{"id":24863,"date":"2026-03-11T16:39:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/five-classic-christian-prayers\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:19:08","slug":"five-classic-christian-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/five-classic-christian-prayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Classic Christian Prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not for nothing are these five prayers considered classics. They\u2019ve been sung, prayed, memorized, memorialized, anthologized, read, pondered over and treasured for centuries.<\/p>\n<p>The newest is the Serenity Prayer (<a href=\"http:\/\/link.brightcove.com\/services\/player\/bcpid71144830001?bclid=50863895001&amp;bctid=80255553001\">here\u2019s a great video of it<\/a>) but even in its relatively short life, it has given us priceless words for relinquishment. Our deepest prayers often don\u2019t have words, but how wonderful it is to find words that express those feelings. \u201cGod be in my head and in my understanding.\u201d \u201cLord, make me an instrument of thy peace.\u201d \u201cMay God hold you in the palm of his hand.\u201d These are phrases to mold a soul.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Irish Blessing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>May the road rise to meet you,<br \/>\nMay the wind be always at your back,<br \/>\nMay the sun shine warm upon your face,<br \/>\nThe rains fall soft upon your fields and<br \/>\nUntil we meet again,<br \/>\nMay God hold you in the palm of his hand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer of a Confederate Soldier<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I asked God for strength that I might achieve,<br \/>\nI was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey.<br \/>\nI asked for health that I might do great things.<br \/>\nI was given infirmity that I might do better things.<br \/>\nI asked for riches that I might be happy.<br \/>\nI was given poverty that I might be wise.<br \/>\nI asked for power that I might that I might have the praise of men.<br \/>\nI was given weakness that I might feel the need of God.<br \/>\nI asked for all things that I might enjoy life. I was given life that I might enjoy all things.<br \/>\nI got nothing that I asked for\u2014but everything that I had hoped for.<br \/>\nAlmost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered.<br \/>\nI am, among all men, most richly blessed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Old Sarum Prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God be in head and in my understanding;<br \/>\nGod be in my eyes and in my looking;<br \/>\nGod be in my mouth and in my speaking;<br \/>\nGod be in my heart and in my thinking;<br \/>\nGod be at my end and at my departing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Prayer of St. Francis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.<br \/>\nWhere there is hatred, let me sow love;<br \/>\nWhere there is injury, pardon;<br \/>\nWhere there is doubt, faith;<br \/>\nWhere there is despair, hope;<br \/>\nWhere there is darkness, light;<br \/>\nWhere there is sadness, joy.<br \/>\nO Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek<br \/>\nTo be consoled as to console;<br \/>\nTo be understood as to understand;<br \/>\nTo be loved as to love.<br \/>\nFor it is in giving that we receive;<br \/>\nIt is in pardoning that we are pardoned;<br \/>\nAnd it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Serenity Prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God grant me the serenity<br \/>\nTo accept the things I cannot change;<br \/>\nCourage to change the things I can;<br \/>\nAnd wisdom to know the difference.<\/p>\n<p>Living one day at a time;<br \/>\nEnjoying one moment at a time;<br \/>\nAccepting hardships as the pathway to peace;<br \/>\nTaking, as he did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;<br \/>\nTrusting that he will make all things right if I surrender to his will;<br \/>\nThat I may be reasonably happy in this life<br \/>\nAnd supremely happy with him forever in the next.<br \/>\n\u2014Reinhold Niebuhr<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a favorite prayer? 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