Prayer Concerns

The 23rd Psalm

We remember these in our prayers and ask God's mercy in their lives:

Ann Abbott.

Philip.

Louise and Joe Pitts.

Ethel Lewis

Baby Wyatt Evans.

Maggie Osborne.

Andrea Haskell and Vincent

Gerald Greene.

Robin, sister of Larry Lewis.

Rosalie Harrison is at Sunrise.

Pastor Bledsoe's parents.

Prayer concerns can be added by phoning the church office (202-554-4330) or

e-mail us at RSBC@Riverside-DC.org.

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I Must Tell Jesus (click to hear)

I must tell Jesus all of my trials;
I cannot bear these burdens alone;
In my distress He kindly will help me;
He ever loves and cares for His own.

Refrain

I must tell Jesus! I must tell Jesus!
I cannot bear my burdens alone;
I must tell Jesus! I must tell Jesus!
Jesus can help me, Jesus alone.

I must tell Jesus all of my troubles;
He is a kind, compassionate friend;
If I but ask Him, He will deliver,
Make of my troubles quickly an end.

Refrain

Tempted and tried, I need a great Savior;
One Who can help my burdens to bear;
I must tell Jesus, I must tell Jesus;
He all my cares and sorrows will share.

Refrain

O how the world to evil allures me!
O how my heart is tempted to sin!
I must tell Jesus, and He will help me
Over the world the victory to win.

Refrain

When Storms Arise

A prayer by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1895)

When storms arise

And dark'ning skies

About me threat'ning lower,

To Thee, O Lord, I raise mine eyes,

To Thee my tortured spirit flies

For solace in that hour.

The mighty arm

Will let no harm

Come near me nor befall me;

Thy voice shall quiet my alarm,

When life's great battle waxeth warm--

No foeman shall appall me.

Upon thy breast

Secure I rest,

From sorrow and vexation;

No more by sinful cares oppressed,

But in thy presence ever blest,

O God of my salvation.

cited in Conversations With God: Two Centuries of Prayers

by African-Americans, p. 89, James Melvin Washington, ed.

I am the Door. I am the Way. I am the Gate.

Let not your heart be troubled,...