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A Thanksgiving Prayer

Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Almighty God, we are thankful for your presence.  and for all who are gathered around a table. Spirit God, make your presence known to us as we 

seek your blessings for the food we are about to eat from your bounty. 

Fill us with the gifts of your Grace, Peace, Light, and Love. Help us to

share these gifts with our neighbors.

 We pray in the name of our Lord.

Amen.

Prayer for Jamaica 

During the Hurricane and beyond

Gracious and Merciful God thank you for your presence and guidance. Thank You for inviting us to park and pray at 1:11 pm and throughout each day. We pray for many people.

Today, we lift up the beautiful island of Jamaica and all its people to You during this time of hurricane and storm. We ask for Your protection over every home, every community, and every life. Please shield them from the fiercest parts of the storm, and bring calm amidst the chaos.

Grant wisdom and strength to emergency responders, healthcare workers, and all helping hands working tirelessly to keep everyone safe. Comfort those who have lost loved ones or face uncertain futures. Provide shelter, food, and safety to those displaced.

Lord, we pray for Your peace to reign in hearts overwhelmed with fear and anxiety. May Your presence bring hope and reassurance in the midst of uncertainty.

Wrap Jamaica in Your divine protection. Let Your love shine through the storm, bringing healing and renewal. We trust in Your sovereignty and mercy.

In Your Holy name, we pray,  

Amen.

God Almighty, as we gratefully remember many soldiers, we remember and thank You for comforting us during our battles.

Thank You God for Your Word, Your sacred promises, and for those who defended and fought for our life giving rights. Thank You God for all veterans , especially those who continue to sacrifice their lives on the battle fields of life so we may experience the fullness of life.

God receive our prayers for veterans, soldiers and others who face life’s battles. Merciful God, protect and heal them. We park and pray for all who face wars , injustice, challenges, threats and uncertainty about necessary resources for healthy living. Rescue all who are weary and without love, faith, hope, and the knowledge of Your Loving Kindness, Grace, Mercy, Healing, Comfort and more.

God, we thank you for Your promise to be with us always. We pray many recognize Your Holy Presence and embrace Your Love. O God receive our prayers. Amen.

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Your body may be thirsty but what about your mind, spirit, and soul. What do you do to quench your spiritual thirst. Maybe you’re in a dry place in your life. Imagine your help is near. Power is closer than the air you breathe. There’s a remedy for your parched lips, and your spiritual dehydration that manifested your sense of powerlessness. Your healing is closer than you breath. Jesus paid the price because he made a sacrifice for us to receive eternal life through the Lord our God.

Join us. Let’s Park and Pray at 1:11 pm.

Psalm 63.1-9

1  O God, you are my God; eagerly I seek you; •
   my soul is a thirst for you.
2  My flesh also faints for you, •
   as in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water.
3  So would I gaze upon you in your holy place, •
   that I might behold your power and your glory.
4  Your loving-kindness is better than life itself and so my lips shall praise you.
5  I will bless you as long as I live •
   and lift up my hands in your name.
6  My soul shall be satisfied, as with marrow and fatness, •
   and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
7  When I remember you upon my bed •
   and meditate on you in the watches of the night.
8  For you have been my helper •
   and under the shadow of your wings will I rejoice.
9  My soul clings to you; •
   your right hand shall hold me fast.

Oh God, thank You for receiving and for answering our prayers according to Your wisdom and love for us.

In our Savior’s name.

Amen

I remember a time when we prayed in public places. Then, one day public schools stopped praying. It was as if the flower fell out of the vase and the glass became empty. We no longer had spiritual nourishment. Our souls fell asleep. Immediately, there was an ethical void. Life without prayer is hopeless and empty.

Whenever we stop praying our relationship with God and with one another is weakened. Join us as we

Park and Pray at 1:11 pm everyday.

Center yourself. Close your eyes. Focus on the light in the darkness. Keep eyes closed. Breath slowly, inhale through your nose and exhale via your mouth. Take deep cleansing breaths. Inhale (hold 7 seconds) then, release via pierced lips. inhale, on count 1-7 then exhale. Now experience silence. PRECIOUS

Park, Rest, Ask, Yield

Life without prayer makes me thirsty.

