Fosdick Prayers Tape #3

it's bad eternal god who do well as in the high and lofty place yet also in and we love and humble and a calm tried hard the two us this are all living president be like the sun which though it is far away is where the senate's warmth and light like the era which though it encompasses the planet yet is about us and within us with its vital ministries we come to lead because we desired liberated life free us from the inner karen is that imprisons deliver us from our fear haunted by drab and

enfeebled by timidity we make our old souls jail and our old anxieties jail or renters fresh faith a new courage send assault with a restored confidence in ourselves our fellow man and the for us from our doubts and disheartened this universe and our lives within it are mysterious beyond our comprehension let not the mystery frighten or dismay is quickening us confidence that event when we do not know the explanation there is an explanation dr out our fearful about with a fresh face maybe you rejoice in the truth we can see and live by the truth that we do no free us from our sin we have often defeated by purpose in our lives have

wronged our own souls and i've hurt our fellow we could've been transparent the light shining so that there was this world would have been a fairer place and the faces of our friends more radiant grant us about this day our consciences made deal honestly with us and that we may deal honestly we then send us all chasing forgiven oh god free us from the imprisonment of our greeks that not sorrow masters give us out to putin's strength of character that we may rise above life's hardships and the victories over the spirit of the master of who gets to make better use of like cross that of any other instrument life shape for the lion give us thy faith and courage

that with the very hardships that the settlers week to may help to save the world c hall in the hands of our intersection we lived before the the deer and sacred interests of our laws we name our children before the oh god they are written on our heart we take on so with the concerning our whole rant that if any seeded bitterness is there it maybe up rooted in this hour of prayer we take on so with the concerning our city and our nation grabbed onto us a review birth of holy indignation against things evil and corrupt that ties us with the patriotism of our sires who cared for the land of their love and gave themselves to it

make us servants of these humane justice and good will and because we have cared and labored made their allies here a more decent commonwealth better fitting for the family of go or god laid by dedicating a hand upon some full potential leader of light people in this congregation call some life here to be by spokesman and may he answer here am i send me see our world plunges on its bewildered way longing for why is guidance and not finding it have mercy on us who in the midst of our strife and violence face opportunities for worldwide brotherhood but ever turn our faces toward mutual destruction

strength of all mines the plan for disarmament and peace grant us wisdom but we may find the way all of our darkness into the limelight so in church and state in the united states and all the world and in our own faults come to our health and bring in the kingdom of advice on our savior jesus christ in his name we pray the pittsburgh eternal god who without are asking it has set us in this mysterious scheme of circumstance why do we would open the doors and windows of our souls to be

we crave the experience of like people who have soul felt why nearness but they have cried whether shall we flee from by presidents whether show we go from by spirit in the beauty of nature into revealing relationships of friendship and family in all it is an excellent and where the courageous and full of hope in human life in vicky's of light over darkness love over hate good over evil become violent real talks and in the silence of our souls speak to was quietly that we may be sure of my present through another week we have been tempted to be careless and ungrateful like streams flowing through our common days goodness has been richly given and we have been fought fires up the phone or god today we thankfully acknowledged the

as the friend behind all friendship the spring of all beauty the source of all good mix save us from dishonesty and every crooked way as we worship here let us not calm before the court garments to appear as we think law would like to see us lead us than before the as we are if to date our spirits are full of rebellion make us candid with me let us bring our lemon patients and resentments into by presidents and speak them are frankly before thy face complaining that life has not been just a once and that we had been ill treated one or god help us to stay long enough in buy presents for by feeling hand to be laid upon us like storm tossed sees

when the windows blown growing quite sobering boss to peace if we stand before the word sayings in our lives for which we are not an attempt but which we dearly love helpless to be frank with the save us from the futility of pretending penitence when we have it not grant us the grace of honesty to stand before the same old guard beholder what ball haiti's we love nevertheless give us grace to stay long enough in by presidents ford leader for old i like upon the loveliness of christ like living until we are drawn to that let not satan big ominous by fashioning himself as an angel of light we come with our

need for courage the living spirit walk through this congregation and in a lion on men and women awkward a placid uncomfortable inwardly dismayed and beaten for life has laid a heavyweight on some of us death has come into our household we have been disappointed in our friend discouragement set met us in our practical or failures and some of us are torn by anxiety oh god we need the spirit of our fighting sire who revealed the splendor of their souls when days were difficult speak to was saying be not afraid send us forth to the builders of a better word our hearts are burdened in this place of privilege and beauty by the poverty that afflicts the sons of mayhem

by providence has been sufficient and the world brings forth abundantly so that all should be fed but our injustice and our neighbor denies have made some rich and many four oh god have mercy on us who live in comfort lest we should be selfish in our privilege teach us not only to be merciful and overflowing charity but to be just awful that we may build a society in which such inequity maybe impossible open our eyes that we may see and stop our ears that we may hear the cries of those that call for help make our hearts sensitive and our consciences quick forbidden that we should be among the curse who stand at ease in zion and

