Prayers of Church & Community, Dec. 1, 2024
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Holy God, Eternal Light, creator of the heavens and the earth … we give thanks for the gifts of life … to love and be loved, to learn of new things, to grow in our faith … to have friends and be a friend … to be followers of Christ … to know his grace, and see his glory.
Give us new hearts, we pray, every day … hearts fit for his grace … and give us good eyes, we pray, to see his glory - the radiance of his goodness and mercy … and ears to hear his words …
In these moments of worship, O God, move mightily within our souls … that we would leave here with a fresh sense of purpose and everlasting hope.
With hope, dear God:
We pray for our nation and those who lead us …
We pray for the city of Manilla … for those who lost their homes to the fires, and those who lost loved ones …
We pray for the city of Aleppo … we pray for the nations of the Middle East.
We pray for loved ones near and far … we pray for our children, and grandchildren … we pray for our parents and grandparents … and all who came before us … you loved them through and through, and through them, O LORD, the energy of life was sustained …
We pray for Westminster …
Bless us, we pray, as we carry the torch of life in our time and place … may we not fail you, O God … when we are weak, give us your strength … when we are afraid, give us your courage … when we stumble and fall, raise us up to walk again.
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.
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