My Lord and my God, my life without prayer makes me feel hopeless and helpless. Living without prayer is like navigating the waves in life without an anchor. My life without prayer is like being disconnected from the Source of life. I imagine feeling spiritually weak, depleted, hungry, dry, thirsty, and without the means to satisfy my righteous desires. Life without prayer is like expecting an empty bottle and a cracked cup to satisfy my needs. What shall hold my brokenness, stir my hopes, satisfy my thirst, feed my hunger, hold my tears, and receive my thanks? Without prayer, I feel ill equipped and spiritually naked while trying to taste life with a cracked cup. Holy One, receive my cup and these few words as my prayer.

Thank you for the many ways You show up in my life.

Dear God, my Heavenly Father, Mother, You are patient and loving.

Thank You for waiting for me.

You stay with me when I’m at the crossroads in my life.

You help me to see and understand each ripple in my life.

You are present even in the midst of my deep pain and sorrow.

When my tears blur my vision. I feel Your presence..

Receive the prayers of all whose needs are not satisfied.

We Park and Pray at 1:11 pm for those whose lives are like empty bottles and cracked cups. Have Mercy O God.

For all who hunger and thirst to know You. Have Mercy OGod.

For Your presence and presents, we give You thanks.

You are the source of love, peace, and laughter, comfort, unity and so much more. We give thanks. Amen

Hear our prayers according to Your will.

Receive our prayers Heavenly One

We need Your love, peace, and guidance as we pray for the safety of those who are vulnerable in our society, our leaders, teachers, children, and others. Answer our prayers for comfort, healing and protection for all especially Our Presidential Candidates. May we discern with You the best measures for our safety everyday.

The best leader for our Nation. May we be one Nation under God’s anointing to do justice, love Mercy, and follow the path of Liberty and justice for all.

Fill my cup Almighty God, as You will. 🙏🏾

Sunday is a Gift, Pray thanks, rejoice, remember, God’s, promises and Love.

Monday Pray God Give us this day all that we need to follow Your plans.

Tuesday Pray For Wisdom and resources to share our God given spiritual gifts.

Wednesday Pray for humility to seek forgiveness for our sins.

Thursday Pray for the desire and means to share love, joy, peace.

Friday Pray Help me to give God my best and trust God will do the rest.

Saturday Pray for a day of rest. But, Pray “Thank God, for answers! I am blessed!”

Everyday Pray. Welcome God’s Presence, Dedicate Time, to Park & Prayer at 1:11pm

God help us commit to a Daily schedule of Park and Pray at 1:11 pm.

God help us, make time, take time & spend time in prayer.

God, receive our prayers expressed in various ways.

We Pray, personally, alone or together God..

We Pray in person, in spirit, virtually & all.

Loving God,Father, Abba,hear our prayers.

Help us to be still and so we won’t be discouraged.

We thank God for hearing our silent prayers, our cries, our prayerful songs, moans, and groans.

Thank You God for being with us and for recognizing our every move.

Let’s Park and Pray at 1:11 pm daily together and thank God for so much.Amen. (God’s will be done).

May I be willing to be guided by Your Loving Care. Your Love is perfect and always near. From Sunrise to Sunset. Receive our fragmented lives like the aroma of scented candles whose flames leave a lasting impression. Love Divine that’s Breath Taking and Life Giving. Thank You for the many ways You shine Your Light within us. May we share the Light of Your presence with others and glorify Your Name for God’s Sake. Amen.

Almighty God, Thank you for Your power to give us the Breath of Life. You give us our first and our last breath and all our breathing. Each Bteath is Orchestrated with each Heart Beat as an Ally that compliments and guides us. Thank You Holy One, for the power that gives us each Breath of life and Bread of life. You inspire us to live with You. To live on purpose in purpose and for a purpose set forth by You Almighty One.