care not for the affliction of joseph in the spirit of christ we lift our prayer on man it's b eternal god our father wellspring of all that is excellent and beautiful we worship thee through another week our eyes have looked too much on things below we have

watched too much the instruments of life saying to some goal and a goal and the water is calm and they come once more as by dale rise we understand the fresh that the glory of our life is not in the things that serve us what in the one thing we serve grant us a fresh awareness of my presence that we may repay standoffs against a white background of my purpose for our lives but we may be spared from are too easy complacent say about ourselves let not the vision crush us what led to tumble us may we grow moderates and ashamed in by presidents because we have cherished grudges an embittered life with vindictiveness we have been blind to our duty when we might have seen it we have been on gentle and on

kind or spirit of christ make myself religious people were polls hear sincerely bennett and they find by parton and by peace grant us this version of myself that we maybe read dedicated to the ice surface going out into the common walks of life may be shed a new light upon the tasks of ordinary days if we are men of business maybe glorify are calling for give us that we have often dishonored that we have often made it unfair better they competitive when it might have been for eternally corporate help us to lift the top send out into the business world of this generation men and women who shall think highly of their vocation and make

the industry more just and humane if we are men of healing help us to glorify our call upon all physicians and nurses all hospitals and asylums where those suffering malady of mind or body are gathered today at sendai benediction walk among the beds of sickness love great physician helping those who must die that they may die where'll and those who may recover that with a deeper significance visible in their lives as though they had been saved for service they may go to live again if we are men of law baptize those with a deeper apprehension of the sacredness of our tiles send us out into the lot we beseech thee men and women who live above the

technicalities of their craft and love justice with a pure heart and a steady mind if we teach the young let no carelessness on our part because any one of them to stumble make us builders of personality that in our day because of our faithful labor's the world may not lack height of character rector of mind and strength of leadership if we are man of religion forgiveness that's often we had dishonored the and unfolds to the ideals of crimes whoever's stands in a pulpit blast wall his spirit today and touch his lips with a call from off the altar that he may speak dion everlasting gospel carrying by drew far into the hearts and conscience is opposed to hear

if we are full who center is the whole help us to where they think the dignity of our high vocation god bless all husbands and wines all parents and children all brothers and sisters here in these intimate gear and deep relationships of our lives help us to be true to one another and to the so gather a soppy brady according to our various occupations and our deep and serious needs him to dine everlasting arms come for those that more study those that stumble walk with those that are normally companion those that are in deep distress strengthen those that are weak

and send us down from this place of meditation and prayer to live radiant and victorious lives we ask it in the name of christ on man the

pittsburgh to pay eternal god our father we draw near once more at all and reverence to worship they often have we be saw people fall upon us like showers of rain the day we beseech thee that remain retreat into the secret places of our own hearts and find the rising they're like whispering closer term cleansing and refreshing bart the fountain of spiritual life within its part the source of every secret aspiration bargain everything that lifts and liberate saw our soul and as last week come to be and worship we pray for genuine mess and sincerity lead us from the unreal

but the real leaders from the un reality of this world we live in from the denzel of the things we touch from and shallowness and superficially allergy from all that is cheap show away and ostentatious in our cells and in ourselves make us genuine today that our faith the real we do not ask the to give us faith policy is how much of it we have with what carelessness and credulity we bestow it on man a passing when lift up our faith we beseech thee that it might turn toward the term we'll set it on things above where christ is help us to be in this day in the highest that our love turned toward the rio we

beseech thee we do not pray to the that we might have a lot of policy is that as the skies are made for wins the ball in so our hearts are made for love and i'll see is that with what carelessness our affection turns every whether and attaches itself to all manner of things help us this day to love the hiatus when we see it turn our hopes we beseech thee to wayne's that are real loud noise the expectations that throng our hearts this day the hopes that walk up and on the avenues and alleyways are so set our hopes on things that are genuine and right help us to serve with our hope and devotion the will of god in our generation before we fall asleep as the us we pray

for our own spiritual needs we remember the number of their souls along the world of many diverse faith who this day are seeking the help us not to think of ourselves as always uniquely were children of the light and eight children of darkness god forgives us for our pride and our condescension we too are often children of darkness therefore we gather up all mankind and our supplication and beseech thee for thy benediction on every soul seeking sincerely to do just play the love mercy and to walk humbly with his girl we pray before all manner of christian of whatever name our son where i found in christ

the revelation of the make us more worthy of our high calling may die sun breaks through the barricades that we too often have built against him or gotten draw those who call themselves christians to cry and make our cities better disciples we beseech thee draw closer together in amity and goodwill all classes and races of man forgive us that we solve stress the distinctions that separate us here on earth warhol who has made of one blood all men to dwell upon the face of the earth left us to a higher plane this day that race a nation may be seen as the policies break down our prejudices years generosity magnanimity kind of mess comprehensive most of

