Pause for Prayer: THURSDAY 4/11

Pause for Prayer: THURSDAY 4/11

We all ask others to pray for us
    and we promise to pray
        for those who ask the same of us…


So, I’ll be praying today for folks who’ve asked me
    to lift their names to the Lord
        – and I’m sure you’ll be doing the same…


We’ll be praying for many people, for many reasons,
    and we take comfort in knowing
        that the Lord knows our every need
            – even before we speak…


Like you, I’ll pray for family and friends
    and for neighbors and fellow parishioners
        who’ve asked for my prayers…


And like you, I’ll pray for people I’ve never met, 
    those for whom others have asked me to pray…


For some we’ll pray
    for help, for hope and for healing…


For others we’ll intercede
    for patience, forgiveness and reconciliation…


For many we’ll plead
    for guidance, counsel and understanding…


For still others we’ll ask
    for relief, comfort and consolation…


And for all we’ll pray
    serenity, harmony and peace…


We’ll pray for all whose lives are upended
    by natural and man-made disasters:
for those whose lives have been devastated
    by hurricanes, earthquakes and fires;
and for those who’ve been victims
    of a sniper’s deadly aim…


We’ll pray for the healing of the sick,
    for the consolation of the dying
        and for those who care for them, day by day…


We’ll pray for those who need work
    and we’ll pray for those who need rest…


We’ll pray for those who are burdened
    with anxiety, worry and fear…


We’ll pray for those in prison,
    for freedom in their minds and hearts…


We’ll pray for children waiting to be born
    and we’ll pray for the mothers who carry them;
we’ll pray for children awaiting adoption
    and for the families who’ll soon receive them…


We’ll pray for an end to violence
    in our homes, in our streets
        in our world…


We’ll pray for people
    whose lives, homes and churches
        are threatened by death and destruction…


We’ll pray for the healing of the abused and betrayed,
    and for the recovery of the addicted…


We’ll pray for the Church and for her leadership,
    for her people and their mission…


We’ll pray for the victory of justice
    and we’ll pray for a harvest of peace…


We’ll pray for counsel and wisdom
    in the work and decisions of those who govern…


We’ll pray for reconciliation and unity
    in our deeply divided nation…


We’ll pray for all who serve and protect us,
    especially those who stand in harm’s way
        at home and around the world…


And just as Jesus taught us to do,
    we’ll pray for our enemies
        and for those who persecute us…


We’ll pray for the many needs
    of so very many people
        with confidence that God does hear
            our every prayer…


And we’ll pray in thanksgiving for those today
    who’ll find peace and healing,
        mercy and pardon,
            contentment and serenity,
                happiness and joy…


For whom, for what 
    will you be praying today?


I promise to keep you in my prayers,
    – and every good thing you pray for today…


And in return, I ask: 
    when you speak to the Lord today,
remember me
    and all that’s on my mind, in my heart
        and in my prayer today… 


Amen.





  



SUBSCRIBE HERE!