Park and Pray at 1:11 pm with Rev. Cleo🙏🏾❤️

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Go Within or Go Without

Dear God
Today I will rest where I am and focus on being present in body, mind, and spirit with You.
It’s time to remove all distractions. Time to focus only on You.
Thank you for inspiring me to live into what it means to park and pray at 1:11 pm. Thank you for I’m excited. I’m so excited my love for You are my constant companion. The crown of my head, my eyes, ears, heart and hands are open to receive You. I surrender to You. I cease all voluntary movement as I enter Your Holy presence and pray. Almighty God, may the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts and souls be acceptable in Your sight. God, thank you for this prayer time with You. Thank You for Your presence and Your unconditional love. Lord, receive our prayers and prayer requests from all who are praying. Lord, in Your Grace and Mercy receive our requests, joys, sorrows, questions, uncertainties and all that we place in Your Holy care. We pray for healing for all in need. We especially seek Your healing for Mary A., Cori, Dea. Johnny, Paulette, Meryth, and for those what not mentioned and all who are listed on the Park and Pray Page. We pray for grace, mercy, protection, discernment, hope, strength, comfort, and confidence that builds on even the most minute faith. Please God we ask that You immediately stop the brutality against our Black, Brown, Red,Yellow, LGBT Queer, and all who are targeted as Others. End the gun related violence that painfully disrupt lives. Stop warfare between Israel and Hamas immediately. Bring Peace to all nations around the world. Discharge a pandemic of love, peace, and unity in our world. Lord, God heal the broken-hearted. Discharge from our society all who perpetuate evil and harm. May the prayers of the righteous avail now and forever. Merciful and Loving God, hear and answer this prayer in Your precious Name Savior, Redeemer, Healer, Divine, Lord of Love. May Thy Will Be Done Always. In Thy Holy Name, Amen,

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Let’s Park and Pray

It’s 1:11 pm! A time to let go. Let God receive your thoughts, hearts desires, troubles and joys. A time to give God thanks. It’s 1:11 pm and you have pressed the Reset! You are welcoming God!

Let Us Pray

Gracious God, as we park and pray at 1:11 pm may we receive your constant love and compassion to guide me and those in my prayers. 

Dear God, throughout this day satisfy our needs as You will. O Holy Shepherd watch over us as your sheep.

Holy One, thank you for Your Divine presence every minute of each day. It’s 1:11 pm and past midday and I’m still wrestling with my, Things To Do List. I study the traffic patterns and discover busyness and rushing is the norm.

Teach us to find Your Peace in the midst of the background noise that constantly interrupts our silence. Help us to be still and l know You are God. God is present even in the midst of troubles and sounds that take us away from this present time. Bring us to a place where we can park and pray without distractions. Thank You Good for parking our inner thoughts and lifting our spirits to a height beyond measure. Thank You for allowing our soul to rest in Your Loving and Living arms. Our Spirit is at peace while we Park and Pray at 1:11 pm.

God, You call us to satisfy your longings and not just our own desires. Holy One, in the face of so much happening in our world help us to remember You. O God, You know every pebble in the sand, every fish in the ocean and You, Almighty God hold even the dust under our feet as a part of Your creation that is made for a purpose.

Dear God, receive the sanity of our time together as a rich opportunity to express my love for You. I am nothing without You.

Gracious God, give ears to the trauma and grief many are experiencing today.

Dear God, give a hand to those who are too feeble to work.

Dear God, give Your daily bread to those who are hungry for love, peace, justice, and deliverance from all that is harmful in our lives.

Dear God, Satisfy all who are hungry and thirsty for food and drink, grace and inspiration,

Merciful God repair brokenness and attend to the afflictions. injustice, evil and destruction prevalent throughout our society.

Almighty God, help us to hear Your voice daily, and at the end of our days. Give us Your Peace and help us to be at Peace Always. For You, O God,

Give us love, abundant life, and confidence to embrace new surroundings, new opportunities, and ways to live for your glory. As we pray for ourselves, families and friends, Gracious God, receive our prayers for the names we read, for those we remember, and for all in need. We offer our praise and thanks for You are worthy to be praised.

You are closer than our breath. You hold us and carry us in Your loving hands. Fill us with life, with love and wisdom as we go through each day painting our lives on a fresh canvas. For this is still a new day. New doors to open, new windows of opportunities and new ways for those destined to be your children and grow as spiritual siblings.

In Your Holy Name, we pray. Amen.

Praying in Raging Storms

Holy One, who sees each tear drop, hears every whisper, breath, and prayer.

We breathe with the hope of experiencing the fullness of life. Gracefully, we hold our breath and hold onto You Lord, our Savior.

Life is like waves that sometimes feel calm or turbulent. Prayer is a life jacket, an anchor, shelter and guide.

We park and pray.

Loving God, thank You for Your unconditional love. Your steady presence. Your grace and mercy are graciously received. Thank you for being our Help and Strength, our Shelter, Protector, the Wind beneath our wings and our Holy Guide. We need You every minute. May we also be present with You. Amen

Please join me in virtual prayer at 1:11 pm in virtual prayer.

Dear God,

Today we come before you with open hearts and minds, seeking your guidance and wisdom. In a world full of challenges, we ask for your strength and courage to face whatever comes our way.