care make our citizens of our universe grant us thy spiritual resources that we may be more than conquerors over our private syrians and the internet's are maybe transcends these dear to rise above them so that the day going forward from this place we may live as never before as becomes goals to have had this hide at midday the stalled upon them but they should be called children of go we are our older brother it's

been eternal spiritual from everlasting to everlasting mark golub we worship the receiver us proud men and women too often content with our laws strip us of our pride and stand us in all and wonder before the set us in the measurable vistas of this universe where thou hast hostess confront us with the unfathomable mysteries of life show us the questions we cannot answer the problems we cannot solve the achievements too great for our on a big string humble us but the mayor's lift us up deepen our

worship we beseech thee with the spirit of gratitude to forgive us that ever we think of ourselves as self me say to was what passed all but thou didst not bc make real to was our benefactions and our benefactor bring vividly before our imagination the personalities who has shined to make our lives beautiful recalled two was our home our churches our friend the great traditions of the race the saviors profits and series of mankind and cries over all and big gap in us off on wall spirit of gratitude deepen our worship with a spirit that had to save us from the ig nobles self complacency startle

us out of our self dc by some arresting version of why purpose for us in crisis give us the grace of repentance the humility that asks forgiveness apart to make restitution that hear them maybe cleansing of life and rededication of spirit deepen our worship weick brady with some active decision jay must that we ourselves are part of the world's problem and not part of that solution renew our minds one by one each of us may present the world when wildlife honest sincere dedicated unselfish because of that may sum friendship be sweeter some hold lovelier some lives happier as a reward of our worship we presented the er solicitude for our

nation and this day and need when blundering stupidity so often puts all things are i raise up among us men and women who know what our nation ought to do grant on to all of us the grace to rise above our individual self interests above prejudice of class and race one large encapsulate care for the whole body of the commonwealth and all the people within the dam the sergeant are lifted against the peace of the world divide people grace to make peace that will endure and to that end raise up in the church of christ the fresher vision of christ himself save us from our division that crisis say in his church but the message may be heard in the world blasted are the peacemakers for they shall be called

the children of god oh god save us from small and narrow thoughts of the through countless channels fall just see our lives through many a door paul what's coming in if we would welcome the ball men deny it if they find true they have seen the tall man does believe me if they loved beauty they have mapped the low man refills our creek yet if the day achieve goodness they had known that the day we would hospitably oh one hour sold to the spirit of god this end up on our hearts compost to live especially byrd who faced with adversity and circumstance with the loss of those whom they have a lot better than themselves with them

patients too powerful for their on a good strength with fear and anxiety but they alone cannot give us and our the vision hope forty two and faith in the spirit of crocs on there eternal spirit far above us and yet deep within us we worship the the world is too much with us we are

distracted by its varying claims and tossed by its many women we would escape for a while for its clamor us noises into another and higher world where there are unity and purpose cents meaning faith and hope clarify our minds we beseech thee give us great ideas that we may strike our roots into them and be strong when the heavy winds dissent clarify our hearts save us from the folly of vindictiveness to the wisdom of magnanimity and let the goodwill had its way in our life clarify our will we beseech thee save us from our cross purposes and contradictory ambitions and let some soul cried today this one thing i do as

we pray for ourselves we know ourselves at one with all the souls of maine it is when we stand before the eternal but we see a volatile moment are the divisions of race and color nations speech that separate man from man our souls are won our deep needs are alike our highest aspirations are the same dollar has made of one blood all mankind to dwell upon the face of the earth grant us not only do believe this book to live it make every one of us a faithful servant of human brotherhood we lift our prayer today for those who forget to pray for themselves if there are boys and girls offering your petition for themselves happy with the passing

day is making enormous supplication for their ally and we pray for them and our hope is in there good as thou lord made nine hand on one of them he might swing the gate avenue we wrote for mankind we lift up in our solicitous edition the view of the world if there are churches that forget to pray for themselves complacent and content we pray for than thou didst give on to was so great a founder forgive us that we are so little were they ok seamus in his presence impresses portrayed on our imaginations that we may not forgetting that he may reveal costs constantly and then guide us toward that day when christianity shall oppose asked the quality of christ

we pray for all governors of nations for all will hold significant office and position among the sons of nam if they are not praying for them so forgive them for the ineptitude and selfishness with which the world is governed and forgive us the people that we support them in grant under the leaders of the nation wisdom and insight and selfishness and courage unless they bring down the temple of mankind about our ear especially we pray for those so high rise by difficulty and so lost the wall high in vivid faith but they cannot pray for themselves grant to some such today a vision of the blue sky through the gathering clouds that they may be sure a game that the song the shining give us radium instead

of darkness give us the ability instead of bewilderment and sad song so are stricken and shaken sold today upon such deep foundation that his house shall not for now send us all along to make goodness attract give us grayson and radio may we may righteousness lovell because of what we are forgive us that we should ever misrepresent crises that the world should not see him in arts lift us up until all religion shall say in our life we ask it in the spirit of the massacre on there