A book of prayers to the Holy Face of Jesus

The Loss Of Life.The infant torn from the womb.One lies in guilt the other in the tomb.This Happened not by chance, but by choice.One made the decision the other had no voice.Umbilical chord of life gets disconnected.And death is all that remains.One dies now the other dies slowly.One soul lost the other soul stained.

Choose WiselyChoose life.Face it folks, we all die someday! Yes, we all get a death sentence! What bothers me most is that people either ignore that hard cold fact, or run from it!   So what are we really afraid of here? Is it perhaps what comes after? You need to take this truth head on, sooner rather than later, as no one knows when that time will come for us!  In stepping up to face this reality we will find ourselves either living life more fully or dying a slow death, and that depends on whether you reach out to what’s next or whether you try to hang on to what you have left! I say you can have both!  Allow me to explain! I Choose Life!  I Choose Life Now and I Choose Life Forever in the Next! Jesus says, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”  John 14:6. So why aren’t we seeking the correct hereafter? “Why do seek the living from among the dead?”  Luke 24:5. CHOOSE LIFE!  Live life and live it to the full, the correct way!  Live it to the full while here on earth with Christ Jesus front and center! “Observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”   Matthew 28:20. Know that Christ is with us now and forget about death, when it’s time will come, and what comes after, or what you leave behind! You can’t control it! You can only control the here and now, you can only control your immediate focus, you can only impact the circle around you and let the Living Christ make up the size of the ripple or the splash you make! When Christ Lives in you all things change! “Jesus answered her, ‘if you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would give you living water.’” John 4:10. Choose Life!  Choose Life in Christ Jesus, and death is but a door!  Christ can be present with you now and in the life to come! He assured us of that possibility in his passion, death and resurrection! So the next time you watch a bunch of zombies staring down a smart phone, or you feel like one of those hamsters on the wheel chasing the clock or working on your next endorphin fix, regroup and center yourself!  And put Christ right there in the middle!

 Thank God For His Gifts Which Truly Are Those Which Keep On Giving The gift that keeps on giving.  I have often heard that charitable donors will make initial seed gifts to a charity, essentially a token gift, to see how the charity puts the donation to effective good use and how the charity gives and offers “feedback” on where and how the donation was used, and thereby allowing the grantor the ability to experience the true virtue of their charity! This is also true of the Graces God Gives us in our daily lives!  When we sincerely and humbly pray for God’s Grace for a worthy need, cause, or for the true charitable or healing needs of another, and God responds then we need to: Prayerfully Thank God for The Grace He has GivenPraise and Honor Him, bless and Glorify Him through continual prayers of Thanksgiving; andAsk for His continued Grace and Blessings. The charities that give the “seed” donors good results and good feedback are rewarded with much larger gifts over time by the same donors!  And God would do no less when we are truly appreciative and prayerful to the Graces He gives us! Now that’s the Gift that Keeps on Giving! “Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” 2 Peter 1:2.​

Lord, Let Us Gaze Upon Your Holy Face Lord by your mercy, your countenance and GracePlease Enter our hearts and show us your faceFind a dwelling in our soulsFor the whole human raceFrom this time to eternityLord please show us your faceLet us gaze on your featuresSo we can embraceAny trials and tribulationsLord please show us your face“Turn us again to yourself, O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies.Make your face shine down upon us.Only then will we be saved.”  Psalm 80:19​