For us to discern
God’s answers
to the prayers we have
lifted up
we need to stop, to
wait,
to be patient, to
listen;
We need to be silent
for us to discern
God’s answer
for God will surely
answer.
How can we hear God
if we keep on talking
if we don’t take a
breath
after our prayers are
raised up
and listen for God’s
answer;
God is still speaking
to us
sharing His love, if
we will listen.
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edited February 13,
2016
to discern God’s
answer – v4
(editing version 3)
(with links to the
other 110 poems inspired by the sermons below)
edited October 28,
2015
to discern God’s
answer – v3
(editing original)
edited June 22, 2014
to discern God’s
answer – v2
May 31, 2014
to discern God’s
answer
&
edited October 28,
2015
How much is my path –
v2
edited October 2, 2015
Words of My Prayer –
v2
edited October 1, 2015
shades of gray – v2
edited October 1, 2015
Christ is the answer –
v4
(editing version 2)
edited October 1, 2015
Christ is the answer –
v3
(editing original,
adding final stanza)
edited October 1, 2015
Go to God in Prayer –
v3
(editing original)
edited September 30,
2015
Go to God in Prayer –
v2
edited September 30,
2015
Go to God in Prayer –
v2
edited September 30,
2015
Forgiveness – v2
edited September 13,
2015
sow to our own hearts
– v4
(editing original
again)
edited May 9, 2015
a request to God – v3
(editing version 2)
edited April 25, 2015
God is Patient – v3
(editing version 2)
edited November 27,
2014
real, authentic – v3
(editing original
version again)
July 11, 2014
Stop, look,
listen
edited July 8, 2014
How much is for our
Good – v3
edited July 8, 2014
pray for others – v4
(editing version 2)
edited July 8, 2014
prayers for ourselves
– v2
edited July 8, 2014
a request to God – v2
edited July 8, 2014
God is Patient – v2
edited June 30, 2014
God is Patient
edited June 3, 2014
How much is for our
Good – v2
edited June 25, 2014
real, authentic – v2
edited June 25, 2014
Christ is the answer –
v2
edited June 24, 2014
Christ is the answer
June 24, 2014
Christ was the answer
edited June 24, 2014
what eats at you – v2
edited June 24, 2014
pray for others – v3
(editing original
again)
June 24, 2014
He is Light, He is
Love
June 24, 2014
Constant Unceasing
Prayer
June 24, 2014
only in waiting
June 24, 2014
talk to God
June 24, 2014
a prayer at the stop
light
June 24, 2014
wait a while
June 24, 2014
prayer is not failure
June 24, 2014
a promise fulfilled
June 24, 2014
prayers for
ourselves
June 24, 2014
share your dreams,
your concerns, your fears
June 24, 2014
how is God speaking
June 24, 2014
was the thought
from God
June 24, 2014
for the shades of gray
June 24, 2014
shades of gray
June 24, 2014
Words of My Prayer
June 24, 2014
we need to listen - 2
June 24, 2014
what does God want
June 24, 2014
our call in whispers
June 23, 2014
but to forgive them –
v2
June 23, 2014
but to forgive
them
June 23, 2014
Christ spoke prayer
June 23, 2014
Go to God in Prayer
June 23, 2014
regular prayer
June 23, 2014
heart to heart – 2
edited June 23, 2014
pray for others – v2
June 23, 2014
wherever you are
June 23, 2014
what eats at you
June 23, 2014
be angry with God
June 23, 2014
an honest conversation
June 23, 2014
pray for others
June 23, 2014
a request to God
June 23, 2014
real, authentic
edited June 23, 2014
calling to God – v2
June 23, 2014
calling to God
edited June 23, 2014
A Model Prayer – v2
edited/ merged June
23, 2014
A Model Prayer
(combining the
following poems
to show the structure
of the Lord’s Prayer)
June 23, 2014
-
identity
-
praise
-
petition
-
supplication
-
confession
-
forgiveness
-
intercession
June 23, 2014
seeking God - 3
June 23, 2014
God won’t leave
us in darkness
edited June 22, 2014
seven minutes of
silence – v2
edited June 22, 2014
sow to our own hearts
– v3
edited June 22, 2014
come to God as
children – v2
June 22, 2014
come to God as
children
edited June 22, 2014
Prayer suffers long
June 22, 2014
Prayer suffereth long
June 22, 2014
Prayer is Patient
June 22, 2014
Let’s talk about
prayer
June 22, 2014
come to God
unrighteous
June 22, 2014
falling on our knees
June 22, 2014
may we be patient
June 22, 2014
How can we hear God’s
answer
June 22, 2014
a prayer isn’t a
demand
June 22, 2014
we need to listen
June 22, 2014
empty the garbage
&
Matthew 6:5-14
“Jesus Teaches
About Prayer” (NCV)
(including Lord’s
Prayer)
Ephesians 6:11-18
Sermon 1 of “All My
Days: A Summer of Prayer”
Summer Sermon
Series on Prayer
children’s
message by Ray Foss
-
God
fills in the words we pray
based on Upper
Room reading for June 9, 2014, read June 18, 2014
Romans 8:26
(NRSV)
Romans 8:22-27
Upper Room Daily
Devotional
“Guided by the
Spirit”
by Milly Ibanda
for June 9, 2014
read June 18,
2014
Upper Room Daily
Devotional
for March and
April 2014
-
spontaneous
prayer, wait for God’s answer
(based on
Shanequa’s prayer for a puppy July 21, 2006)
opening and
welcome by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
and sermon, “Stop,
Look and Listen”
by Sally Drew
Stetson Memorial
United Methodist Church
June 22, 2014
&
May 31, 2014
He will come
May 31, 2014
Call upon God
May 31, 2014
not the words
May 31, 2014
pray the silence
May 31, 2014
seven minutes of
silence
May 31, 2014
Being right with God
May 31, 2014
How to pray – 2
May 31, 2014
Choose Daily
May 31, 2014
How much is for our
Good
May 31, 2014
How must is God’s path
May 31, 2014
How much is my path
May 31, 2014
a different path – 2
May 31, 2014
a different choice
May 31, 2014
prepare the soil – 2
edited May 31,
2014
to embrace the
seed – v2
&
November 26, 2012
to embrace the
seed
page 178, Chapter
12,
“In the Belly of
the Beast”
The Shack, by William P. Young
&
echat with Isaac Tiibasima
November 25, 2012
&
edited May 31,
2014
God could make a
garden – v3
edited May 31,
2014
God could make a
garden – v2
March 8, 2014
God could make a
garden
Isaiah 35:1-6
Philippians 2:13
Upper Room Daily
Devotional
“The Seeds of
Faith”
by Wilma A.
Quinonez-Cubero
for March 1, 2014
read March 3,
2014
Upper Room Daily
Devotional
for March and
April 2014
May 31, 2014
&
edited May 31, 2014
sow to our own hearts
– v2
May 30, 2014
sow to our own hearts
Hosea 10:12
“Sow righteousness for
yourselves,
reap the fruit of
unfailing love,
and break up your
unplowed ground;
for it is time to seek
the LORD,
until he comes and
showers his righteousness on you.”
Hosea 6:3
“Let us acknowledge
the LORD;
let us press on to
acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun
rises, he will appear;
he will come to us
like the winter rains,
like the spring rains
that water the earth."
prayer
Maya Angelou’s passing
and sermonette,
thoughts about
how to make us right
with God (righteous)
and how to pray
by Sally Drew
Stetson Memorial
United Methodist Church
Fourth Friday of the
month service at Mt. Heights Health Care Facility
Patten, ME
May 30, 2014
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