We pray for those who ask that we pray for them. You know their specific issues and you are aware of their needs. We pray for peace to prevail in our world and for love to conquer hate. We ask for healing for all those who are suffering from illness or pain, and for comfort for those who are grieving.

May we be guided by your light as we navigate the complexities of life. Let us be kind to one another, and show compassion to those who are struggling. Help us to be good stewards of the planet, and to care for all of your creatures great and small.

Grant us the wisdom to make good choices, and the grace to accept our mistakes. Above all, may we always remember that you are with us, every step of the way.

We pray this in your holy name.

Amen.

Sometimes the shortest prayers are the most powerful prayers. Try praying:

May God bless you.

Lord have mercy.

God be with you.

Thank You Lord and so on.

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Are there times in your life when you wish you could take whatever you said back? Hiccup, sneeze, bite down and spit out all the toxic words you vowed never to say. It’s an accumulation of rubbish that you never imagined emanating from your lips. It’s as if you’ve fallen off the track and landed on someone else’s doorstep. You searched for an accountability partner. But that person had so much baggage to unpack due to years of neglecting their own issues. Maybe you found the right person. You sneezed and you heard someone say, “May God bless you!” You responded, “Thank God! You prayed for me!”

May our prayers for one another be a journey toward peace, hope, and love for one another starting with the first scene and response. May God Bless you.

Amen! As God wills. In God’s Name.

Almighty God, Holy Guardian of Life, Love, Hope, and Peace

Holy One, thank you for the gift of your presence in 2022, and throughout the years. 

Looking back, we are conscious of many memories.  We celebrated birthdays, and we wept and memorialized those who transitioned. There were times when illnesses recycled throughout our families, friends, neighbors, and coworkers, as we wrestled with the Covid Virus. We gave thanks for healings, and the end of pain and suffering. Many learned to pray more than once and to patiently wait for Your answers. We have a storehouse of remarkable treasures and lessons learned in 2022.

We are reminded of the frailty of our lives and the importance of caring for one another through the simple practice of wearing a mask, sanitizing our hands, and exercising long distance affection. We thank You God, for Your steadfast response to our needs. We held onto a sacred time to park and pray at 1:11 pm. We were fully present with God as many of us prayed for those who are sick, shut in, shut out, and away from opportunities for healthy living. 

As we move forward to 2023, Merciful God, create in us a clean heart and a renewed spirit. We pray:

For all in need of healing and deliverance from sickness, challenges, and heavy burdens. 

For all God’s servants. For all who are vulnerable and lack resources for healthy living.

For all who are in the midst of warfare and dangerous environmental challenges.

For all who are resistant to God’s message of peace, love, justice, righteousness, and mercy. 

For all who need body, mind, and spiritual fuel for life’s journeys. 

For all who need strength, grace, mercy, peace, joy, safety, and a refuge from danger.

Merciful God give us each day our daily Bread, a fuel that supplies our specific needs.

Loving God, we are thankful for Your unconditional love and attention. O God, we find strength in our relationship with You.

In 2023, continue to fill us with Your love and compassion for one another. Nurture a desire for truth, liberty, justice, peace, and charity. Create in us a clean heart and a renewed spirit.  

May all desire to practice a common love, peace, mercy, and respect for one another. 

Gracious God, help us to fulfill Your Call as neighbors.

“To Love the Eternal One your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your mind. And “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:37-39)

Loving God, may we understand and proclaim Your universal Call and Commitment to love God and to love one another as spoken by the Savior.  As God wills. Amen.

Writer’s note: I have no idea where this version of the Lord’s Prayer came from, so I apologise for not giving credit where credit is due. I know I’ve amended it over the years, but it is something that draws me back time and again. So I am using it as a framework for this week’s offering.

Our Father in Heaven,
and present on earth in your only Son and still imbuing us – when we let you –
with your ‘Ruach’ – your Holy Spirit.
Remind us constantly that You are parent to all Your children, whoever and wherever they are.

 Hallowed be Your name.
Your Kingdom come, establishing peace and justice, hope and life for all.

Your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread,
and disturb us into awareness of the needs of others.

Forgive us our sins, our pride and our prejudices,
as we forgive those who sin against us.

Lead us not into temptation,
especially keep our hearts and minds open
to see the good in others.

Deliver us from evil.
For the Kingdom: just and true,
the Power:  gentle and fair,
and the Glory:  shot through with the colours of love,
are Yours for ever and ever.
AMEN.

For all of us, whatever our needs, thanksgivings, and intercessions, let us bring them to God.
God hear us and answer the prayers – not necessarily the ones we are bringing but the ones we should be offering.

