2.9.25 prayers of church & community, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, CA

 Prayers of Church & Community, February 9, 2025

Westminster Presbyterian Church

Holy God, Eternal Light,

We pray for our families and friends affected by the fires … severe losses, O God … disorientation … wondering what’s next, how to rebuild, where to go, how long it’ll take, and can we do it?

Come Thou fount of every blessing

Tune my heart to sing Thy grace

Streams of mercy never ceasing

Call for songs of loudest praise

We pray for those beset with deep anxieties of mind and spirit … for whom the days are long and wearisome, and the nights, longer still.

We pray for those with physical needs, broken bones and various ailments … aches and pains … and loss of strength.

We pray for doctors and nurses, medical staff and technicians … folks whom you have called and gifted to care for our bodies.

We pray for our nation, O God - a time of testing, with many questions .. 

We pray for the nations of the world … your world,  dear God, the world you love, the world for which Christ gave his life.

Come Thou fount of every blessing

Tune my heart to sing Thy grace

Streams of mercy never ceasing

Call for songs of loudest praise

In such times, O God, our needs are deep, our fears so strong and wild … be kind to us, we pray, do not abandon us to our willful ways, but hold us in the hollow of your hand … speak tenderly to our trembling hearts, encourage us for the day, and for the long haul … remind us, O God, of all the good being done, women and men of good conscience and sound spirit, your love at work all around the world … every prayer, every song, every dream … 

Come Thou fount of every blessing

Tune my heart to sing Thy grace

Streams of mercy never ceasing

Call for songs of loudest praise

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.