Best Prayed Poems
Life without purpose is barren indeed.
There can’t be a harvest unless you plant the seed.
There can’t be attainment unless there’s a goal.
Ask Jesus to forgive you for your trespasses so He can cleanse your soul.
If we send no ships out, no ships will come in,
And unless there’s a contest nobody can win.
For games can’t be won unless played,
And prayers can’t be answered unless they’re prayed.
So whatever is wrong with your life today.
You will find a solution if you kneel down and pray.
Not just for pleasure, enjoyment, and health.
Not just for honor and prestige and wealth.
But pray for a purpose to make life worth living,
And pray for the joy of unselfish giving.
For prayer is your gladness and blessings from heaven is your reward.
When you make your life’s purpose the choice of the Lord.
So when someone ask you today, “How you doing?”
You should say, “ fine because I prayed.”
"LOVE for the Eons of FOREVERS"
Sorrow's pain and tears, wased AWAY
In His Blood: "His Precious Blood"
I kneel to GOD's Glory, thru the Everlasting Day
Surrounding me, God's LOVE So Pure, mankind never severs
In His Blood "His Precious Blood"
LOVE for the Eons of FOREVERS
His Light Shimmers, Glows; with Father God's Glory
Surrounding me, God's LOVE so PURE, mankind never severs
Thru the Garden of Eternity as a seedling becomes a bud
Following my Savior, My Rose of Sharon; My GOD
GOD'S Light Shimmers, Glows : with HIS Glory
LOVE for the Eons of FOREVERS
Songs, Hymns of Praise, Proverbs, and Psalms, tell His story
Thru the Garden of Forever, My Infinite Soul, Shall trod
I Kneel before JESUS, Singing Praises of LOVE
He Dies, He Lives again, and walks with me to my Salvation
God in His LOVING Mercy, Embraces my Heart and Soul
LOVE for the Eons of FOREVERS
As Dreams of Youth Explain Love's Revelation
Sorrow's pain and Tears, washed AWAY
In His Blood, " His Precious Blood"
I kneel to GOD's Glory, thru the Everlasting Day
Surrounding Mankind : GOD's Light of Pure LOVE
"LOVE for the Eons of FOREVERS"
I knelt before my God
With no words to speak my need
Only tears of regret and sorrow
Flowed from me endlessly.
Then He, in love and mercy,
Heard the words I could not say,
And in His wisdom answered
The prayer I never prayed.
This depression, got me down;
Seems like no one cares, no ones around;
Feeling, sad and so blue;
Seems like, I don't have you;
Lord, I don't have, have you;
I prayed
just prayed
and still
have no way to show for what you have said
so over and over again. . . I pray
I just found out;
I began having doubts;
My mind it's clout? ? ?
What am I doing that's. . . .
what's wrong with you God
Do you hear me calling you, Lord;
What am I to do OH!! so I repent of myself, and just held myself and I, I, just...
I prayed
just prayed
and still
have no way to show for what you have said, what you do or did;
so over and over again. . . I just prayed
All I ever needed is a forgiving someone;
And a love of mine own;
so I stop sheading these tears I'm crying;
Need to stand up and be a Godly man(woman);
so I prayed
just prayed
and still prayed forever and a day
Lord, God I'll let you have your way in my life come here do what you do what's may cause all I want to do is just
Pray
And I fell on my knees;
And cried out to the Lord please;
Please save me, save me, save me;
so I prayed
just prayed
and still good God almighty I am entitled to pray and stay in the will of His and be one of many child's so I fall on my knees over and o'ver agin and just
Pray
I close my eyes with a sincere heart;
myself bleeds and I stay in His presents;
He embraces me caress me forgiving me He engulfs me in His agape love;
and I prayed
and I prayed
and I prayed and asked for forgiveness
each and every second, minute, hour, morning, noon, night, (always)
and I prayed
just prayed
and I prayed
for the answers
and I prayed for blessings;
and I prayed for longevity;
and I prayed to be with Him, forever in Heaven;
and I prayed for you;
will you pray for me to;
May God bless those that read these words;
so I prayed
for your life
and I prayed
that everything will be alright
and I prayed
for all mankind
and when things get you down
and no one seems to care
just go inside your closet and stay..
just pray
this I pray
and I prayed
Written by James Edward Lee Sr. June 21 2017(c)
From the forth coming anthology "Really" 2017(c)
I was in a funk,
In a state of debunk
In a state of despair
Depressed and hollowed out
All I could do is just shout
Help me
Help me
Help me Lord God, Help me out
And
In my desperation I prayed,
And this is what God said
My son, my daughter Listen to the Lord listen
He (I) will save you
From yourselves and the wilderness
In my desperation I prayed, and the LORD listened;
He saved me from all my troubles.
In my desperation I prayed, and the LORD listened;
He saved me from all my troubles.
In my desperation I prayed, and the LORD listened;
He saved me from all my troubles.
