Help us Lord to see the wisdom in this verse from the bible.Teach us to be content in the things we have and the work we do.Inspire us to find life in our daily activities and mundane tasks.Open our eyes that we might see these things as your gifts to us.And help us to find rest in you. Amen
Help us to follow the example that you set when you walked among us.Teach us to be kind when life seems cruel and merciless.Lead us to love when we are hurt and wounded by others.When we are wronged and treated badly, give us grace that we might forgive.In all of our ways, work things together that we might be like Jesus.
Amen
Most gracious God,We give you thanks for consecrating marriages.Help newlyweds build trusting marital relationships.Pour out your blessings upon couples as they join together.Defend them from every enemy and lead them into all peace.As they grow closer, help them to find you in their marriage.Let their love for each other cause them to serve each other,Bless their intimacy, companionship and friendship.Help them to find rest in their sleeping and in their waking.Cause grace to flow in their joys and in their sorrows.In all ways, and at all times, teach them the ways of loveAmen
Eternal Word, only begotten Son of God,Teach me true generosity.Teach me to serve you as you deserve.To give without counting the cost,To fight heedless of wounds,To labor without seeking rest,To sacrifice myself without thought of any rewardSave the knowledge that I have done your will.Amen
Almighty God,Through your Holy Spirit you created unity in the midst of diversity.We acknowledge that human diversity is an expression of your manifold love for your creation.We confess that in our brokenness as human beings we turn diversity into a source of alienation, injustice, oppression, and wounding.Empower us to recognize and celebrate differences as your great gift to the human family.Enable us to be the architects of understanding, of respect and love.Through the Lord, the ground of all unity, we pray.Amen.
God of Love,You are with us in every transition and change, as we enter into this new era with excitement and even some anxiety, we recall your deep compassion, presence, and abounding love.We thank you for the gifts, talents and skills with which you have blessed us. We thank you for the experiences that have brought us to this moment. We thank you for the work of others that gives breadth and depth to our own work.Be with us as we move forward, rejoicing with you and supporting one another.We ask this in your Holy Name.Amen.
Remember Your mercy, O Lord, and Your steadfast love,
for they have been from of old.
For Your name's sake, O Lord,
pardon my guilt, for it is great.
Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.
The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
bring me out of my distresses
Consider my affliction and my trouble,
and forgive all my sins.
Amen
Today, we commemorate the end of slavery in America. This day partially reminds us of the progress made. This day also partially reminds us of the progress we have not made. We celebrate the freedom of black lives in our nation. We grieve that we have not correctly reconciled racism in our nation.
You created each person in Your image. The two greatest commandments call us to love You with all our heart, souls, and minds; Then, to love our neighbor as ourselves. Your love for us motivates us to love each other. If we do not love each other, then ultimately, we have not experienced Your love.
As much as we commemorate and celebrate Juneteenth, we grieve this day. We mourn that our black brothers and sisters have not been loved as our neighbors. We mourn that our black brothers and sisters have been treated less than created in Your image throughout history. So, Lord, we confess our sins and repent. The healing and reconciliation we desire comes from the gospel.
On Juneteenth this year, we ask You to guide our nation. May the good news of the gospel motivate us to love each other. May the ideals of our words match the practices of our lives. May a fresh empowerment of Your Spirit unite us together. Give us eyes to see and ears to hear Your will and leading. Amen
Merciful God,we pray to you for all the men, women and children who have died after leaving their homelands in search of a better life.Though many of their graves bear no name, to you each one is known, loved and cherished.May we never forget them, but honour their sacrifice with deeds more than words. We entrust to you all those who have made this journey, enduring fear, uncertainty and humiliation, in order to reach a place of safety and hope.Just as you never abandoned your Son as he was brought to a safe place by Mary and Joseph, so now be close to these, your sons and daughters, through our tenderness and protection.In caring for them may we seek a world where none are forced to leave their home and where all can live in freedom, dignity and peace.Merciful God and Father of all, wake us from the slumber of indifference, open our eyes to their suffering, and free us from the insensitivity born of worldly comfort and self-centredness.Inspire us, as nations, communities and individuals, to see that those who come to our shores are our brothers and sisters.May we share with them the blessings we have received from your hand, and recognize that together, as one human family, we are all migrants, journeying in hope to you, our true home, where every tear will be wiped away, where we will be at peace and safe in your embrace.
Disturb us, Lord, whenWe are too well pleased with ourselves,When our dreams have come trueBecause we have dreamed too little,When we arrived safelyBecause we sailed too close to the shore.Disturb us, Lord, whenWith the abundance of things we possessWe have lost our thirstFor the waters of life;Having fallen in love with life,We have ceased to dream of eternityAnd in our efforts to build a new earth,We have allowed our visionOf the new Heaven to dim.Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,To venture on wider seasWhere storms will show your mastery;Where losing sight of land,We shall find the stars.We ask You to push backThe horizons of our hopes;And to push into the futureIn strength, courage, hope, and love.Amen
You have the words of life Father.It is to you that we yield our hearts and minds.You led a life of love and sacrifice Jesus.We yield our lives to your message and example of love.You lead us into all truth Holy Spirit.Fill us and bend our wills to yours that you might love through us.Amen
Dear Lord,In these troubled times, help us to be peacemakers.Lead us in ways that heal instead of hurt.Bless our hearts to be ones that restore other hearts to you.Teach us new ways to live lives that reflect your love.In all ways, and at all times, cause us to be pleasing to you.Amen
Dearest Lord,Each day we seem to wake to horrible news of violence and tragedy.Bless us Lord with a heart to do good in spite of these things.When we are tempted to respond with anger, cause peace to arise in us.Teach us how to turn evil inside out, and bring good from bad.Most of all Father, mold us and cause us to be instruments of your love.We pray in the name of Jesus, the One who overcame evil.Amen
Dear Lord,In this dark world, I find that prayer opens my heart to divine light.When times are difficult, I have found peace when I have prayed to you.At times, when my brain is confused, you speak clarity to my heart.As I have mourned losses, you have comforted me as I have prayed.In times of confusion, you have brought clarity through my prayers.Help me, Holy Spirit, to continue to seek you through prayer.I yield myself to you again, asking that your will be done in my life.
And I give you praise and thanks for hearing me when I pray.Amen
