A prayer for the activity of the church

Lord Jesus, you promised that you would be with your people when they meet together. We claim that promise right now.

We know that you are with us, but even so, Lord, we pray, that you will give us a sense of your presence all together and individually, that we may have a fresh experience of the living God.

We worship you for rescuing us from death and condemnation, for giving us Christ, for life, peace, and your eternal love.

May we hear your voice speaking clearly to us today.

Make us more sensitive to you, and to the awfulness of turning away from you.

Lead us into a deeper joy as we look to you.

Bring life to your people; purify your church, cleanse us from our sin as we turn back to you; revive us spiritually. Renew us, not so that we become even busier people, at church still more evenings in the week, but so that we become more involved with people in our community.

Spirit of God, give us a burden for souls, Lord, souls who without you are perishing.

Lord, we pray for the church, your people, that we will truly become the people you intend us to be, that we will really look upward to you, and that we will look outward to others, not simply look to ourselves.

Lord, make us a distinctive people, to bring you our praise, worship, and adoration, and to lead lives of godly consistency and integrity.

May we all pull together, working as one strong and resilient team, to bring you a symphony of worship and praise and to take you to the community and the wider world.

May our energies be clearly focused and our lives inspired and directed by your power at this time.

We pray in Christ’s name.

                    Amen.

Source: Manser, Martin. 2018. A Book of Prayers. First edition. Vereeniging: Christian Art Publishers

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a prayer to be a caring community

- Mother Teresa of Calcutta     

Father of All,

We ask you to help us become a caring community.

One where our neighbors are our friends.

One where we learn to love and encourage each other.

One where we can share, cry and laugh together.

Help us to be compassionate and loving when our community hurts.

Teach us to rejoice when our community thrives.

We ask that you help us to be a humble community that welcomes all.

In the name of our Lord, our Friend and our Neighbor we pray.

Amen.

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help us to work together

Dear God,

Grant us the patience to work together, bring us all together as a family.

Help us to work together with understanding and compassion in our hearts.

Let us not be lazy or complacent as we join with each other in labor.

May we be steadfast in working toward our goals and objectives.

Grant us the grace we need to be loving teammates caring for each other.

Teach us ways to bear each other's burdens as we spread your love.

Amen.

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to be bound together with love

O God, we are one with you. You have made us one with you. You have taught us that if we are open to one another, you dwell in us. Help us to preserve this openness and to fight for it with all our hearts. Help us to realize that there can be no understanding where there is mutual rejection.

O God, in accepting one another wholeheartedly, fully, completely, we accept you, and we thank you, and we adore you, and we love you with our whole being, because our being is your being, our spirit is rooted in your spirit.

Fill us then with love, and let us be bound together with love as we go our diverse ways, united in this one spirit which makes you present in the world, and which makes you witness to the ultimate reality that is love. Love has overcome. Love is victorious. Amen.

- Thomas Merton  

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