Listen

For I know the thoughts that I think towards you; thoughts of peace, and not of affliction, to give you an end and patience.  And you shall call upon me, and you shall go: and you shall pray to me, and I will hear you.  You shall seek me, and shall find me: when you shall seek me with all your heart.

Respond

Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless his holy name.  Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all he hath done for thee.  Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases.  Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who crowneth thee with mercy and compassion.  Who satisfieth thy desire with good things: thy youth shall be renewed like the eagle's.

 

Listen

I am come that you may have life, and may have it more abundantly.

Respond

Now the grace of my Lord hath abounded exceedingly with faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus. A faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into this world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief. 

 

Listen

I will give you a new heart, and put a new spirit within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh.  I will put my spirit in the midst of you: and I will cause you to walk in my commandments, and to keep my judgments, and do them.  Be converted to me with all your heart, in fasting, and in weeping, and in mourning. And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil.

Respond

Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.  To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.  Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit within my bowels.  Cast me not away from thy face; and take not thy holy spirit from me.  Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and strengthen me with a perfect spirit. 

 

Listen

Because you are my son, I hath sent the Spirit of my Son into your heart, crying: Abba, Father!. Therefore now you are not a servant, but a son.  And if a son, an heir also through God.

Respond

I glory in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom I have now received reconciliation.

 

Listen

If you return and be quiet, you shall be saved: in silence and in hope shall your strength be.

Respond

Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God.  Thy good spirit shall lead me into the right land.

(Spend a couple of minutes in silence)

 

Listen

Whatsoever you shall ask according to My will, I hear you.  Know that I heareth you whatsoever you ask: know that you have the petitions which you request of Me.

Respond

I shall grieve not the holy Spirit of God: whereby I am sealed unto the day of redemption.  Let all bitterness, and anger, and indignation, and clamour, and blasphemy, be put away from me, with all malice. That I may be kind to others; merciful, forgiving others, even as God hath forgiven me in Christ.

(Pray for those you have hurt; pray for those who have hurt you)

 

Listen

Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.

Respond

That I may be not solicitous; but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let my petitions be made known to God.  And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep my heart and mind in Christ Jesus.

(Let your petitions come forth, and pray them)

 

Listen

I will give thee understanding, and I will instruct thee in this way, in which thou shalt go: I will fix my eyes upon thee.

Respond

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto me the spirit of wisdom and of revelation, in the knowledge of him:  The eyes of my heart enlightened, that I may know what the hope is of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.

(Ask for Guidance)

 

Listen

Lay open thy works to the Lord: and thy thoughts shall be directed.

Respond

I can do all these things in him who strengtheneth me.