A Prayer for Mother’s Day…for all of us
A Prayer for Mother’s Day…for all of us. Lord, our hearts aren’t proud; our eyes aren’t conceited. We don’t get involved with things too great or wonderful for us. No. But we […]
Category Archives: Prayers
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The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, […]
When We Forget :: Ephesians 4
A Prayer of Adoration and Confession from Ephesians 4:1-6 Jesus, our Rock and our Refuge, we come to you in prayer. As the many members of your Body, we bring […]
What Does the Lord Require? :: Prayers of the People
Last week’s lectionary brought us both the Beatitudes and Micah 6:6-8. Since I preached on the Beatitudes, I chose to pray Micah 6 (my prayer based on the Beatitudes […]
Liturgy :: Communion and Prayers
Yesterday was World Communion Sunday. This communion liturgy is based on a sermon on Genesis 28:10-19 and lines 40-46 of the Brief Statement of Faith: Yet God acts with justice […]
Psalm 23 | Prayer
Pastoral prayer from this week, reflecting on Psalm 23. The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still […]
How Long? Psalm 13
This is a pastoral prayer based on the questions and difficulties of the psalmist. I paired with a message on John 11:1-37 (verses 38-57 will be addressed next week). […]
Praying the Beatitudes
Prayers of the People from Sunday worship: Lord, we gather in your presence just as the multitudes did so many years ago on a hill in Galilee. We gather not […]