my prayer for all of us today ...

O God, you are our refuge.
When we are exhausted by life's efforts;
When we are bewildered by life's problems;
When we are wounded by life's sorrows:
We come for refuge to you.

O God, you are our strength.
when our tasks are beyond our powers;
When our temptations are too strong for us;
Whne duty calls for more that we have to give to it;
We come for strength to you.

O God, it is from you that all goodness comes.
It is from you that our ideals come;
It is from you that there comes to us the spur
of high desire and the restraint of conscience.
It is from you that there has come the strength
to resist any temptation,
and to do any good thing.

And now as we pray to you,
Help us to believe in your love,
so that we may be certain
that you will hear our prayer;
Help us to believe in your power,
so that we may be certain
that you are able to do for us
above all that we ask or think.

Help us to believe in your wisdom,
so that we may be certain
that you will answer,
not as our ignorant asks,
but as your perfect wisdom knows best.

All this we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

a prayer written by William Barclay