The prayer series

Jesus,

The story you teach us is great –
“The parable of the wedding banquet.” (Matthew 22:1-14)
…

The king here was God.
The king invited some special persons to come to a wedding banquet for his son.
It meant that God invited some special persons to come the kingdom of heaven.
Special persons here were those who have studied the Bible for a long time, or gentle persons, or persons who do more good things and less bad things…
God invited those who were deserved to come to the kingdom of heaven,
“But they refused to come.” Continue reading Prayer 803 →

Jesus,

Before knowing you, I fear many things.
Example:…

After knowing you,
I fear them not.

Truly,
“Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”

“You are my shepherd, I lack nothing.”
(Psalm 23, NKJV)..

Amen.

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The prayer series

Jesus,

Confiding in you,
“Weeping may tarry for the night,
but joy comes with the morning.” (Psalm 30:5, ESV)

Truly “You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
you have loosed my sackcloth
and clothed me with gladness,
that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!” (Psalm 30:11-12, ESV)

Amen.

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The prayer series

Jesus,

When you called your first disciples,
you only said,
“Follow me”,
immediately they followed you. (Matthew 18-22)

They didn’t say,
“First let me go and finish the exam,”
or “First let me go and have a good job,”
or “First let me go and take care of my dears.”
Even they didn’t say,
“First let me go back and say goodbye to my family.” (Luke 9:57-62)
They followed you immediately.

Following you like that.

Amen.

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The prayer series

Jesus,

“Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”
(Psalm 23, NKJV).

“The valley of the shadow of death” can be understood as
big things in the life like difficult jobs or difficult relations. Continue reading Prayer 799 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

Because you said,
“If someone slaps you on one cheek,
turn to them the other also” (Luke 6:29),
I have done it.

Amen.

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The prayer series

Jesus,

You are my one and only boy friend.
…

Remember 2015,
in Rooster Church (Danang),
a priest asked me, “Do you go alone?”
I answered,
“No, I don’t. I go with my boy friend.”
“Where is he?”
“There.”
I pointed my finger at your statue.
The priest was shocked.
… Continue reading Prayer 797 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

I want to improve my English listening
but I don’t know what should I focus on listening to.
The Bible and English news are at a high level,
English movies are things I have no interest in,
many channels reading English stories are not good.
…

Ah, this channel reading English stories is good.
I have just listened one story.
The simple and funny story.
Great.

Thank you, Jesus, for giving me the great English channel
and thank you for listening to my wishes.

Amen.

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The prayer series

Jesus,

With the injured index and middle fingers of the right hand,
how can I cut apples and rambutans to eat?
…

Ah, I know.
I do like that.
Thank you for showing me the way.

Amen.

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The prayer series

Jesus,

I need to iron clothes.
With many long dresses
and only one handheld steamer,
how to do this easier?
…

Ah, we have an old coat rack.
So I hang my clothes on the hooks of the rack
and iron them.
Easy.

Though I have the rack,
you still help me.
You lift my long dresses for me
so that my work is lighter.

Great.
You are truly my help.

Amen.

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The prayer series

Jesus,

Cook with me.
I can’t cook well without you.
…

So what do we do now?
Ah, cracking two eggs into a bowl,
then frying them and adding pepper.
Cutting and toasting a baguette.
Adding butter and soy sauce into one side of the baguette.
Then putting a few slices of cucumber,
the omelette, cheese and chili sauce into the other side of the baguette. Continue reading Prayer 793 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

“Everything is meaningless.”
“Wisdom is meaningless.”
“Pleasures are meaningless.”
“Wisdom and folly are meaningless.”
“Toil is meaningless.”
“Advancement is meaningless.”
“Riches are meaningless.”
…
So “there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work.”
…

Ecclesiastes is great.
I love it.
I hope I can understand the Book more.

Amen.

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The prayer series

Jesus,

I have never used pliers,
but now I have to adjust a cabinet door.
Help me.
Take my hand and use it according to your plan.
…

Done.
My God, we fixed a closet.
Wonderful.
Thank you, Jesus.

Amen.

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The prayer series

Jesus,

Useless is one of the words people often tell me
all my life, from childhood to now.

If I hadn’t met you, I would have died when I was 20 years old.

You give me dyslexia.
It makes my life difficult.
However, everything you give me is good,
I never criticize the gift you give me.
Everything that comes to me only brings me closer to you.

For the rest of my life I vow to stick with you.
You are my life and my hope.
In you, I live.

Amen.

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The prayer series

Jesus,

I’d like natural make-up today.
Could you please do my makeup for me?
And could you choose a dress for me?
…

Great. I’m very satisfied.
…

The old woman say to me, “you’re pretty.”
That’s your work.
Thank you, Jesus.

Amen.

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