Prayers and Thoughts

for Reflection

Lenton Devotional

2008

February 16

The hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men.  Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks.  Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be a miracle.  Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God.

Phillips Brooks

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Cicero

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Dear Lord, Thank you for the promise of Your word.  Thank you for the times of our lives – of hope, of faith, of harvest, of surrender and of trust.  Help me to be strong and courageous in my prayers—to reach out in faith. Give me the confident assurance that what I have trusted You to do in my life is going to happen.  Give me the courage to dare to try, to keep on learning, caring, and growing. Amen.