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Prayer for Prairie Fires of the Holy Spirit – December 15, 2019

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God – During Advent Darkness while I wait for Your light and love to be born in Bethlehem, I reflect upon my ashes, the embers of the things within me which are not worthy of Your Kingdom. Some of those things have been torched to some extent in prayer by Your Holy Spirit. Like, my pride. My vanity. My self-importance. Not being accepting of others who are different than me or not treating my neighbors in the way I want to be treated by them. Much more work by me needs to be done.

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However, the fire of the Your Holy Spirit has caused the better parts of me to shine, to reflect more of You and Your love on others. Like compassion. Forgiveness. Trust and faith in You. Valuing others more than my possessions. Thankfulness for Your blessings.

In an inspirational sermon delivered by Stuart Bates, Rector of St. Francis Episcopal Church Houston, on the second week of Advent, Stuart said that God wants all His children to be worthy of His Kingdom. That each of us needs to be mindful of the qualities which make us worthy to be admitted to Heaven and those qualities that have no place in Heaven like greed, hate, pride and lust.

God, I pray that each of us consider the metaphor told by Stuart of the prairie fire which consumes that which is no longer useful to the Earth. But, afterword, the ground is purified. It has received food for new life. Then comes the green from the Earth. The shiny and shimmering leaves. The newness like that of an innocent child You bring to our world.

God, in prayer please light within us prairie fires of the Holy Spirit, to purify ourselves, to make us more worthy to enter the Gates of Heaven and to remove from each of us the chafe of our human imperfections so that we can see, know and reflect You and Your perfect Spirit on Earth. Amen

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Jack H. Emmott is a Senior Counsel of Gray, Reed & McGraw, LLP, a 145-lawyer full-service firm in Houston, Dallas, and Waco, Texas, a Board-Certified Family Law and Master Credentialed Collaborative Law Professional Divorce Attorney, Mediator, Author, Entrepreneur and Inspirational Speaker.  For more information about Jack or his latest book, Bending Angels: Living Messengers of God’s Love, go to the Bending Angel website.

Prayer to Keep the Plates Spinning and Still Find Peace in Advent – December 8, 2019

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God – At this time, year after year, before Christmas Day, the day Your Son, Jesus, the Prince of Peace, was born, I am overwhelmed with too many things to do and too many places to go.  I have those perfect presents to buy. The important parties I must attend.  Gifts to purchase on Amazon.  Dinners to plan or host.  Greeting cards to sign and mail.  Bills to pay.  Thank you notes to write.  I cannot even think about making my list of New Year’s Resolutions as I worry about everything left for me to do at the office and home before this year is over.

As a young boy I marveled at the Barnum & Bailey Circus when the man would magically balance plate after plate on the end of the sticks and somehow keep them from falling and crashing on the floor.  That was fun then.  But now, I feel that I am the one having to keep all the plates spinning in the air and still somehow find and share Your peace.

God, as I prepare for Christmas Day, please help me know that Your peace is not found in what is happening outside of me.

God, please help me know that Your peace which surpasses all understanding is only found within me.

Please help me in prayer to find and know Your peace.  Amidst all the busyness around me, please help me to take time each day to invite Your peace to reside in me.

Please help me in prayer to make room in the manger of my heart for the peace and joy that should be experienced all year long.

God, in Advent as I prepare for the coming of Christ, please help me keep the plates spinning safely above me.  But, most importantly, please help me find and share Your peace with others like me who stand in Advent darkness waiting and hoping for Your loving light born in Bethlehem on Christmas Day.  Amen

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If you want to purchase for yourself or a friend a copy of Bending Angels: Living Messengers of God’s Love or Prayerful Passages: Asking God’s Help in Reconciliation, Separation or Divorce, please click on here to go to Amazon.

Jack H. Emmott is a Senior Counsel of Gray, Reed & McGraw, LLP, a 145-lawyer full-service firm in Houston, Dallas, and Waco, Texas, a Board-Certified Family Law and Master Credentialed Collaborative Law Professional Divorce Attorney, Mediator, Author, Entrepreneur and Inspirational Speaker.  For more information about Jack or his latest book, Bending Angels: Living Messengers of God’s Love, go to the Bending Angel website.