Written and read by Rachelle Moreno on Sunday, May 3, 2015

Please bow your heads and pray with me.
Heavenly Father, first and foremost, we give you thanks for just how you love us unconditionally. We thank you for your forgiveness when we disobey you and don't keep your commandments. We thank you for the Holy Spirit that guides each of us daily.

Lord, we lift up prayers for those nearest to us, that we may be encouragers and extend love and grace to them even when that may be difficult to do.

We pray for those who point us in the right direction in our lives, those such as our teachers, our pastors, those who serve our community and those who share the gospel around the world and our veterans who serve to protect us and keep us safe.

We pray for our rulers, those who govern our country. With your blessing America will continue to be a beacon of light and a bastion of hope for our world. Impart into our nations leaders the unquenchable thirst for virtue you bestowed upon our founding fathers.

Most importantly, Father....We pray for those lost sheep in the world, your children. Those who are in broken relationships,those battling addiction, the homeless, the hungry, and those who have just lost Hope as they have not heard of the good news yet.  Use us and the gifts and talents you have blessed us with so that we may be ready when opportunities arise to share the gospel to those in need, especially our children, that they may know your ways and honor you.

We pray for the sick and hurting.

Finally Lord we pray today for the mission work that goes on at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, a church in our Lutheran District, in Fremont, CA.  They serve among a variety of people and language groups through their schools(s), and international mission ministry to a variety of people and language groups around them.  We pray for Pastor David Wilson who ministers to the Chinese community and assists in raising their mission focus to Fremont and around the world.  Lord, be with our brothers and sisters in that congregation as they seek to share your hope, grace, and salvation.

Father all these prayers and petitions we humbly ask in your precious name and all Gods people said.....AMEN!!!!!