Hallelujah
I will listen
For on the double
I will save you from all your troubles
And the LORD listened; he saved me from all my troubles.
Results in rash or extreme behavior.
I will come down and save you
"Having lost all hope."
I will allow you to float
Just you and I, walking out on water
In times of trouble I’ll be there on the double
If you are desperate for food,
In the means you are starving,
I will provide you supper and settle all your cravings I will bless you forgive you in your misbehaving
a desperate situation
I was in a funk,
In a state of debunk
In a state of despair
Depressed and hollowed out
All I could do is just shout
Help me
Help me
Help me Lord God, Help me out
And...
In my desperation I prayed,
And this is what God said
My son, my daughter Listen to the Lord listen
He (I) will save you
From yourselves and the wilderness
I will listen For on the double
I will save you from all your troubles
and the LORD listened; he saved me from all my troubles.
In my desperation I prayed, and the LORD listened;
He saved me from all my troubles.
In my desperation I prayed, and the LORD listened;
He saved me from all my troubles.
In my desperation I prayed, and the LORD listened;
He saved me from all my troubles.
2/21/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020©
Psalm 34:6 NLT
I Prayed For Love,
As I leave this world one thing I wish to share; I prayed for love. I never gave up on my prayer, for God would send someone to love me too! Looking back with tears’ filling my eyes, my heart torn, and my life depleted, having never known the love I prayed for. Soon the last breath will exit my body; those by my side were unable to share the pure love of my prayer’s! My one prayer in life has gone unanswered, why I wonder did love not find me.
I pray now as my time is near, love passed me by here on earth even as hope remained in my heart and faith kept me praying; so again; I pray when I finally take my last earthly breath let that love take my hand. May Love guide me to my heavenly home for God; “I pray saved all the love I so desperately wanted to give me in heaven.”
My heart and soul wanted so much more than you could give. If only is what I always told myself. Love to me was such a beautiful and wonderful thing. Nothing could be more precious or so pure! Honestly, my entire life I struggled wondering if I was crazy or if I deserved to be loved. Now as death approaches the answer hovers.
Please don’t cry for me as leaving the world behind brings peace and comfort. Tonight the angels will carry my sorrows away from me, I’ll cry no more, and God is waiting with all the loved stored from a lifetime!
Debbie Knapp
9/25/11
Oh
Someone
Prayed for me
When I was down
Yes, Somebody prayed…
And my God brought me out
Because someone prayed for me
I should have been gone… but Now I
Can shout, cause some one prayed for me
It was said in three days I would die
What a lie… Thank God, someone prayed for me….
Count Up: This titled form, consists of exactly ten lines, the first line having one syllable,
each succeeding line adding a syllable, with a total count of fifty-five syllables. This form
allows both rhyme and meter, while its similar cousin, the ETHEREE, allows neither.
What if we'd met at Jackson Memorial in the neonatal ward,
Placed ever so gently, side by side, facing the outside world?
And our parents and relatives and friends they had
Giggled thru an over sized window
And waved and pointed and cooed at us,
Two tiny babies in little pink blankets with silly hats on our heads.
The joy of our grandparents. The meaning to life.
Heirs to the family misfortunes.
We Separate-ly, Equal-ly, Together-ly went home to be loved by all.
And walking and talking and learning to trust
Were taught in our childhood years.
And you learned to sing, "Amazing Grace"
At the A.M.E Church on the corner
And I learned to sing, "Amazing Grace"
At the Baptist church on the square.
We gossiped together each morning and "double dutch-ed" at lunch.
You angled me through geometry class as I read you through English Lit.
I cheered when you made cheerleader and you cried when I didn't.
We laughed when I made Homecoming Queen,
Went to Macy's and picked out a dress.
Then the day finally came, with diplomas in hand,
Throwing caution to the wind,
We Separate-ly, Equal-ly, Together-ly plunged into the outside world.
And through the years, no matter what, we stayed friends to the bitter end.
As husbands came and husbands went and the world grew up around us.
We loved and prayed and raised our babies.
We shared our families' misfortunes.
Together we sang "Amazing Grace" when people we loved went Home.
And never once in all that time did we ever look askance
That you are a woman of color and I am some shade of white.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed Psalms 31:28
Many called her a prayer warrior while on her journey here below.
She taught the love of God that brought salvation to the soul.
Everyday at the chime of twelve she fell on her knees and rang
heavens prayer bells.
She called out each name in earnest plea; praying that their souls
would be set free.
She would often linger in prayer; seeking God for their special care
Each one she committed to him in trust and faith.
She prayed daily for God's eternal grace.
I prayed till I touched Heaven,
I got the victory that night.
When God heard my cry he said,
“Child trust me, I am the light…”
I know your life and your cares,
and I know just what to do.
If you trust me I’ll give Grace,
enough to see you through.
My Grace is sufficient for everything
that you will have to bear.
With every temptation you will face,
a way of escape will be there.