Wherever we are, on the mountain top or in the pits of life, there you are with us. You promised never to leave us alone – and you are faithful and true. So we give thanks that all is known to You.

We bring our burdens to you, faithful God; in your kindness,
hear our prayer.

For our sisters throughout the world when misogyny and sexual violence are seen as acceptable by too many men. We give thanks for the courage of so many women challenging this injustice, often at the cost of their lives. We name in particular all affected in India, Afghanistan, Iran, Alaska (USA), France, and South Africa.

God be near them.
God be near them.

We hold in the stillness before you the millions suffering from floods, hurricanes, and typhoons from Japan, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean communities, Nigeria, and Pakistan. Give strength, and help us provide urgently required medical supplies, food, and shelter for all those made homeless and made ill by the polluted flood waters.

God be near them.
God help us to think creatively how to help our brothers and sisters in need.

 Others are dying through drought, crops destroyed, and soil erosion by the triple-dip El Niño and La Niña effect.  The areas affected stretch from Peru, across South America, in West Africa, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Tigray, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, and in a broad swathe across the continent of Africa and as far east as Siberia, Russia, China, Afghanistan, and as far south as Australia and as far north as the USA and parts of Europe, areas which used to be known as ‘bread baskets’ for their ability to feed their neighbours.

God be near them.
God help us to think creatively how to help our brothers and sisters in need and solve this crisis.

Holy One, our burdens and concerns are in danger of overwhelming us when the cost of living, food, fuel, and heating are going through the roof mainly through the machinations of man. We remember all those struggling to survive and longing for peace and being with loved ones again. In particular we remember the horrors being uncovered in the freed areas of Ukraine.

God be near them. Let your wisdom and compassion flow into those in power.
God hear us and help us to make peace and justice our task.

We recall your words calling us to be good servants and responsible stewards. You continue to invite us to come and work with you, reminding us of your promise to be always with us.

When children are able to be children:
Your joy, God, is at the heart of all things.

When adults walk together to respect, love, and care for each other and this beautiful but fragile planet:
Your joy, God, is at the heart of all things.

 We give thanks for the loving and faithful service of so many we take for granted who keep our communities functioning: the refuse collectors, the utilities workers, the postal workers, the list is almost endless. We give thanks for each one of them precious to us and even more precious in your eyes.

When anyone lives a life of service in self-less love:
Your joy, God, is at the heart of all things.

May we use the resources of your bounteous earth lightly and with thanksgiving, wasting none and sharing with all so we can become the community you created us to be, saved and freed by your beloved Son, Jesus, and empowered daily by your breath of Life – your Holy Spirit.

Set us on fire with your Love, Light, and Will that we can revel in your world, work for justice, love our neighbours and all that is created, and walk humbly and in joy with you, our God. AMEN.

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I can’t help wondering about life without prayer. The thought makes me so fearful that it takes my breath away. Where can we take our troubles. Who will receive our inner thoughts that are too painful to speak. How can we fully release our inner thoughts to a God that hears our hearts desires, our undeveloped passions and heavy burdens. Without prayer, my faith is stripped and my hope dissolved. I cannot live without prayer. For the wings in my life will be unsteady and sink instead of rising above my pain.

I might find constant pain without a means to share it with a God that matters. A God that hears us. A God that reminds us that this life that we see now is the second fold from which we come forth only as babies in bigger bodies and immature spirits. The next unfolding makes us leave this works behind to experience a high Calling that only God knows until we arrive.

Some people live during an immature station in life and are not fully developed. Some people may appear bigger but they are not grown. Sometimes they’re too immature to see beyond the tunnel and through the Light of their own Reflection instead of God’s Reflection of what we are created to be. Just watch the Morning Glory. See what it does to cooperate with God’s plan for our lives. Spirit arrives and freshly opens our eyes and lips like flowers that open and smile at the sun. Spirit invited us to experience a new Day and embrace the Light of God’s presence. The Morning Glorious flowers are open during the day glorifying its Maker. We have options and choices to do the same and to be like the flowers that express Communion with the Holy One.

Prayer reminds us to kiss it up to God. Yes, kiss all our troubles, mistakes, worries, and questions. Listen for the great Amen as a signal that God has spoken. But, are you listening? Amen!

