call.

It is not my duty to convince.
It is my call and my privilege to live.

worship.

religion gives answers.
a witness asks questions.

religion says; this is what you should do.
a witness says; this is what He did.

religion fills up with knowledge.
a witness overflows with gratitude.

religion earns.
a witness is graced.

religion wants God.
a witness needs Him.

religion asks, God, where are you?
a witness says, LORD, Here am I.

religion is kind.
a witness serves.

religion holds God as a concept.
a witness beholds God as brilliant reality.

religion says, God is good.
a witness says, "depart from me, Oh LORD, for I am a man of unclean lips."

religion is calculated.
a witness is astounded.

religion worships with a song.
a witness worships with A LIFE.

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Be.

"God be in my head and in my understanding.
God be in my eyes and in my looking.
God be in my mouth and my speaking.
God be in my tongue and in my tasting.
God be in my lips and in my greeting.

God be in my nose and in my inhaling.
God be in my ears and in my hearing.
God be in my neck and in my humbling.
God be in my shoulders and in my bearing.
God be in my back and in my standing.

God be in my arms and in my reaching/receiving.
God be in my hands and in my working.
God be in my legs and in my walking.
God be in my feet and in my grounding.
God be in my joints and in my relating.

God be in my guts and in my feeling.
God be in my bowels and in my forgiving.
God be in my loins and in my swiving.
God be in my lungs and in my breathing.
God be in my heart and in my loving.

God be in my skin and in my touching.
God be in my flesh and in my paining/pining.
God be in my blood and in my living.
God be in my bones and in my dying.
God be at my end and at my reviving."

-reverend jim cotter, prayer at night.