We give thanks to You, O God, for You are good. Your steadfast love endures forever. For You have guided this body through the complex challenges of these times and have restored to us the assurance of Your steadfast love in all circumstances.
Why, then, do we doubt Your provision?
Why do we fail to trust in Your care and keeping?
Before we even call, You are already listening, providing for our needs in ways we cannot comprehend. While we are still sharing with You our worries and concerns, You have already heard the yearnings of our hearts.
Praise be to You, O Lord, who has not rejected our prayers or withheld Your love from us.
So in confidence we set before You the work of our hands and the desires of our hearts, praying in the strength that is ours when we call on Your name.
It is in Your sovereign name we pray. Amen.
Psalm 6:20
Psalm 107:1
Isaiah 65:24
Spirituality is not a formula; it is not a test. It is a relationship. Spirituality is not about competency; it is about intimacy. Spirituality is not about perfection; it is about connection. The way of the spiritual life begins where we are now in the mess of our lives. Accepting the reality of our broken, flawed lives is the beginning of spirituality not because the spiritual life will remove our flaws but because we let go of seeking perfection and, instead, seek God, the one who is present in the tangledness of our lives.
—Mike Yaconelli
The Interfaith Staff Prayer Room is open for congressional staff to use for personal prayer and meditation. For questions – email StaffPrayerRoom@mail.house.gov