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A Prayer for Pentecost or Anybody Seeking the Holy Spirit

by Craig Finnestad June 3, 2017

Tomorrow is Pentecost Sunday. It is the day the church celebrates God giving us the gift of the Holy Spirit. The following is from the book, Prayers from The Water’s Edge. I wrote this prayer a year ago early one…

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A Prayer for Lent

by Craig Finnestad March 1, 2017

This is a longer prayer from Prayers from The Water’s Edge. I wrote it to be prayed daily during Lent. I encourage you to pray it (or parts of it) starting today (Ash Wednesday) and continue praying it until the day…

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Epiphany

by Craig Finnestad January 13, 2017

Dear God, You are the radiance of the world! Just like You once directed the steps of the Magi, Be a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. You are the all-powerful, always present, all-knowing, unchanging God.…

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I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold fast both the doctrine, spirit, and discipline with which they first set out. -John Wesley

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