BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE
Daily Prayers of the Church Street family
March 20, 2020
Pastor Jan
Holy and Glorious Creator, the beauty you have sent to us is often too much to absorb. The green and flowering landscape of spring takes our breath away. And we are blessed in so very many ways. We have access to warm water for bathing, cool water to quench our thirst, safe homes, food and clothing, technology to help us connect with family and friends, freedom to speak out, and freedom to worship our Lord. Forgive us, we pray, when we focus on our present inconveniences. Help us remember that our gifts come, not because we have earned them, but because you are the God of Benevolence. You intend, in turn, that we also become a people of grace. During these uneasy days of confinement, assist us in living lives that pour out mercy and kindness upon others in whatever ways we can.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
This day we offer our personal thanksgivings . . .and also we name those thoughts and actions that fill us with regret . . . Bind us and heal us.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We lift up this day to your arms of mercy these particular situations expressed by our church family:
- Relief for a faithful member enduring great pain due to a malignancy
- A friend recovering from knee replacement, that all may progress well
- Those who worry about their loved ones isolated in nursing facilities
- A family experiencing increasing distress as their business declines
- All whose incomes are in jeopardy due to the economic strain
- Constructive activities for young people confined to their homes
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Constant Friend, look with favor upon each one who calls upon your name in this hour, for we know you hear even the smallest prayer said in earnest. Renew our waning spirits as we again offer these words of our Savior:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
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