Prayer for Today – July 6

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE

Daily Prayers of the Church Street family

July 6, 2020

Pastor Jan

 

Holy Friend, we offer you this unique day. May gratitude be our companion, for you have tucked away treasures in the folds of each hour; we dare not miss these blessings you have so carefully wrapped: the embrace of the sun warming our bones, eyes to behold the faces of friends, the gift of music to lift our hearts heavenward, the sound of a loved one’s voice on the phone, the ability to read the printed page, aroma of welcome rain on dry fields, memories of wonders of bygone days, the honor of working and living in your name. May all our thanksgivings join with all those praises offered throughout the world!

Blessed be your name, O One Who Hears Us!

Loving Overseer, we pray for an understanding of what yet might be. We seek your reassurance, Lord, that your new work will become visible, even in our shortsightedness. In spite of the church’s honest efforts throughout the ages, injustice poverty, cruelty and hypocrisy are on the rise. Keep us from despairing, Gentle Savior, when our works and our prayers do not come to fruition according to our own timetables. Give us grace, we pray, to continue our work of faith, knowing that somehow, some way, you are already using our good intentions and our prayers to make a cosmic difference in our world.

Blessed be your name, O One Who Hears Us!

Preserver of Life, we lift up to your light all who find themselves in distress, illness, adversity this day. We pray for their deliverance from their afflictions and difficulties. Especially we remember those closest to our hearts . . .  Also these friends from our own church family:

  • Gratitude: a husband’s Covid-19 test was negative – prayers appreciated
  • Family felt greatly supported by hospital staff during mother’s last days
  • Gratitude offered for the life of a beloved mother & grandmother
  • Loving couple celebrating 39 years of marriage
  • Member is thankful her depression is lifting
  • Thanksgiving for unborn grandson; prayers that mother & father (in Chicago) remain healthy and that mother will carry her child to full term
  • Prayers for a member mourning the death of her mother on Saturday
  • Protection of all loved ones at high risk of contracting virus
  • Healing prayers and grace for a friend undergoing chemotherapy
  • Prayers for wife recovering from injuries and strength for her husband
  • A single mother in GA & a dear friend in TN in need of good jobs
  • Healing prayers for nephew (physician) with Covid, & safety his family
  • Please pray for a mother with Covid-19 & that her son’s test is negative
  • A peaceful death for an aunt (96) & for a cherished father-in-law
  • Healing mercies & courage for 2 members recovering from illness
  • Healing mercies for a broken family & ill father
  • Healing of a brother with heart ailment; young adult with rare malady
  • Prayers for a grieving couple whose newborn son died in May

Bind our hearts together as one holy community, O Lord, and may we cling together and support one another as we travel that highway that leads to your doorstep.

Blessed be your name, O One Who Hears Us!

Revitalize us this day for faithful service, O Lord, knowing you accept us fully and that you are always pleased to hear the prayer your Son taught his disciples:

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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Prayer for Today – July 3

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE

Daily Prayers of the Church Street family

July 3, 2020

Pastor Jan

 

Tower of Strength, as we are on the cusp of our national holiday, we reflect upon those things that make a nation strong. Is it military might, a robust economy, vast territories stretching from shore to shore? Can we boast growing wealth, colossal skyscrapers, granite wonders pointed toward heaven? Scripture says we dare not make our boast in our might or in our riches. As the Holy One spoke clearly through his prophet:  “. . . Let the one who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth . . . “ May we heed these words and ever remember we do not praise our own accomplishments, for all we have attained has come through our God’s largesse.

In Christ alone we place our trust!

O Love Ever Merciful, even today as we celebrate the benefits of our life in this free nation, our sins seem too heavy to carry, and many of them we cannot undo. And by publicly naming our collective sins of greed, arrogance, indifference, we cannot sweep our private failings under the rug. Both have marred your name and thwarted our witness as disciples. These personal misdeeds we now name in the silence of our own hearts . . .   Set us free from the past we cannot change, but open to us that future where we might still take on the image of Jesus.  The apostle claims that anyone who is in Christ is a new creation; the old life is gone and a new life has begun. We believe and claim this good news!

In Christ alone we place our trust!