Just look for that way I’ve made,
and I’ll give Grace for every need.
I’ll never put more on you that you can bear-
If you follow where I lead.
last night I prayed for you
I prayed for yu
As if I was praying for me
That he guard you throughout your day
And protect you from the dangerous things
Cause this seem to be a crazy world we living in
And everybody livin so Dangerously
Even though they speak about change
So I'm just tryin to figure out what's the problem
But the problem is so clear to see
Like queen latifah in the line up of set it off
Its as if I was pointin out you and me
And by you and me
I mean us as people
Thinking we are goin to live these days of our lives
And die like Jennifer
To come back and make a second sequeal
Well I just believe John Legend sang it best
When he sang We're just ordinary people
But jus cause we're ordinary
Doesn't mean we can't set out to be extrordinary
And set our goal to a higher standard
So people last night I prayed for you
I prayed for his amazing grace
Cause I once was blind
But now I see
I pray he do the same for you
That he has done for me
I pray everyday he gives you strength
And that you grow stronger
Instead of weak and weiry
worryin about yesterday problems
when he gifted you with the present
We suppose to learn from our mistakes
Cause everyday is a new lesson
But we lost in the world like nemo
Not knowin we bout to miss out on another blessin
We would rather be flunting stuntin textin
Better known now a days as sexting
But put it all together we still steady messin... around
So last night I prayed for you
I prayed that as you go thru your trial and tribulation
You know they somebody out in the world
Sitting back thinking steady relating
To the problems you go thru on a day to day basis
The only advice I can give is sit back wait and be patient
Cause waiting on GODS gift
You know will be the greatest
Cause he won't give you more than you can handle
So those problems you have
Just know they are handled
And if you know somebody who was taken too soon
All we can do now is light a candle
And pray he still has room...
So last night I prayed for you
I prayed for you
As if I was prayin for me
That he guard you thoughout your day
And protect you from the dangerous things
Cause this seems to be a crazy world we livin in
And everybody living so dangerously...
GOD BLESS
Dear god,
I fell in love with an angel and I don't know what to do.
She has long black hair with dimples and is about 5 foot 2.
I fell in love with an angel god and I don't know what to do.
Is she your answer for when I prayed and asked you for my life to change.
Because when I looked into her eyes that day.....for a second.....all my troubles went away.
I have roles in from the depths of pain;
Relive my life knife games;
Random promises of broken flames;
I was bitter and embarrassed:
I should have prayed;
Mother was in pain one Saturday afternoon;
So prideful filled with hurt and void;
I chose to relief and relish in my pain;
Mad at God because He took later that night;
Deep deep in my heart;
I hurt what to believe in why, how I thought to myself;
I should have prayed
The sacrifices of this polluted world;
Spiraling down to be unfurled, frolicking, prolifically, wondering coasting down the stairs ;
Whom am i to fear;
Step by step magically disappears;
When all the heathens gather together and all the saints;
All the passion all the pains seldom Glitters Humanities in pain Humanities in pain and I wish;
That I could have changed all those sins;
I committed so humanistic footloose let loose and cursed;
I went right instead of left, left in reverse;
It didn't hurt;
Because I've learn to put Jesus first;
I should have prayed;
Sin nature full of fun;
Later pending on your outlook on life or death;
The wars here but endangered species only ones left;
The poor riots dying innocence;
Shootings, robberies, murders this is;
And the say, what should I do what can I do..
Well
Guess we should have prayed
I want the sun on its static day
I want the blue wavy reverb of heaven sounds in my ears
tremolo everything
Want back those few London nights
want them back like smack wants the vein of her most dedicated junkie
Kiss god Delilah December and feel golden death
I want the sun pulsating inside of my skin
I want you rouged and druggy
black and blue
When I cross you...kill me then kiss me
-then say you love me...
Only then will I believe your guise of truthfulness i've only heard lies about
Tremolo everywhere in my brain
JESUS PRAYED FOR ME
Jesus prayed for me again so many times today;
He prayed I would not fall in sin and stray so far away.
He prayed I’d grow so much in love that I would serve Him more,
He prayed that I’d look back above to heaven’s goal and shore.
He prayed that I would think of those in need beside just me
And prayed that His word I would heed and more within it see.
He intercedes for all that way from His great throne above—
I’d love to listen to Him pray and feel more His great love.
But I remembered of that prayer He uttered one dark night
As He faced death and sorrow there and how sin He would fight.
It’s in the book of John, I know, where I can read that prayer,
And though He did to heaven go, He prays it even there.
So though I do not hear Him pray for me from His great throne,
I still can read His prayer today and know that I am known.
Yes, Jesus prayed for me today, and I am thankful, too,
That He’s not very far away to pray now just for you!
Just listen to His beating heart, just look now in His face,
You won’t be the same when you depart and feel His love and
grace!
--Based on a sermon by Dr. Tracy Fowler, HBC, Dec. 2016