Now, go! Make a move that is your move today. Trust in doing your best. Trust God will do the rest with you and for you. Finally give thanks. Yes! Indeed God has spoken. God had the last word. So, hear God’s call. Say I believe I will receive answers. Then say Amen! Say Amen! Believe in Amen and let God’s will be done in you and through you. Amen

How much O Lord? How much more must we endure? The burden of disappointment and despair weighs heavy on our minds and bodies. We don’t know how much more we can bear. We ask that you continue to be with us and shield us from the enemy. As you gave instructions to the Israelites and guided them with a cloud by day and a fire by night, lead us now so that we may grow and mature in the Christian faith.
“those that wait on the lord shall renew their strength…” (Isaiah 40:31)

Rev. Barbara Smith

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Holy One, we are grateful for You are a source of comfort.

We are saddened by the many lives lost due to the Covid – 19 Pandemic.

We are grateful for the precious memories that we hold close to our hearts.

Help us to celebrate their lives. Give us peace even in the midst our of grief.

Bless us with relief from this devastating pandemic.

Receive our prayers as we light a candle.

In our Savior’s name we park and pray at 1:11 and always. Amen

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Almighty God, You call us to “Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or tremble before them, for the Lord your God is the one who is going with you. God will not fail you or abandon you!” ⏤ Deuteronomy 31:6

Merciful God, it’s 1:11 pm! A time for our daily prayer. We enter God’s presence with praise and thanksgiving. You call us to bring our tired, and achy bodies to the throne of Grace and Mercy. We pull over, park, turn off the car engine, and sit behind the wheel. As we get accustomed to silence we listen to our breath. We place a hand over our heart and imagine pledging allegiance to the God of Grace and Mercy.

We pledge allegiance to You God Almighty who rescues us from our troubles.

Thank You! We love You. O God, we receive You. Please receive us.

Thank You for your love, compassion, and guidance.

Thank You for the ways You show up in our lives.

Thank You for watching over us, like Your sheep.

Help us enter Your presence and to draw strength from You.

Sanctify our time together as a rich opportunity to share our love.

We confess our emptiness when we try to live without You.

Merciful God, in the face of all that’s happening in our world, help us remember You.

Loving God we call on You in our days of trouble and You give us peace.

Gracious God, You know every pebble in the sand, every fish in the ocean and every inch of our being. You created even the dust under our shoes for a purpose. You taught us to shake off the dust and keep moving forward.

Almighty God, create in us, a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within each one. Psalm 51:10.

Dear God, hear our cries and comfort all who are grief stricken today.

Strengthen all who are too weak to care for themselves and others.

Satisfy the righteous desires of all who are in need.

Heal the sick, clothe the naked, recover those who are lost and release the captives.

Savior, we pray for deliverance from injustice, evil, wars and destruction.

Help us to respond to Your call to our time of daily prayer at 1:11 pm.

Thank You for being with us. You’re closer than our breath.

You are our Spiritual Bread of Life and more.

Almighty God, feed us and heal all of sickness and disease especially the Viral Pandemic. Fill us with Your love, life lessons, and wisdom.

Give us strength for each day, bright hope, and patience throughout our days.

Help us to confidently walk in the Light of Your Holy presence daily.

As we park and pray at 1:11 pm, we thank YOU for hearing our prayers.

Thank YOU for this new day. Thank you for opening new doors, and windows of opportunities. Praise YOU for those destined to be YOUR children and grow as spiritual siblings. We celebrate Your Gifts of love, abundant life, and confidence to embrace new surroundings, new opportunities, and new ways to glorify You.

We park and pray at 1:11 pm for ourselves, families, friends, neighbors, and strangers.

Gracious God, receive our spoken and unspoken prayers for those who asked for prayer, those we remember, and for all in need of prayer.

We offer our love, our praise, and our thanks.

In our Savior’s Name we pray! Amen.

Dear Friends,

I was on a Social Media break. Now that I’ve returned, please receive my belated Birthday Blessings, Congratulations, Condolences, Thanks, and words of encouragement. Please know you’re in my thoughts and prayers at 1:11 pm each day. 

