Shared during Sunday Worship on September 22, 2024.
God, our Father and our Mother, You tire not in satisfying us with good things and we have come to give You praise. For our families, friends, and neighbours, we thank You. We don’t always appreciate what You are making out of our relationships, but we trust Your expert hands. God, we also thank You for Christ’s redemptive work in our individual lives and in this household of faith. May this good work continue in us, according to Your promises.
Christ, our Lord, You know what it is like to be put down. We lift up prayers for all the children of the world whom You love dearly. Nourish and nurture them with Your word and natural food and help them to grow as they should. Fill their hearts with Your joy and may they, in turn, fill us with their laughter and life. Faithful God, children are numbered among the worst-hit wherever there is injustice and instability. Protect them and amplify the cries and the voices of those who may be speaking out now. You are just, God, may Your stream of justice run across the earth.
Holy Spirit, Breath of God, our hearts cry out for child-like faith to hold on till the end … Where we lack foresight, illumine us. Where we are lost, guide us. Where we have no confidence, anchor us. Where we ail, heal us, Lord. Hear our prayer, for You are good and You are God and You know just what do to. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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