Post by McTrustry on Oct 29, 2013 22:04:15 GMT -5
Prayers for others
Suggested response:
Leader: Jesus, stay with them
All: may your presence bring healing and hope
Loving God – you keep on looking out for us, you never give up on us, and we give you thanks for your constant love and faithfulness which is the source of our joy and our hope. On this one day of the week when we take time to free ourselves from the routine and business of everyday life, we pray anew for your healing power. Across our world there are those who wait and who hope, who long to be reunited with the people and the society around them:
- We bring before you the devastated people and communities of [amend as appropriate: Syria, Israel/Palestine] and all countries torn apart by war, conflict and violence.
- We pray for those who work for peace and reconciliation, for soldiers caught in the midst of conflict and for families who grieve the loss of loved ones - Jesus, stay with them: may your presence bring healing and hope.
In our own neighborhood there are those who wait and who hope, who long to be reunited with the people and the community around them:
- We bring before you people struggling with addictions, people struggling with illness of body or mind, people struggling to make ends meet, people struggling to find happiness because of too much wealth - Jesus, stay with them: may your presence bring healing and hope
In and around our church there are those who wait and who hope, who long to rediscover their faith which seems, sometimes, to have deserted them:
- We bring before you congregations struggling with the business of survival as well as being faithful to the gospel, minsters, elders and others in leadership who are tired and who long for a sense of renewal - Jesus, stay with them: may your presence bring healing and hope
There are some known only to us who wait and who hope, who long to sense your spirit working in their lives:
- We bring them before you now, both those mentioned by name and in the silence of our own hearts:
- ....
- Jesus, stay with them: may your presence bring healing and hope
Like Zacchaeus, may we respond to your love through inward change and outward action.
In Jesus’ name we pray.
Amen
Suggested response:
Leader: Jesus, stay with them
All: may your presence bring healing and hope
Loving God – you keep on looking out for us, you never give up on us, and we give you thanks for your constant love and faithfulness which is the source of our joy and our hope. On this one day of the week when we take time to free ourselves from the routine and business of everyday life, we pray anew for your healing power. Across our world there are those who wait and who hope, who long to be reunited with the people and the society around them:
- We bring before you the devastated people and communities of [amend as appropriate: Syria, Israel/Palestine] and all countries torn apart by war, conflict and violence.
- We pray for those who work for peace and reconciliation, for soldiers caught in the midst of conflict and for families who grieve the loss of loved ones - Jesus, stay with them: may your presence bring healing and hope.
In our own neighborhood there are those who wait and who hope, who long to be reunited with the people and the community around them:
- We bring before you people struggling with addictions, people struggling with illness of body or mind, people struggling to make ends meet, people struggling to find happiness because of too much wealth - Jesus, stay with them: may your presence bring healing and hope
In and around our church there are those who wait and who hope, who long to rediscover their faith which seems, sometimes, to have deserted them:
- We bring before you congregations struggling with the business of survival as well as being faithful to the gospel, minsters, elders and others in leadership who are tired and who long for a sense of renewal - Jesus, stay with them: may your presence bring healing and hope
There are some known only to us who wait and who hope, who long to sense your spirit working in their lives:
- We bring them before you now, both those mentioned by name and in the silence of our own hearts:
- ....
- Jesus, stay with them: may your presence bring healing and hope
Like Zacchaeus, may we respond to your love through inward change and outward action.
In Jesus’ name we pray.
Amen