Dear Father

 Dear Father, 

Who lives within me and beyond me

I praise you

For the mercy you’ve shown me

I praise you 

For the life you’ve given me.

And I ask you to show me 

Your kingdom

Free of want

Cleaned of all desire

Except the desire that your will be done

I thank you for all you give me

The food I eat

The things I drink

The soft comforts of my life in this body.

But I ask that you 

Please keep me from becoming too attached

To things

While remaining thankful for what I have.

Hosanna, hosanna,

Have pity and forgive my weaknesses

As I strive to forgive the weakness of others

Please dear Lord,

Inspire me to Steer clear of 

Those things that may cause others to hurt

Delivering me from the evil

Of pride

For yours is the kingdom and power

For now and forever

Easter Prayer

Easter Prayer

Thank you Lord

For the rebirth and life possible

Through the Easter miracle. 

We come to you this day

Fragmented by sin and 

And leave made whole again

Ready to start anew.

Hallelujah 

Hosannah

Praise to you Lord.

Hallelujah 

Hosannah 

Amen 

Prayer for the doubtful mind

Prayer for the doubtful mind

While I understand sin 

As the lack of connection to You

in thought or action

There are things about this world

I don't understand, Lord.

I don’t understand pain and suffering. 

As many times as I've heard it explained

By preacher or theologian

It always rings empty. 

Starvation makes no sense to me 

Houses torn apart by tornadoes

Make no sense.

War makes no sense.

Disabilities make no sense.

We call them tests of faith,

But sometimes I question 

The severity of these tests.

One one hand, I know I am a frail man,

Who am I to question you,

But still I question.

I look to you, sovereign Lord,

For a solution 

We are told to learn from our mistakes

We are told to make strength from weakness

Please, Lord, give us strength

Give us clarity in chaos 

Give peace to not question

The trials we have to face.

Give us the conviction 

To push away doubt.

Bless us Lord

For the gifts we receive

Even when those gifts come

Shrouded by a veil of difficulties.

Prayer of Thanks

 Prayer of Thanks

I have prayed for strength

And You have given strength.

I have prayed for healing, 

And you have healed.

We have made it through this day

From before sunrise to

Long past the sunset.

We have watched rain

Grow from a a gentle sprinkling 

to a storm full of howling winds

Blowing the rain sideways

Beating into the windows.
We have watched the clouds

Break apart and show the sun

standing strong, a symbol of love,

Positivity, and joy above us.

It has renewed our hope.
And we have watched the sun
Drift slowly behind the trees

Along the skyline. The sky turning

Pink and red as it drifts to black again.

Thank you, Lord for guiding us 

Allowing us another day together.

I give thanks for the spirit that guides 

I give thanks for putting me here, now, 

In this bleak situation. While I pray it will end.

Thank you for making me a useful servant.

I have prayed for strength

And You have given strength.

I have prayed for healing, 

And you have healed.

© 2025 David Thornton

Hosanna

 Hosanna

Hosanna

Hosanna, hosanna,

Save us, Lord!

We bow down before you

Humbled by our need.

Hosanna, hosanna, 

Save us from ourselves

Dear Lord of all,

Creator of heaven and earth.

The earthly kings forsake us.

They do not care for any

Prosperity but their own.

Our elderly shrink under their might.

Our least begin to lose hope. 

Hosanna, hosanna,

Save us, dear heavenly Father,

Lord of all 

We give you thanks

And praise.

© 2025 David Thornton

Prayer of Confession

 Prayer of Confession

I am prideful. 

I think of myself as the smartest person in the room

Even when I know nothing. Often, I use my prideful, boastful behavior

To hide my insecurities.

I am envious.

I am envious of those with more possessions than me.
I am envious of those who are more talented than me.
I am envious of those that have worked harder than me

And are now reaping the rewards of their hard work.

I am fickle. I have changed my goals to suit myself far too often

And I have not loved those that have given me what I have

With enough giving of myself because of my selfishness.

I am wrathful.

I want revenge on those that barely wrong me.
I want revenge on those that don’t even know they’ve wronged me.

My pride brings my wrath.

I am slothful.
I am slothful about the things that don’t bring me joy.
I am too slow to move to help others,

Those things that don’t give me immediate adulation

I far too easily put to the back of my head.
Top of my mind are only the things that bring me pleasure,

Those things I easily offer my time.

I am Greedy.

I want what others have.
I want more than others.

I hoard success in my daily life not giving credit

When it should be given.
I put my wants before family, before friends.
I act as if getting something new will heal me

When all it does is make me sicker with things.

I am envious.
I am envious of the success of others.

I am envious of the possessions of others.
I am envious of the abilities of others.
I live my life in an envious state wanting to be someone

Other than who you have made me.
Why can I not accept myself as you created me?

I am lustful.

This weakness is the most difficult for me to admit.

I lust as all men lust, but

Beyond the standard lust is the want to be wanted.
I desire to have eyes focused on me..

I want to defy the years that I wear on my face and body

And to be something that I am not.

I am unworthy of protection.
I often feel unworthy of love, 

But hide my shame through pride.

Lord, forgive me for I have sinned.

© 2025 David Thornton

Prayer for Help

Lord,

People that I love need help.

We have struggled through this day

A painful cloud of haze over us.

Lord,

People that I love are suffering.

My only wish is to turn off this pain,

Lord,

People that I love need

your hand to heal them.

Lord, hear my prayer.
Lord, God of compassion,

God of miracles,

God of comfort for the afflicted, 

hear my cries from the wilderness.

I know we have not been forsaken.

But show the purpose for our pain,

Drive out the affliction with your word

And, please show the healing power of your touch.

We can not make it without your help.

We can not do this alone,

Wandering in the wilderness

Without your guiding star to follow.

I pray for your healing tonight.

Amen.

© 2025 David Thornton