Prayers of Church & Community, April 14.2024
Westminster Presbyterian Church
LORD Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God,
Thank you for grace, mercy, and peace.
Thank you for faith, hope, and love.
And a million, billion other things, that live and work, and have their being in you.
You have given us eyes to see the beauty of your world … you have given us hearts to receive and return love … you have given us the wherewithal to live, and to live well … to live for the sake of one another, to live unto you.
Holy Christ, and always LORD, lead us, we pray, upon the pathways of justice, truth, and honor … remind us of all things noble and beautiful …
Holy Christ, and always LORD, guide your church in these difficult days … help us to be people of love, people who welcome and affirm, who celebrate and rejoice, who are not afraid, who are not discouraged, who look beyond the tragedies of the day to find the bright light of hope shining in all things.
Bless our children and youth, we pray, especially, we thank you for our confirmands; and for the work of your Holy Spirit in their hearts. Bless their families, their friends, their schools, and this church. Stir our souls with the greatest powers of compassion and mercy … fill our minds with visions of your kingdom come, your will being done on earth, as it is in heaven.
We pray for the nations of the Middle East - we pray for all the governments and people involved … may the way to peace be found, may there be just settlements to the conflicts, may the power-mongers be challenged, make the peace-makers be saluted.
Holy Christ, and always LORD, bless us in the remains of the day … give us some sabbath rest and a good night’s sleep … calm our spirits, settle our minds … remind us, Holy Christ, that you are at work in all things for good .. that you are the center point, unmoved by time and circumstance, unmoving in resolve and purpose, to love, and to love, and to love again, and to love forevermore.
Holy Christ, and always LORD, we pray as you taught us to pray, saying together:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
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