<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=426812" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Poem: Teach Me to Pray</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lord, create in me a clean heart<br>and teach me how to pray.<br>Sow your righteousness into me; <br>keep my soul from going astray.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Allow me to tap into Your spiritual strength.<br>Open my ears – to the words, You now say! <br>Quench this inner longing of human desire; <br>help me to obey Your commands without delay.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Humbled by Your awesome Presence<br>and reminded of my frail vulnerability, <br>I bring myself before You for correction.<br>Discipline this child with righteous dignity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Open the eyes of my spirit<br>and give my mouth the words to speak.<br>Focus my attention on important matters –<br>So I’m in alignment with the solutions You seek.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Allow me to be attuned to Christ’s mind<br>and pray in accordance with Your Will.<br>Lord, let this conversation between us…<br>be a lifelong exchange, that continues still.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">------<br>Author Notes: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Loosely based on: <br>Proverbs 29: 18, Psalm 119, Luke 11: 1, Psalm 25: 4, Exodus 33: 13</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Learn more about me and my poetry at: <br>http: //www.squidoo.com/book-isbn-1419650513/</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Joseph+James+Breunig+3rd">Joseph James Breunig 3rd</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=426812" data-title="Poem: Teach Me to Pray de Joseph James Breunig 3rd" data-description="Lord, create in me a clean heart and teach me how to pray. Sow your righteousness into me; keep my soul from going astray. Allow me to tap into Your spiritual strength. Open my ears – to the words, You now say! Quench this inner longing of hu..."></div> </div> </div>

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