Prayers of Church & Community, September 1, 2024
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Holy God, Eternal Light … forever present … always kind …
A present help in the daily grind … you encourage us all along the way …
In the best moments of life, O God, you strengthen us for the journey … in the best of times, and the worst of times.
When we walk through the valley of the shadow of death … you walk quietly beside us …
you stop and wait with us, when we cannot walk one step further,
you sit with us when we cannot rise …
you lay down with us when we are laid low …
you hold us when we tremble …
you do not let us go, dear God …
even when we want to run away from you, and go and hide somewhere …
Blessed Redeemer, creator of the heavens and earth … we give thanks for the creative energies you give to our world …
Bless our schools, O God, and all the children … bless their teachers, O LORD, and the administrators, the counselors, lunchroom workers, maintenance and cleaning staff … it takes a village, O God, to raise a child.
We’re mindful, O God, of Gus Walz … and millions of children and young adults who share his world. Protect them, we pray.
Thank you, Dear God, for those who gave us Labor Day … help our nation, O LORD, to not only enjoy its wealth, but to share its wealth … to be as eager in our generosity, as we are in our gain.
Bless our nation in this campaign season … bless Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, bless Donald Trump and J.D. Vance … bless all who seek office … instill within all of us, and each of us, a fresh desire to be the more perfect union … with liberty and justice for all.
In the name of our LORD Jesus Christ who taught us to pray, saying:
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.
No comments:
Post a Comment