; </div> <div> thy kingdom come; </div> <div> thy will be done; </div> <div> on earth as it is in heaven. </div> <div> Give us this day our daily bread. </div> <div> And forgive us our trespasses, </div> <div> as we forgive those who trespass against us. </div> <div> And lead us not into temptation; </div> <div> but deliver us from evil. Amen.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="traditional_celtic_blessing"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Traditional Celtic Blessing</div> <bR> <div> Pause in silence before and after saying this prayer.</div> <div> May the road rise up to meet you.</div> <div> May the wind be always at your back.</div> <div> May the sun shine warm upon your face;</div> <div> the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again,</div> <div> may God hold you in the palm of His hand. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="wake_up_call"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Wake Up Call</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Pause in silence before and after saying this prayer.</div> <div> I arise today</div> <div> Through God's strength to direct me,</div> <div> God's might to uphold me,</div> <div> God's wisdom to guide me,</div> <div> God's eye to look before,</div> <div> God's ear to hear me,</div> <div> God's word to speak to me,</div> <div> God's hand to guard me,</div> <div> God's way to lie before me,</div> <div> God's shield to protect me,</div> <div> God's hosts to save me from snares of devils,</div> <div> from temptation of vices, from everyone who shall wish me ill,</div> <div> afar and anear, alone and in a multitude.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Walmer Baptist Church"><U><IMG SRC="01a581f0.gif" border=0 width="88" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>