Prayers of Church & Community, March 23, 2025
Westminster Presbyterian Church
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| Tesla Protest, March 22, 2025 |
Holy God, Eternal Light … you are the mountain of hope, the island of peace, the sunshine of faith … in the hallways of your grace, we find ourselves, even as you dwell within our souls … you call us to Christ, you bring us to life, you lead us upon the pathways of high purpose.
We pray, O God, for those struggling to recover from the firestorms, complicated rules and regulations … insurance and government permits … waiting, delays, frustrations and sadness … may their way be eased, we pray … may the powers-that-be make provisions to promote the welfare of the people, the healing and health of our communities …
May generosity rule the day … may kindness be our way …
Within the board rooms and council chambers of our land, O God, may the instincts of greed and gain be challenged by the virtues of a liberal spirit …
Holy God, Eternal Light, we pray for loved ones and friends … we pray for healing where there is illness … comfort where there is sorrow … a way forward where there is discouragement … relief where there is worry … patience and persistence, for the wisdom to wait, and the courage to act.
Help us, we pray, to make fresh decisions to follow Christ, embrace the Gospel, learn the deep things of faith, that we might know the difference between the gold and the glitter, between your truth, O God, and Satan’s lies … the right from the wrong, the good from the evil, the beautiful from the ugly.
We pray your mercies for Pope Francis and the Roman Catholic Church … we pray for all houses of worship and all the many forms of religion …
Bless Westminster, O God, and grant to this community of faith, I pray, the guidance of your Holy Spirit … forgive our sins and give us the Second Chance … open up before us, we pray, doorways to the future, and take us the hand, or by the scruff of the neck … to a new day, a new chapter, where the Tower still stands.
We pray for our nation … and the nations of the world … we pray for women and men of good conscience who yield not to the temptations of power but yield their souls to the virtues of freedom.
All of this, 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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