Favourite one-liner prayers

[GoPeaceful]

Please share.

My current favourite is:
Dear Lord, put your arm around my shoulder and your hand across my mouth.

I know it sounds flippant, but I really am too quick with the smart comment and I need to be controlled.

what are your favourite quick prayers?

Dear God give me strengh - use it quite a lot !

our visiting priest had a great one he nicked off the archbishop!
"Please God, forgive us anything we got wrong in the service today"

My DH uses this: "Dear Lord, please have mercy on me."

Ham and eggs and beans on toast, father son and holy ghost

my late FIL's "grace"

Be still and know that I am God.

(Well not me personally.............)

My favourite quick prayer today is "please God, help me to overcome"

(bad, bad, bad PCC meeting last night :( )

"One day at a time sweet Jesus"

OK, it's actually a song title, but it reminds me of the best advice my late mum used to give me just to take everything as it comes, and not waste energy on regretting yesterday or worrying about tomorrow... covers a lot of stuff

Dear Lord, give me patience!

I use that one a lot.....

'Here I am Lord.'

Both offering myself and asking God to find me, on different occasions.

'Lord, thy will be done.'

A useful one when things are tricky and I don't know what to pray for

Sometimes at special meals we say: We love our bread, we love our butter, but most of all, we love each other. (borrowed it from "Madeleine")

Please God... Thank You! for.... Sorry about.... Are You sure I should... Ok, You got me there...

I think my too-often used prayer is the so called 'Shepards Prayer' - not Shepard as in sheep but Shepard as in Alan Shepard, the American astronaut who once famously prayed "Oh Lord, please don't let me f**k up"

It's stood me in good stead on many occasions

But I like all the rest of those here too - I'll be making a note of them!!

Lord have mercy!! because many times i find myself commenting and saying things i shouldn't,therefore i am ALWAYS in need of mercy:o

Thank you for taste buds!

These following one liners are taken from two prayers on Father Mychal Judge's prayer card.

"...Lord keep me out of Your way."

"...and no matter what mess you're in, you're always held and loved by God"

For the full prayer card see: SaintMychalJudge.blogspot.com

He isn't a saint at all, but was a working chaplain who sadly died in the Twin Towers.

Dear God, in your infinite mercy do not forget me. Please surround me with love, blessings, and light.

The Jesus prayer:

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.

With all I have to do today, Lord, I may forget you, but please do not forget me.

gopeaceful I LOVE LOVE LOVE your prayer, a good one for me, I talk too much...

The one I say the most throughout the day is 'Lord, please give me strength and patience, especially patience'. I also use 'Help me to be closer to you Lord' because I am always so dismayed at how quickly I get sidetracked and completely forget that i'm living for Him. Im a work in progress