Dear Lord,
Help me to be patient with myself.
Teach me to be kind and generous with my failings.
Cause me to accept imperfections and mistakes.
Lead me in paths of forgiveness as I reconcile with my past.
Guide me as I deal with my frustrations and self doubt.
Bless me with love for myself.
I confess that you are Lord.
In your name I pray.
Amen
Dear God,Our struggles are hard and our faith is weak.
Teach us to trust you and give our cares to you.
Help us to remember that you are near and that you hear our cries.
Bless us to turn to you when we are overwhelmed.
Give us grace that we might exercise faith in those terms.
We confess that we love you with all of our hearts.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Dearest Father,
We come to you to find rest.
Take our weariness and bring us a spiritual refreshing.
Transform our worry and anxiety into peace.
Teach us to release control and trust your presence in us.
Help us to find strength in our weaknesses and failures.
Bless us with trust and faith that leads us to rest.
To you we give praise and worship.
Amen.
Strengthen my faith, Lord.
Help me to humbly yield to your Spirit.
Open my eyes, even in hard times, to see you working in my life.
Teach me the ways of love as I journey through my life.
Bless me that I might trust you with all of my heart.
Show me how to plant seeds of love that strengthen my faith.
Inspire me to seek you in each season of my life.
May faith lead me to love. To forgive. To serve. To pray.
That you might be glorified in all that I do.
Amen.
Dear Lord,
We pray for our school age kids and grandkids.Grant them peace and a peaceful learning environment.Protect them from temptations that lead to bad behavior.Help them to have friends that build them up and not tear them down.Open their minds to wisdom that they might discern truth.Encourage them with the caring of teachers and friends.Bring to their mind daily how much they are loved by you.And in all this bless them to enjoy learning new things.Amen
God of Yesterday,
we knew you then: your promises; your words; your walking among us.
But yesterday is gone.
And so, today, we are in need of change.
Help us see life now
not through yesterday's stories but through today's.
God of Endings,
What we thought would not end has ended.
And we find ourselves here wondering where we are and how we got here and where to go from here.
Be with us, here, at the end.
Help us place our feet on this ground help us lick our wounds, help us look up and around.
Help us believe the story of today.
Because you know all
about the endings of today.
And you are not afraid.
Amen.
Abba Father,Please help me to have childlike faith.Conquer my cynicism and skepticism.Teach me to come to you with an innocent belief.I am prone to lean into my own understanding.Bless me to trust with my heart.I accept your love anew.I pledge myself to you again.I love you Lord.Amen.
