Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family
Week of November 3, 2021
Rev. Jan Buxton Wade
O Lord of Tender Mercies, we have only human words to utter when we turn to you; but the truth is that words fail, never fully capturing what is in our hearts. So listen closely to those longings that live beneath our words – those longings which even we ourselves cannot name. Bend low, we pray, and hear us as we open our hearts in the stillness of these moments: . . . . . . . . . . Comb through our desires, we pray, discarding what is unworthy, and enriching what shows promise. Our lives are not our own, Trusted Friend, so grant that our desires may come to reflect what you, in your goodness, wish for us.
God of Grace, hear our prayer.
O God Without Boundaries, forgive us for taking your abundance for granted, for presuming that your gifts are ours by right. Since you love all the same, how audacious of us to believe we deserve the first fruits. Truly there is enough for everyone: for every race and nationality; for every gender, class, and culture; for every religious group and political party. You have little knowledge of margins and perimeters, for your kingdom is bounded solely by compassion and love of humankind. In this season of harvest, loosen our grip on whatever has come to us through your largesse. Help us to learn what it really means to love our neighbor as ourselves.
God of Grace, hear our prayer.
O God of the Watchful Eye, you note every fallen sparrow and hear the cry of the loneliest creature; but sometimes we become discouraged when we survey the despair and pain that plague your people. So many are shadowed by tragedy and loss, by physical and emotional maladies, and we confess that we feel too weak to carry the burdens of so many others. Renew our resolve, Good Lord, and remind us that when we feel helpless, your Spirit is always sharing the load. You ask that we do solely what we can, and somehow, you will make our efforts sufficient.
God of Grace, hear our prayer.
Therefore, with hearts full of hope in your faithfulness, we offer these specific needs and thanksgivings on behalf of your people at Church Street:
- Thankful that elderly mother is clear of Covid
- Gratitude: Son completed rehab for addiction, may have experienced a breakthrough
- Gratitude: Covid numbers are decreasing in our area
- One offers praise upon her retirement after long work life
- Prayers appreciated: Hospitalized father is improving
- Praises: Ill adult daughter continues to make strides in combating Covid
- Gratitude for God’s grace and for friends in supporting my family during recent bereavements
- Thanksgiving that a major work project is completed
- Courage for husband recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s
- Courage and strength for family, father died on Tuesday
- Grandson hospitalized this week for chemo
- Courage for family bereft following sudden death of son
- Healing prayers for husband with severe heart issues
- Sustaining wife in early stage of chemo treatment
- Upholding two recently widowed
- Guidance for daughter caring for two ill parents
- Wisdom for a young son who wishes to drop out of high school
- Healing for a badly bruised hand
- Wisdom for someone facing an important decision
- Prayers for someone needing to move to safer environment
- Sustaining member in extended cancer treatment
- Prayers for husband with Parkinson’s & his wife, caregiver
- Courage for one facing arterial procedure at Vanderbilt
- God’s peace for three experiencing bereavements
- Healing prayers for wife, recovering in rehab
- Prayers for safe delivery of a new baby
- Members asks for prayers for parents, both cancer victims
Praise to you, Lord of All, for your sustenance arrives at the moment it is most needed, assuaging the cares that weigh upon us. Thank you for heeding our longings and accepting our prayers that are beyond words, for we offer them in the name of Jesus, your Trusted Son and our Redeemer who taught us to pray in this way:
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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