Posts by Karen Barber
Christmas Prayer for Unconditional Love
Father, we thank you that at the very center of the Christmas season is Your relationship with us as our Loving Father. Often we don’t really understand the unlimited nature of Your love until we have children of our own. Finally we realize the mysterious feeling of devoted love that parents have for their children,…
Read MoreCreating a Chrismon Tree in Your Home
Chrismon Trees are often used in churches using white and gold handmade ornaments that represent different symbols of our faith and the life of Christ. This video shows you how to create a similar tree in your home using items you can buy at the discount store, easily create or even find at a garage…
Read MoreHow to Make a Christmas Prayer Decor Using Icons
With all of the busyness of the Christmas season, it’s good to include in your decorating plans a small area that provides a sanctuary for prayer and meditation. This video shows you how to use religious icons which are religious paintings that are highly symbolic and cause us to think about the Divine. Come into…
Read MoreA Christmas Prayer for Joy
Are you finding it hard to find joy in your life this Christmas? During Christmas we expect to have fun, be with friends and family and feel happy. Yet often we find ourselves depressed, lonely, stressed out and worried. Here is a prayer for your for the kind of Christmas joy that transcends our let-down…
Read MoreFinal Exams Prayer
Final exams are extremely stressful and everyone can use God’s help. Here’s a prayer that you can make your own during finals to ask God for His help. Use it yourself or pass it on to someone who needs it. My Prayer During Final Exams God, thanks for the giving me the ability to learn…
Read MorePrayer for the Peace of Christmas
Are you in need of peace this Christmas? Although we often hear the phrase “Peace on earth, good will toward men” (Luke 2:14) at Christmas, our world is often not in a peaceful state. Peace evaporates in our personal lives due to grief from losses, worries about our welfare and health, serious conflicts with people…
Read MorePraying the Names of God in O Come O Come Emmanuel
The hymn O Come O Come Emmanuel has a number of powerful names for God that can be used as short prayers during Christmas so that we might ask for and receive the divine benefits of His character. These short prayers are part of Church tradition and are assigned to days in December in a…
Read MoreA Christmas Prayer of Hope
One of the magnificent gifts of the Christmas season is hope. Here is a prayer of Christmas hope for all of us who need to be refilled with a belief that our lives are going in a good and meaningful direction despite our challenges and circumstances. Christmas Prayer of Hope Father, we thank you that…
Read MoreA Personal Life Do-Over Prayer
CChttps://www.prayerideas.org/the-sinners-prayer-of-conversion/If you need a fresh start on any aspect of your life today here’s a prayer that will help you interact with God so you can partner together for the “do over” your heart longs for today. My Personal Life Do-Over Prayer Dear Father, I thank you God that you allow do-overs because you love…
Read MoreAbraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Day Proclamation
When we approach Thanksgiving day having experienced a year of mixed blessings as well as hardship, Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Day Proclamation can help us turn our eyes to God in gratefulness no matter what our circumstances. It was 1863 and the US was in the midst of a terrible Civil War. The states, especially those…
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