Prayers for Sunday, July 24th

Written by Holly Andersen

Let us pray,
Heavenly and gracious Father, we come before you today in worship through prayer.  We thank you for this day and that you have brought us - young and old, healthy and sick, full of joy and full of sorrow, saint and sinner - together into one body and community of faith.  Thank you that you supply our every need.  Continue to teach us to pray: to pray that your name would be glorified, your Kingdom come, daily bread provided, our sins forgiven as we forgive and temptation overcome.  
We pray, Lord have mercy.

Jesus Christ, Savior and Son, we thank you for the life we have through your death and resurrection.  We thank you for the grace, mercy, and forgiveness we know because we know you.  Continue to be our Shepherd as we ask, seek, and knock in our daily lives.  Give us open ears, minds, eyes, hearts and hands as we engage and live in this community.  May we trust in you, knowing that to follow your lead is what we are called to do as disciples.
We pray, Lord have mercy.

Holy Spirit, guide and sanctifier, we thank you that you are always working in and through our hearts.  As we read the words of Scripture you open our minds and hearts to understand our Heavenly Father's will.  We thank you for the strength you give us to follow, to speak, and to love.  May your healing power be upon those in pain: the sick, lonely, depressed, anxious, forgotten, hopeless, addicted and despairing.  We especially pray for those who are on our hearts and minds...  Hold, heal, and restore them.  Come into our world, bring peace and restoration through Christ, our Savior.
We pray, Lord have mercy.

Father, Son, and Spirit, in your name we pray.  Amen.