Pastoral Prayer-March 2000

Pastoral Prayer- March 12, 2000

Holy God, help us to understand. Loving Lord, help us to Understand that there is not one of us who deserves even the Crumbs that fall from your table -- yet you grant to us all: young and old - rich and poor – black or white-- sinner or saint - the bread of life. May we always praise your most holy name through Christ Jesus? … Lord, hear our prayer.

Gracious Lord - we come unto you - and we lift up our burdens - our worry - our anxiety - our fear - our tiredness - our pain - and we ask that you remove them from us and put in their place your burden and your yoke.

Help us to learn from you, to rejoice in you and to serve you—in which we may find the rest--which you have promised. Make us your captives so that we might be truly free … Lord, hear our prayer.

Heavenly Father - we come to you this day--not only for ourselves - but for others - for those who do not know your peace - for those who have not yet found rest - for those who struggle with those things we have brought to you.

We ask your healing put upon those who are sick --- your strength to be with those who are tired -- your wisdom and your love to be with those who live with despair and fear. Minister to them as we minister to them - help us to bring them unto you … Lord, hear our prayer.

Loving God, help us to not only understand, but to pass your love On to others. Give us eyes to see you; ears to hear you, hearts to love you, lips to proclaim you, and hands to serve you ... Lord, hear our prayer.

Lord God, we create so many barriers as individuals and as a Society. We shut others out and disbar ourselves by how we react to the words of our neighbors. We pray - give us the energy and the will to tear down the walls that divide us from one another and from you  ... Lord, hear our prayer.

Hear our prayers today 0 God for those who are dispossessed - and for those who are poor and neglected in every land ... Lord, hear our prayer...

We pray today 0 God for your blessing to be upon this Minister, this congregation, this church, and for your presence to be seen vividly in what we and our brothers and sisters in Christ do each day. And we pray that your joy and your love will flow freely in us and thru us as we take up your yoke and follow where you lead us. ... Lord, hear our prayer.

Listen, as well 0 Lord to the intentions and desires of our hearts. Those things we have shared before your people and those, which we have stored up in our hearts alone.

We ask all these things and we thank you, we adore you, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. We ask you to hear all our prayers, 0 God, in the name of the one who taught us to pray to you, as one family.  And let the church say Amen, Amen and Amen