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Disturb Us Prayer – Quote of the Week

July 20, 2013 By Jean Wise


Disturb us, Lord, when

We are too well pleased with ourselves,

When our dreams have come true

Because we have dreamed too little,

When we arrived safely

Because we sailed too close to the shore.

Disturb us, Lord, when

With the abundance of things we possess

We have lost our thirst

For the waters of life;

Having fallen in love with life,

We have ceased to dream of eternity

And in our efforts to build a new earth,

We have allowed our vision

Of the new Heaven to dim.

Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,

To venture on wider seas

Where storms will show your mastery;

Where losing sight of land,

We shall find the stars.

We ask You to push back

The horizons of our hopes;

And to push into the future

In strength, courage, hope, and love.

This we ask in the name of our Captain,

Who is Jesus Christ.

Francis Drake, 1577

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  1. blankJean Wise says

    July 20, 2013 at 11:45 pm

    isn’t this a great prayer? also a risky prayer if we really mean it. Thanks Mia.

  2. blankMia says

    July 20, 2013 at 5:03 pm

    Great words from a guy who dared to dream big.
    Blessings XX
    Mia

  3. blankJean Wise says

    July 20, 2013 at 1:26 pm

    Glad it is one you can share, Laura. I read it a long time ago and just ran across it this week ago. We both blog “dangerous” prayers this week. What is God leading us to?

  4. blankOutnumberedMom says

    July 20, 2013 at 12:50 pm

    Just LOVE this, Jeanie. Sharing it with my students this fall…

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