Dear God,You created each of us to be free.Free from the shackles of discrimination, fear and repression.Free from cages of persecution, bias and assumption.Free to live our best and most loving lives in peace and in joy.We pray for all humans to live in freedom.
That we might be free in spirit, in soul and in body.Amen.
Holy and righteous God,
Don't you see? Don't you care, Lord? Fools revile you, daring you to take action. Evil people flaunt their excesses, without conscience or concern. It grieves us; it angers us. It seems that the vulnerable are rarely shown mercy.
When will it end, Lord? When will the day of justice come?
We don't question your power; just your timetable. We don't question your plan; just its execution. Our hope is in you, Lord. There is no other God.
So until the day you put all things right, Lord, pour out your Spirit upon your people. Grant leaders wisdom, children comfort, and your church courage. Whether by our living or by our dying, we want to honor you.
When we're tempted to repay evil for evil, harm for harm, or hatred for hatred, grant us grace and restraint, O Lord.
When fears loom and doubts increase, show us Jesus' empty tomb and your occupied throne. You alone, O God, are worthy.
We praise, bless, and adore you, in Jesus' name.
Amen.
Creator God,
I pray for inspiration to flow through me and touch those close to me.
Open my mind to new ideas and guide my hands to create beautiful things.
Help me to use my gifts to serve others and to reflect your love in the world.
Fill me with your wisdom and creativity, and guide me in all that I do.
In Jesus' name, Amen
Dear Lord,
I come to you asking for guidance.
I feel overwhelmed, and I need your help.
Open my eyes and heart to the direction you want me to take.
Help me to make wise decisions that will lead me closer to you..
Give me the courage to persevere when times are difficult.
Lead me with your truth and love.
Help me to live a life that brings honor to your name.
Thank you for your grace and mercy.
Amen
O Lord,
We thank you for this wonderful gift of our love which You have generously granted us and which allows us to build a true communion of persons between us --- provided we remain ever open to You, the Source of all love.Help us to continue to love each other and accept each other unconditionally, as we get to know each other better.Make us generous in giving and humble in receiving.Enable us to communicate to one another all our joys, sufferings, and desires and all our hopes, sorrows, and difficulties.Give us the power of Your Love that we may forget self and live for each other so that we may have truly one spirit, in preparation for the time when You will send us children to add to our union and love.
Amen.
"In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me." (Psalm 120:1) CSB
Dear God,
Show me the suffering of the most miserable;So I will know my people’s plight.Free me to pray for others;For you are present in every person.Help me take responsibility for my own life;So that I can be free at last.Grant me courage to serve others;For in service there is true life.Give me honesty and patience;So that I can work with other workers.Bring forth song and celebration;So that the Spirit will be alive among us.Let the Spirit flourish and grow;So that we will never tire of the struggle.Let us remember those who have died for justice;For they have given us life.Help us love even those who hate us;So we can change the world.Amen.
Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Our God is a God who saves. (Ps. 68:19-20)
Dear Heavenly Father,
What a promise you've made, what a hope we have, and what a God you are. Thank you for being the kind of Father who bears our burdens—as opposed to ignoring, minimizing, or resenting them. To know that you bear our burdens on a daily basis frees us to be honest with you about the things that tend to wear us down and wear us out. Indeed, you are the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort (2 Cor. 1:3-5).
You are the God who saves us—not just from eternal separation from yourself but also in the present realities of life.
Father, some of us are overwhelmed with marriage, parenting, and family burdens. Helplessness isn't bad, if it will drive us to you. Help us to want you and your glory more than we want relief and a different story. Protect us from all counsel that might medicate our pain but not identify the real issues.
Father, some of us are fearful, fretful, even rage-full over the political landscape of our country, the legislative shifts in our culture, and the nuclear madness of our world. Lift these burdens from our hearts as you remind us that the throne of heaven is presently occupied (Rev. 4), that Jesus is currently the ruler of the kings of the earth (Rev. 1:5), and that nothing and no one can alter or annul your plans (Isa. 14:27; Eccles. 3:14)
Father, forgive us when we take back the burden of our guilt, even though Jesus has exhausted it; free us when we surrender yet again to the burden of our shame, even though Jesus has broken it.
Rescue us when we feign sovereignty and take on other people's burdens you don't intend for us to carry. Give us grace, wisdom, and power to live and to love to your glory.
In Jesus' merciful and mighty name we pray.
Amen.
All powerful God,You are present in the universe and in the smallest of your creatures. You embrace with your tenderness all that exists. Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may protect life and beauty. Fill us with your peace, that we may live as brothers and sisters, harming no one.O God of the poor, help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth, so precious in your eyes. Bring healing to our lives, that we may protect the world and not prey on it, that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.
Touch the hearts of those who look only for gain at the expense of the poor and the earth. Teach us to discover the worth of each thing, to be filled with awe and contemplation, to recognize that we are profoundly united with every creature as we journey towards your infinite light.We thank you for being with us each day. Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle, for justice, love and peace.
Amen