We acknowledge, O Lord, those who have sacrificed greatly and who continue to sacrifice that we may live in freedom in this country. We must not take their efforts for granted, for our freedom has come at a high price. May we use our liberty according to your will, that we might become a beacon of hope, not for just a few, but for all who walk our continent. Give hope also, we pray, to these believers in our Church Street family who call out this day:

  • Gratitude: a husband’s covid19 test was negative- prayers appreciated
  • Member grateful for 3 days away from her stressful hospital position
  • Thankful for America – a land of flaws, but also a country of hope and freedom
  • Grateful that a wrong has been forgiven
  • Brother in St. Thomas hospital with infection, for diagnosis and healing
  • Continued prayers and diagnosis, beloved wife recovering from injuries
  • Dear friend who has just entered hospice care and her loving family
  • For a good-paying position for a young single mother in Atlanta
  • Healing prayers for nephew (physician) with Covid, and safety for his family
  • A peaceful death for an aunt (96) & for a cherished father-in-law
  • Continued healing mercies for two members facing long recoveries at home
  • For God’s guidance and healing within a broken family and ill father
  • Prayers for a brother awaiting heart surgery, for comfort and peace
  • Healing mercies for a granddaughter with a rare intestinal condition
  • Solace for niece mourning the death of her aunt (brain bleed)
  • Protection from virus for a daughter & a son in Florida, working with the public

In Christ alone we place our trust!

We offer this day to you and to your Beloved Son, for the government rests upon his shoulders and thus we have named him Wonderful Counselor, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace:

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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Prayer for Today – July 2

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE

Daily Prayers of the Church Street family

July 2, 2020

Pastor Jan

 

This is one of those days, Lord, when in spite of summer warmth, there is a chill in the air and even in our hearts. Why these seasons of the spirit come we do not know, but when they do, we prefer sitting in emptiness rather than turning to the warmth of your words and your caring ways. Rekindle the embers of our hearts, O Flame of Goodness, that in the hours ahead, we may remember our commitment doesn’t depend upon how we happen to feel at any given moment. You will use whatever cold offerings we bring to create a spark of home somewhere. Ignite that hope in us again too, we pray.

God of Goodness, hear our prayer.

We know you bear the pain of your people, but there are so many burdens to be borne.  Anger and violence have permeated our streets and neighborhoods. Lawlessness increases where peace once reigned. Halls of governments are filled with rancor and distrust. We are held hostage by a virulent disease for which no cure has been discovered, and so many of your people fade away behind barriers of protection, forgetting who they are. We believe you have answers to our dilemma, O God, but we pray you would not tarry too long, for we seem to be sinking under the weight of our pain.

God of Goodness, hear our prayer.

O Master of Surprise, through the ages you have brought restoration when all seemed hopeless. You have always presented yourself in unexpected ways to your confused and hurting people. Give us patience and courage, we pray, to endure our present trials, knowing you have not forgotten us. And also remember these praises and pleas that are offered by members of your Church Street family:

  • Gratitude: wife is thankful for unexpected financial assistance
  • Thankful a member has been released from hospital & is now home
  • Family so very grateful a brother is no longer on a ventilator
  • A niece received a government check to help sustain her business
  • Thankful for all members and families on the front lines of medical care and public safety
  • Prayers that a member’s Covid-19 test is negative
  • Healing prayers for nephew (physician) with Covid and safety for his family
  • Member who suffered a terrible fall 9 days ago, for restoration & comfort
  • Prayer for peaceful death for an aunt (96) suffering with cancer
  • Patience and healing for one facing long recovery from leg surgery
  • Guidance and hope to restore an ill father & to uphold a grieving son
  • Prayers for a brother who may undergo a pacemaker procedure this week
  • Healing mercies for a granddaughter diagnosed w/ rare intestinal condition
  • Hospital worker needs relief from great stress due to the pandemic
  • Continued prayers for safety: a daughter & a son working in Florida
  • Healing mercies for a member now in a rehab unit

In your tender compassion, watch over our family of faith, that we may become more and more aware of your surprising grace.

God of Goodness, hear our prayer.