Thank you for celebrating my birthday with me. Here’s a gift for us to share. Let us pray:

Almighty God, thank you for being our constant companion. You’ve open doors and settled disagreements. You sent flowers along our path, and shared fragrances that caused us to be still and know the God of Peace is near. You call us to experience godly peace. Every day in your presence is a gift. Thank you for birthdays, prayer, gifts, and for satisfying our needs. I’m thankful for this time to celebrate my birthday today with my family, friends, Faith Congregations, fellow clergy, prayer partners at 1:11 pm, bloggers, and all. Almighty God, we pray for healing especially for all who are sick due to the Covid 19 Virus. May goodness and mercy follow us all the days of our lives. Bless us with renewed strength, guidance, grace, mercy, wisdom, and protection. Bless us with your favor as you heal our bodies, renew our spirit., May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us and establish the work of our hands. Yes, O Holy and Merciful God, establish the work of our hands. In Your name we pray. Amen. 🙏🏾🙏💕

Take my hand Lord lead me to that blessed holy place where I can see a glimpse of the heavenly promise that you have made to your people.

Fill me with wisdom so that I may know which path to take.
Strengthen me so that my soul will not waiver but that I may be ready and able to do the work to which I have been called. It is your Holy Spirit that points me to the way of deliverance through your son Jesus Christ, my strength and my redeemer.

Take my hand Lord that I may be led out of the wilderness to a place of peace and joy. Amen

Rev. Barbara Smith

She wore a Gray dress and a white turban when she delivered her infamous message, “Ain’t I a Woman?” Many wondered about the identity of this Woman of Color who competently stepped into a crowded space and asked the question. “Ain’t I a Woman?” It was a time when women, Colored people, and former slaves did not have a public voice.

Who was Sojourner Truth and who is she today? Who are the women who dared to change history? Let us remember them in our prayers as we celebrate their contributions during Women’s History month.

Let’s Park and Pray at 1:11 pm. Dear God,

We thank you for carrying her across each threshold of life. She wore a godliness on her face that frightened those who refused to let her speak before the crowd. But thank You Dear God for the many times when You ordered her steps. Thank You for putting wings on her back. You cause her to rise above the fray and transcend the bondage of enslaved people and overcome the ignorance of our times.

She was adorned with a halo around her head that appeared like a strobe light that shined along her path. Today, many of us imagine hearing her infamous message. “Ain’t I a Woman?” These words were spoken by Sojourner Truth (1797- 1883), born a slave in New York State. In 1827, she gained her freedom, and in 1843, she changed her birth name from Isabella to Sojourner to reflect her heart and Light inspired by the gift of Your Holy presence in her life. O God, Light of the world. Your Light shined everywhere she walked. You revealed to her, “There was no place where God was not.” As One who answered her prayers and our prayers. Thank you God.

You called Jarena Lee, a pioneer to preach the gospel. She claimed you approved her. We celebrate Women’s History this month and throughout the year. “For in Christ, there is neither male nor female. We are all one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28

We remember Sisters of Mercy, Nurses and other volunteers who went throughout the land helping many who were stricken by yellow fever. These women carried the necessities of life to those who were in need. She prayed and saved many lives. Thank you God for being with Women throughout our history. We pray now and always. Amen.

Opening Prayer

Almighty God, I enter Your presence with praise and thanks. Merciful God, receive my spoken and unspoken prayers. Holy One, attend to my needs, the needs of all people, creatures, and creation. Help me to recognize Your answers to my prayers and to accept Your will and Your ways. I pray my life is pleasing in Your Sight.

Sunday

O Lord, you have searched me known me.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from far away.
You search out my path and my lying down,
and are acquainted with all my ways.

Monday –

Almighty God, I enter Your presence with praise and thanks. Merciful God, receive my spoken and unspoken prayers. Holy One, attend to my needs, the needs of all people, creatures, and creation. Help me to recognize Your answers to my prayers and to accept Your will and Your ways. I pray my life is pleasing in Your Sight.

“Even before a word is on my tongue,
O Lord, you know it completely.
You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is so high that I cannot attain it.”

Tuesday –

Almighty God, I enter Your presence with praise and thanks. Merciful God, receive my spoken and unspoken prayers. Holy One, attend to my needs, the needs of all people, creatures, and creation. Help me to recognize Your answers to my prayers and to accept Your will and Your ways. I pray my life is pleasing in Your Sight.

“Where can I go from your spirit?
Or where can I flee from your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.
If I take the wings of the morning
and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me fast.”

Wednesday–

Almighty God, I enter Your presence with praise and thanks. Merciful God, receive my spoken and unspoken prayers. Holy One, attend to my needs, the needs of all people, creatures, and creation. Help me to recognize Your answers to my prayers and to accept Your will and Your ways. I pray my life is pleasing in Your Sight.

If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light around me become night,”
even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is as bright as the day,
for darkness is as light to you.”

