God Prays for Us and All Creation!

 

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, and the earth was without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep. The Spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters, and God said, ‘Let there be’...“Genesis 1:1-3.

The Bible starts with that beautifully poetic account of creation in Genesis. You heard it as far back as you can remember and probably know, too, that the word “amen” means “let it be or “so be it.”

So let us be aware of God as the First One Ever to pray!

 

●       The very first Bible prayers began in the beginning with God’s voice, saying, “Let there be….”  God prayed for the whole universe to come into existence, and it did. And a blessed part of that world includes you and me!

 

●       The “Amen” of God continues to call us to be spiritually alive. Day by day, let us be more and more truly ourselves as the Lord intended. And it is good.

 

●       Let us be in constant prayer aligned with God’s Will with and in Jesus’ Name.

 

Amen.

 

[Note: In Luke 1:38, Mary received the angel’s message from God, requesting her consent to become the Mother of His Son. She responded with this prayer, and Jesus Christ was conceived.]

“Here I am, Lord!

Let it be to me

as You have said.”

...

May we pray the same for ourselves, each other, and all creation!

Whole body clothed in praise

Seeking the prayers of the Bible in the Daily Bible Readings often brings days of interesting stories, proverbs, parables, or prophecies, but not necessarily prayer. Today, however, choices arose in the passage from Isaiah below and the Gospel reading from Luke 1:46-55, also known as The Magnificat. Since “The song of Mary, Mother of Jesus” had previously been prayer-a-phrased here, I encourage you to visit that post, too, to see and hear how beautifully Mary embodied this prayer-life of praise from the Prophets.

Greatly will I rejoice in the LORD!
My whole being shall exult in my God,
Who clothes me with garments of salvation.

God has robed me in righteousness –
the way a bridegroom wears a garland
or jewels adorn a bride.

The whole earth brings forth beauty
like a spring garden with shoots growing
from what’s sown.

So the Lord God has sown us
with righteousness and praise
ready to spring into flower
and clothe the nations.

©2013, Mary Harwell Sayler, prayer-a-phrased poem from today's Daily Bible Reading in Isaiah 61:10-11


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The song of Mary, Mother of Jesus

Magnificat

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord!
My spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
God favored me, His lowly servant,
and from this day
all generations will call me
blessed.

The Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is His Name.

In every generation
God has mercy on those
who awe and honor Him.

With strength of arm that can be seen,
God scatters the pride of the proud.

From high places,
He casts down the mighty
and lifts the lowly
to new heights.

God fills with good things
those who hunger for Him
but sends away those
too filled with themselves
to know they are empty.

God comes to help His people!
He remembers well
the promise of mercy made
to our forefathers and foremothers –

to Abraham and the children
of God
forever.

©2012 Mary Sayler, prayer-a-phrase of Luke 1:46-55