Prayers of the Church - 6/5
I've been asked to lead our church in
prayer this morning
As part of Lutheran liturgy, we always have a
portion of the service where the congregation prays together. In my
congregation, a member of the church leads the rest of the congregation in
prayer. For the month of June, I have been asked to fill this role. At one
time, we wanted to put the weekly prayers up on our church website, but since it
is still in a beginning phase, I thought it might be nice to put them up here on
the blog.
The congregation response is in bold - as part of the liturgy, the congregation not only listens to the prayers, but responds and joins in them.
Holy and gracious Father, we gather to praise you this morning. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your Throne. The Heavens declare Your righteousness, and all peoples have seen your glory. We praise you for the wonders of your creation - from the beautiful inner workings of single celled organisms, to the glorious orbits of planets. You sustain our world in provident precision, and our very existence hangs on your gracious watch over your creation. We thank you even moreso for your gracious providence in our lives. You provide everything our families and our church needs, and we thank you for the comfort of the promise that You will work all things for our good. We ask that you would use all of us, Your servants, as instruments of your providence.
Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
We pray for the ministries of this church. We pray that you would keep us steadfastly faithful to your Word in all we do, as it is the foundation of this church, and we pray that in all our actions we would glorify you, as that is the aim of this church. May our worship always glorify You, and may our proclamation be founded on and filled with the truth of Your Word. We ask that our education programs would continually strengthen our minds and hearts in the knowledge of Your Word, that we might be prepared to seize any opportunity to be used by You. We have friends, family and co-workers who need to hear the truth of your Gospel - give us boldness and wisdom to proclaim it to them, and let your Holy Spirit work through that to create and sustain faith in their hearts. We also ask that you would use this church to carry the Gospel to people and places with whom we do not share culture or language. Raise up missionaries from this congregation, and bless and use the missionaries we currently support, that we might fulfill the Great Commission you have given us, and that all nations of the earth would praise You.
Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
We thank you for our nation, for the freedom we have to gather in Your name without fear of persecution. There are many of our brothers in Christ throughout the world that do not share this freedom. Help us not to take this for granted, but instead be good stewards of the blessings you have given us, that we would be a blessing to the Church throughout the world. We pray for our nation and our nations leaders, that you would give them wisdom on how to preserve the great freedoms we enjoy, protect us from harm, and punish those who do evil. We pray also for those brave men and women who serve in our military in order to protect us - be with them and protect them.
Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
Lastly, there are many concerns and prayers that weigh on our hearts. We bring them before you now silently, and ask that you would answer them in the glorious wisdom and gracious timing of Your Providence......
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.
The congregation response is in bold - as part of the liturgy, the congregation not only listens to the prayers, but responds and joins in them.
Holy and gracious Father, we gather to praise you this morning. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your Throne. The Heavens declare Your righteousness, and all peoples have seen your glory. We praise you for the wonders of your creation - from the beautiful inner workings of single celled organisms, to the glorious orbits of planets. You sustain our world in provident precision, and our very existence hangs on your gracious watch over your creation. We thank you even moreso for your gracious providence in our lives. You provide everything our families and our church needs, and we thank you for the comfort of the promise that You will work all things for our good. We ask that you would use all of us, Your servants, as instruments of your providence.
Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
We pray for the ministries of this church. We pray that you would keep us steadfastly faithful to your Word in all we do, as it is the foundation of this church, and we pray that in all our actions we would glorify you, as that is the aim of this church. May our worship always glorify You, and may our proclamation be founded on and filled with the truth of Your Word. We ask that our education programs would continually strengthen our minds and hearts in the knowledge of Your Word, that we might be prepared to seize any opportunity to be used by You. We have friends, family and co-workers who need to hear the truth of your Gospel - give us boldness and wisdom to proclaim it to them, and let your Holy Spirit work through that to create and sustain faith in their hearts. We also ask that you would use this church to carry the Gospel to people and places with whom we do not share culture or language. Raise up missionaries from this congregation, and bless and use the missionaries we currently support, that we might fulfill the Great Commission you have given us, and that all nations of the earth would praise You.
Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
We thank you for our nation, for the freedom we have to gather in Your name without fear of persecution. There are many of our brothers in Christ throughout the world that do not share this freedom. Help us not to take this for granted, but instead be good stewards of the blessings you have given us, that we would be a blessing to the Church throughout the world. We pray for our nation and our nations leaders, that you would give them wisdom on how to preserve the great freedoms we enjoy, protect us from harm, and punish those who do evil. We pray also for those brave men and women who serve in our military in order to protect us - be with them and protect them.
Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
Lastly, there are many concerns and prayers that weigh on our hearts. We bring them before you now silently, and ask that you would answer them in the glorious wisdom and gracious timing of Your Providence......
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.
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