Prayers of the Church - 5/28


I was asked to do the prayers for our church, here is what I'll be praying on Sunday

Almighty God, Lord of Creation, Father Son and Holy Spirit, we have gathered to worship you today, and we praise you for the wonderful things you have done for us. We praise you for Your Provident hand, working throughout history to carefully craft every facet of reality. We praise you for the work you are doing in this Church and in the lives of the people you have brought here.

Lord, we confess that we are far from worthy of your attention. We ask, with the Psalmist from Your Word, "What is man that you are mindful of him?" It is only by your grace that we are able to present our prayers to you, and it is only through your death and resurrection, Lord Jesus, that we are able to stand here before you today. Thank you for calling us out of our sin and death and bringing us into new life.

Lord in your mercy, Hear our prayer

This Memorial Day Weekend, we thank you for the freedoms we have. We thank you that we are able to gather together today as a church body, and bring our prayers and praise before you without fear of persecution. We thank you that we are able to carry the message of your Gospel freely to those whom we work with, our neighbors, our friends and anyone else you put in our life. We thank you for the brave soldiers who have fought for this, who gave their lives that we might be free to thank you openly today. We pray you would watch over and guard the brave men and women who are at this very moment in harms way in order to maintain these freedoms. Bring them home safely to us, and comfort and strengthen their families while they are away. We pray also for all our elected officials, and those they appoint. We ask you would give them wisdom, and keep them from the myriad of temptations that face them.

Lord in your mercy, Hear our prayer

We thank you for this Church. We thank you for bringing all of us together and creating the fellowship and community we have here. Heal us where we have hurt each other, and help us to manifest the love that would you have called us to. We pray for our Pastor, Russ, that you would keep him diligent in his studies, give him wisdom and courage to continually bring the truth of your Word before us each week. Give our leaders wisdom and discernment, and help them to guide our church.

Lord in your mercy, Hear our prayer

We thank you for the great calling of sharing your Gospel abroad. We pray that you would raise up missionaries and pastors from this very congregation to faithfully carry your Word wherever you take them. We pray for the missionaries that we support - that you would protect them from persecution and bring great fruit from their efforts. We pray also for our brothers and sisters around the world who are being tortured or martyred for your sake. Give them and their families courage and boldness in the face of difficulty, and use their suffering to proclaim your suffering to a lost and broken world.

Lord in your mercy, Hear our prayer

Thank you for your constant grace in hearing the many prayers we have. We now silently bring before you all the prayers and petitions on our heart....

Lord in your mercy, Hear our prayer

Into Your hands, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy, through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who taught us to pray:

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 trespasses, as we forgive those we trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

Posted: Sun - May 28, 2006 at 09:16 AM | | | | | | |

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