Peter Traben Haas - Centering Prayers: A One-Year Daily Companion for Going Deeper into the Love of God

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It is as if God says to me:

Your radiance cannot be hidden by your mistakes or by any external situation you may be experiencing.

Your life is hidden with me.

Rejoice a little today in this knowledge.

My love changes everything.

O God Who Calls Me into Life:

Standing on the strength of your everlasting foundation, I cast forth my seeds of intention into the days unfolding before me this New Year.

Strengthened by the web of shared yet unseen hopes connected in silence, I see each choice as victory and the days to come as vibrant.

In Christ, it is and shall be.

Amen.

Lord Jesus, Living Christ:

Empty, I am filled.

Heavy, I am carried.

Lost, I am guided.

Imprisoned, I am released.

Angry, I am calmed.

Anxious, I am given peace.

Alone, I am visited.

Hopeless, I am reminded of miracles.

Hungry, I am fed.

Thirsty, I am quenched.

On and on the reversals goyou are the One who turns my water into wine. You touch my life with your Word and say, Be free. Be filled. Be light. Be found. Be peace. Be abundance. Be love. Be joy. Be life.

Amen.

Spirit of God:

I begin this year with the simplicity of silence.

Resting with you, I become myself again.

Amen.

Loving God:

Replace my fears with love.

Where I fear lack, bring abundance.

Where I fear sickness, bring wholeness.

Where I fear others, bring reconciliation.

Where I fear being wrong, bring freedom.

Forgive the ways I use fear as an excuse to limit love.

Forgive me when I use my thoughts and words as tools of fear.

You are love.

Humanity is your beloved.

I often forget this in my fears. Today, I wish to remember.

Amen.

God of New Life:

You invite me into your presence of love to know myself in the embrace of others. Such communion is my first awakened song, lifted high to Christ's throne, table, and touch. And I am healed.

Amen.

Loving God:

I wish to be in love with humanity by embracing the human experience with my brothers and sisters.

Like the ancient Magi, help me recognize and receive the divine presence in another. Give to me a melting sweetness that dissolves separations, bringing a sense of unity with everything.

I remember your love that wishes to appear through me today as Epiphany.

Amen.

Loving God:

In all my movement, you are present.

When I am busy and burdened, you welcome me into your rest.

When I am cold and alone, you invite me into the warmth of your love.

While many ideas are available to humanity, when I am at rest and in love with you, I discover that your living presence is beyond idea; it is experience.