Prayer

[Jesus speaking]
Jesus.  That is the Name by which you conquer.  Jesus.  Not as cringing suppliants but as those recognizing a friend, say My Name--Jesus.  "You shall call His Name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins."
     And in that word "sins" read not only vice and degradation, but doubts, fears, tempers, despondencies, impatience, lack of Love in big and little things.  Jesus.  "He shall save His people from their sins."  The very uttering of the Name lifts the soul away from petty valley-irritations to mountain heights.
     "He shall save His people from their sins."  Savior and Friend, Joy-bringer and Rescuer, Leader and Guide--Jesus.  Do you need delivering from cowardice, from adverse circumstances, from poverty, from failure, from weakness?
     "There is none other Name...whereby you can be saved"--Jesus.  Say it often.  Claim the Power it brings.
[God Calling, A.J.Russell, ed., New York: Jove Books. 1978]

Prayer for New Year
For all the pssibilities ahead in this new year make us thankful, O Lord.  Give us wisdom, courage, and discernment in the face of so much chaos, despair, and fear.  Help us to see how, in our circumstances, we can contribute towards peace, faith and love.  And give us the will to translate our desires into actions.
[Brother John Charles Wockler, contemporary]