Post date: Nov 16, 2016 5:41:18 PM
O God, We come to worship today to hear your good news and worship you above all others. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
We pray for leaders both secular and religious, that they may seek and find wise counsel. May their decisions lead in directions of peace and wholeness.
We pray for your church, that we may remember your call and your sending.
Lord Jesus, we are grateful you have touched us and called us to be your servants. We thank you that as we follow you, you take upon yourself our burdens and our fears and grant to us rest and peace. Our hearts know you are within us, above us, and all around us. We thank you for the call you have put on our hearts and lives, and for the full and abundant life you give us when we respond to that call and live each day as your disciples.
Lord, you call us not only to follow you and to receive from you your wisdom and your love, you also call us to go out into the world and to feed your sheep, to be fishers of men, your righteousness in the world. Strengthen us in our calling. When we see the world in its darkness, help us to know what to say and do, and then to say and do it. Work in and through us. When we see sickness, help us heal. When we see poverty, help us enrich. When we see grief, help us give comfort. When we see despair, help us bring hope. When we see hunger, help us to provide food. Please pray out loud or silently in your heart the names of anyone you would like to raise up at this time.
through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.