Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family
Week of September 4, 2024
Written by Rev. Catherine Nance
Tonight’s prayer is copied from The Methodist Book of Daily Prayer. This devotional book begins with Morning Prayer of Petition and then an Evening Prayer of Gratitude. There are reflections each day, but throughout the week, the same petition and gratitude is used.
Here is an evening prayer of gratitude I will share with you. Allow yourself some pause for your own prayer between each petition …….
Loving God, you are always at work for my well-being, not harm. Help me to trust that your commandments are for my good. Prick my consciousness so that I may see:
- The people to whom you are calling me to be more attentive,
- The areas of my personal life that I too often neglect,
- Your nudges and promptings that I am ignoring or neglecting,
- The joy and rest that you are offering to me.
Shape in me a spirit of obedience to you and help me to remember that your precepts are perfect. Amen.
And now we offer these prayers on behalf of our church family and community…….
We pray for….
- A granddaughter for upcoming surgery on her leg at Vanderbilt
- For good results of upcoming heart test on my husband
- For peace and comfort for my sister with severe lung disease
- The community of Apalachee High School in Georgia where there was a shooting this afternoon. Deaths, injuries, and a 14-year old in custody. Lord, have mercy on our children!
- For a recent grad who will be deployed soon. Prayers of protection over the children.
- A friend whose fifty-year old daughter is hospitalized because of liver failure; she is not a candidate for a transplant. Praying for a miracle!
- A member who is grieving the death of a dear friend
- For all who are traveling
- Friends and family who have COVID
- For peace and closure as a granddaughter travels to grandfather’s funeral
- Friend who is struggling with situation at job.
- A son who has been so attentive to his mother and now grieving her death; may she rest in eternal peace and may he be comforted.
- For a member dealing with rheumatoid arthritis and consulting a pulmonologist
We offer prayers of thanksgiving for….
- A son who found a job that allows him to do what he was trained to do!
- For new communications director at church who begins next week!
We continue to pray for….
- A sister who just gave birth to a healthy baby girl. However, the mom has been diagnosed with a very rare blood disease. Prayers of thanksgiving for a precious and healthy niece, but also prayers of healing for a beloved sister. Prayers for the new father as he cares for both!
- Those who are grieving the death of fifty-one year old son after a battle with cancer. Prayers for his mother as she continues to deal with her own health problems.
- A member who is consulting with pulmonologist after chest x-ray showed a spot. Prayers for clear diagnosis and a healing path forward.
- A young couple beginning fertility procedures to start their family.
- Couples who are wanting to start a family.
- All of the men and women in the military.
- Those who are caring for family members who have dementia.
- Members who have cancer and are going through the ups and downs of treatments.
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.