Thursday –

Almighty God, I enter Your presence with praise and thanks. Merciful God, receive my spoken and unspoken prayers. Holy One, attend to my needs, the needs of all people, creatures, and creation. Help me to recognize Your answers to my prayers and to accept Your will and Your ways. I pray my life is pleasing in Your Sight.

“My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes beheld my unformed substance.

In your book were written
all the days that were formed for me,
when none of them as yet existed.”

Friday –

Almighty God, I enter Your presence with praise and thanks. Merciful God, receive my spoken and unspoken prayers. Holy One, attend to my needs, the needs of all people, creatures, and creation. Help me to recognize Your answers to my prayers and to accept Your will and Your ways. I pray my life is pleasing in Your Sight.

“How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
I try to count them—they are more than the sand;
I come to the end—I am still with you.”

Saturday –

Almighty God, I enter Your presence with praise and thanks. Merciful God, receive my spoken and unspoken prayers. Holy One, attend to my needs, the needs of all people, creatures, and creation. Help me to recognize Your answers to my prayers and to accept Your will and Your ways. I pray my life is pleasing in Your Sight.

“O that you would kill the wicked, O God,

And that the bloodthirsty would depart from
me those who speak of you maliciously,
and lift themselves up against you for evil!
Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?

And do I not loathe those who rise up against you? I hate them with perfect hatred;
I count them my enemies.
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my thoughts.
See if there is any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
In Your Holy Name.Amen.”

Psalm 139 NSRV

So if you have been raised with Christ seek the things that are above where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on the earth, for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ
Colossians ch 3:I-3

As a child, I prayed this prayer in the morning before my bare feet touched the floor.

Good Morning God. Thank you for restful sleep. I’m ready to wake up and continue our story. A story about a dream that comes true. I want to live to see freedom, justice and for all people.

As a child growing up during the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. era I saw MLK as someone who was bigger than life. His invisible wings and his prayerful messages were like a Balm in Gilead.
His comforting messages soothed tired and aching feet, torn and worn out from standing in lines, climbing, marching, running and occasionally kicking a can further down the road. I imagine it was a symbolic part of his journey.
Some days that was the only measure of success. But, King was raised on prayer.

Let’s remember Rev. Dr. Martin L. King today, who is out of sight but, never out of our minds. His impact on us is still alive. As we trace the ups and downs, twists and turns along his life journey with us let us remember that our story is connected with his story. His thoughts, his words, dreams and hopes are in the hearts and minds of those called and gifted with and no longer on the Potter’s wheel with today’s activists.

My feet are no longer dry, cracked and aching. I still dream and wonder. Are we free? Is that the mountain top over there? It’s High, Tiny, Hidden.

Let us park and pray at l:11pm about a hope for a dream to come true. Mmm want to live to see freedom, justice and equality for all people especially for Your brown people.
Bedtime, Now I lay me down to sleep. God I pray on my bended knees. I pray, have mercy O Lord please, cover us and give us restful sleep.
Shepherd, let your peace rest in me.

Let’s remember Rev. Dr. Martin L. King , as a great leader who is out of sight but, he’s not out of our minds. His influence is still alive. As we reflect on his life, his messages and journey, Let us remember that our stories are connected with his story. His thoughts, his words, dreams and hopes have impacted many lives. Although he’s no longer on the Potter’s wheel with today’s activist, he’s present in spirit. The history of his mighty works resonate truth to power. He fought many battles and risked his life.

My Childhood Prayer at Bedtime,

Now I lay me down to sleep. God I pray on my bended knees. I pray, have mercy O Lord please, cover us and give us restful sleep., May your peace rest in me. Amen. 🙏🏾 .

Lord, as we sit beneath our Christmas Tree, we surrender our lives to You.

We honor and adore You. Help us to remember to take time each day to rest, breathe, and pray.

We long to listen and hear You.

Help us to park, stop and pray during this Christmas Season and daily.

Help us remember the story about Jesus’ birth that renews life, and his power to overcome death. 

Spirit God, we celebrate our time with you.

Remind us to be grateful, thoughtful, forgiving and forgiven, loving and hopeful. 

As we receive Your blessings, may we also extend kindness and offer our hands to those in need.

Holy One, remind us that we are never alone.

Thank You for Your constant presence in our lives, especially during sickness, sadness, gladness and joy.

Thank you for our past, this Christmas Day and the days ahead.

Thank you for a renewed spirit, a blessed hope, peace, and unconditional love.

You are the Gift that is everlasting.

In Your Name I pray. Amen