Prayer For The Choir

Heavenly Father... the choir is made up of many people who have a variety of talents for a variety of work that needs to be done. Thank you for all these talents. Help us to work together towards our common goal of singing in the choir. Give us patience to learn, patience to teach... and an unrelenting desire to improve. Continue to help us find ways of teaching music in a fun-filled stress free environment. Help us find and nurture the talents of those yet to be discovered... for Your work here on earth is not finished yet... and we have much to do. Amen.

Prayer For Those Who Mourn

Heavenly Father... recently... I noticed you've call many home to you. Please comfort those who mourn for the lost of their loved ones. Thanks to the teachings of Your Son, Jesus... many of us know that our loved ones are going to a better place... but we really miss them... for they have been a big part of our lives and now there is an emptiness that brings pain to our hearts whenever we remember them. Help us bear this pain, meant for our loved ones, with the same passion that Your Son, Jesus, had when he bore his pain willingly for us. Amen.

Generic and Anonymous Prayer Requests

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Generic and Anonymous Prayer Requests

Heavenly Father, thank-You for making it possible for this person to be with the Choir recently after a long while. Please continue to make this possible, so that he/she can physically be with the Choir Family as well as his/her own family, for You know how important it is for us to meet often so that the bond of friendship and brotherly love that we have, can grow stronger within the Choir as we listen to Your Word every Sunday. Amen.

Heavenly Father, I pray for those who stay very far away from our church. They have to wake up much earlier than those who stay near-by. Please shower upon them extra blessings for their extra effort. Give them the joy they deserve for knowing that God knows and appreciates this through this person who's praying for them, and let them know that their effort... did not... and... will not... go unnoticed. Amen.

Heavenly Father... recently... I noticed you've call many home to you. Please comfort those who mourn for the lost of their loved ones. Thanks to the teachings of Your Son, Jesus... many of us know that our loved ones are going to a better place... but we really miss them... for they have been a big part of our lives and now there is an emptiness that brings pain to our hearts whenever we remember them. Help us bear this pain, meant for our loved ones, with the same passion that Your Son, Jesus, had when he bore his pain willingly for us. Amen.

Heavenly Father... the choir is made up of many people who have a variety of talents for a variety of work that needs to be done. Thank you for all these talents. Help us to work together towards our common goal of singing in the choir. Give us patience to learn, patience to teach... and an unrelenting desire to improve. Continue to help us find ways of teaching music in a fun-filled stress free environment. Help us find and nurture the talents of those yet to be discovered... for Your work here on earth is not finished yet... and we have much to do. Amen.

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English ~ indignant & indignation

Word For The Day...

I got this word 'indignant' from today's first reading (2 Cor 11:18,21-30). This is not a word that I'd use. I would probably just use 'angry' or 'annoyed'.

But I guess, sometimes we need to use a variation to break the monotony of a long passage when words like 'angry' or 'annoyed' have already been employed... hence, it may be time to use the word 'indignant'.

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English ~ indignant & indignation

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Dictionary:

in·dig·nant

adjective /inˈdignənt/ 

Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

- he was indignant at being the object of suspicion

in·dig·na·tion

noun /ˌindigˈnāSHən/ 

Anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment

- the letter filled Lucy with indignation

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Samples:

(2 Corinthians 11:29)

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led to sin, and I am not indignant?

English Standard Version (©2001)

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?

International Standard Version (©2008)

Who is weak without me being weak, too? Who is caused to stumble without me becoming indignant?

World English Bible

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don't burn with indignation?

Weymouth New Testament

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led astray into sin, and I am not aflame with indignation?

New International Version (©1984)

Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?

New Living Translation (©2007)

Who is weak without my feeling that weakness? Who is led astray, and I do not burn with anger?

New American Standard Bible (©1995)

Who is weak without my being weak? Who is led into sin without my intense concern?

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