A PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH
Lord…
We thank you for your church, founded upon your Word, that challenges us to do more than sing and pray, but go out and work as though the very answer to our prayers depended on us and not upon you.
Help us to realize that humanity was created to shine like the Read More...
SING TO THE LORD
- Psalm 98
O sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory.
The LORD has made known his victory; he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.
He has remembered his steadfast love and Read More...
A PRAYER FOR THOSE IN NEED
God of the broken, God of the wanderer, Christ who is without shelter, surround those in deep need among us. Surround them and help us hear their cries for help.
We are a people who long for the broken to be mended, we long for justice in the face of much corruption, Read More...
FOR THE RECOVERY OF A SICK PERSON
O Merciful God, giver of life and health; Bless, I pray to you, your servants who are ill and those who administer to them with your healing gifts; that they may be restored to health of body and of mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
Count your blessings, not your crosses;
count your gains instead of losses.
Count your joys instead of woes;
count your friends instead of foes.
Count your smiles instead of tears;
count your courage, not your fears.
Count full years instead of lean;
count kind Read More...
FOR THE ABSENT
O God, whose fatherly care reaches to the uttermost parts of the earth; I humbly beseech you graciously to behold and bless those whom I love, now absent from me. Defend them from all dangers of soul and body; and grant that both they and I, drawing nearer to you, may be bound Read More...
PRAYER FOR THE HOMELESS
God of compassion, Your love for humanity was revealed in Jesus, whose earthly life began in a stable and ended in the pain and isolation of the cross.
We hold before You those who are homeless, hungry and cold.
Draw near and comfort them in spirit and bless those Read More...
PRAYER FOR KINDNESS
Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.
Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech.
Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness, and a home to the stranger.
Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring.
Be a breath of Read More...