Sunday, May 25, 2014

Easter 6a General Prayer



Gracious heavenly Father, because Your faithfulness extends to all generations, we come to You in prayer in Jesus’ name, knowing that You will hear and answer us for His sake:

We confess that You are the Creator of the world, that You have established to earth and it stands fast to this day.  We thank You for those material gifts You give that sustain and bless our body and life.  Grant healing to those who are ill especially Don and La Nell and Matthew.  Send rain upon this dry land. 

Help us to delight in Your law and remember Your precepts so that our life with You and others would be marked by love and holiness.  Especially do we thank You for the marriage of Joy and Chris as they celebrate an anniversary.  Gran that their love for one another and You would grow each day. 

As we live in this world that is filled with idols and those who worship false gods, grant us courage and clarity to confess You as the one true God and Your Son Jesus Christ as the Savior of the world and the judge to come.  Make us ready to give a defense of our hope in You.  By Your Holy Spirit, open the ears and eyes and hearts of those who hear this message so that they too would confess You as their Savior God.

Care for all of our fellow Christians throughout the world who suffer for the sake of righteousness.  Make us zealous for what is good and ready to suffer for doing Your will.  Empower us by Your Holy Spirit to show our love for You by keeping Your commandments. 

We give You thanks that Jesus Christ has suffered for our sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, so that we might be brought to You through Holy Baptism.  When the devil accuses us and when our flesh tempts us, grant us the testimony of a good conscience that in those saving waters we have died with Christ and been raised with Christ and will live with him forever. 

We remember with thanksgiving those who have laid down their lives in the defense of our nation.  Make our country and its leaders and citizens worthy of so great a sacrifice.  Send a spiritual renewal upon our nation so that we would acknowledge as our one true King.

Whatever else You see that we need; whatever serves our neighbor and brings glory to You’ whatever extends Your kingdom of grace, grant to us dear Father in heaven for we ask all things in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ.  Amen.

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