O Fount of Wisdom, you spoke your words through the prophets and through Jesus himself, telling us we were indeed our brothers’ keeper – to speak in love and kindness to the stranger, to comfort the fallen, to feed the poor, to offer hope to the bereft. How wise you are in your teaching, for you knew that when we serve the other, our own worries subside. Astonishing is the manner in which you are transforming us!

God of Goodness, hear our prayer.

Wrap up these petitions, Faithful One, and carry them in your basket of peace; and we will rest easy, knowing peace will come in good time, and that all shall be well:

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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Prayer for Today – July 1

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE

Daily Prayers of the Church Street family

July 1, 2020

Pastor Jan

 

O Song of Welcome, the psalmist urges us to come into your presence with singing, making a joyful noise throughout the land! Thus we enter the gates of this new day, lifting high our thankful praise for all the ways you have cared for us . . . How can we but glorify you, whose mercy and truth are everlasting? Oh, sing in our hearts, Lord, throughout this day!

Sacred One, hear our prayer.

O God With Us, could we ever enumerate the times you remained close beside us during our life’s journeys? We reflect now, bringing to mind those special instances when we felt your presence most keenly . . . Your mercy has been our rock of refuge when loss, doubt, depression, illness, even despair entered our lives. It was your power working within us that held us firm.

Sacred One, hear our prayer.

We trust in you, Framer of the Universe, and believe you hear the smallest creature that calls your name. As you count even the sparrow as worthy of your grace, receive these concerns and joys which are carried to your door by your people at Church Street:

  • Gratitude: husband’s (cancer survivor) tests showed no sign of cancer cells
  • Thankful for prayers for young couple traveling to California; they remain safe and will reach their destination in a few days
  • Couple celebrate a husband’s retirement today
  • Thankful for all front-line healthcare workers who serve the public
  • Many thanksgivings for our choir members and music directors
  • Healing prayers for nephew (physician) with Covid, and safety for his family
  • Member who suffered a terrible fall 9 days ago, for restoration and comfort
  • Prayer for peaceful death for an aunt (96) suffering with cancer
  • Guidance to support Catherine and Tim, our two incoming pastors
  • Patience and healing for one facing long recovery from leg surgery
  • Guidance and hope to restore an ill father and to uphold a grieving son
  • Healing mercies for a granddaughter diagnosed with rare intestinal condition
  • Members dealing with work-related stress due to pandemic
  • Safety and smooth transition for daughter and family moving to North Carolina
  • Safety for a daughter, front-line health worker in Florida
  • Adult son now working in Florida, that he does not succumb to the virus
  • A husband anticipating a layoff from his job, for his worried family

As you sustain us, Lord, through all our challenges, may we learn more of your grace at the core of our being.

Sacred One, hear our prayer.

Canticle of Hope, continue to chant your lyrics of renewal in the background of our days, that, taking up your song, our own strains of praise might reach those who do not yet know of the recreating love of Jesus, the One who taught us to pray:

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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Prayer for Today – June 30

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE

Daily Prayers of the Church Street family

June 30, 2020

Pastor Jan

 

You search us out day by day, Good Shepherd, desiring to know us more fully, to help us understand our own fears and longings, to show us how we might make decisions that are life-affirming. We praise you for wanting the best for us, O Lord. Work your wonders in our souls today, until our hearts beat in steady rhythm with yours.

Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

O God of the Apostles and Prophets, your cries for justice rang out through your messengers who walked the ancient roads of oppression. It wasn’t their own words they uttered, for you so eloquently spoke through them. May your words of mercy, equity, and peace flow through us as well, that we may call out freely in support of the needy, the neglected, the overwrought, the outcast. But not our words alone, we pray, for our deeds underscore the depth of your love for the maltreated.

Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Patient One, these months of the pandemic have brought us to our knees. Roadblocks have appeared just when we thought we were on the edge of release. Our hopes are dashed when outbreaks of the insidious illness flare up in unexpected places. This is truly a frightening era; yet keep reminding us that your blessings are still arriving. We have witnessed miracles of your healing presence in the births of healthy babies and lives restored to health; you have shown us new avenues of worship and have quickened our passion for justice. Yes, O Lord, you are teaching us patience as you continue to touch us with newness. And as we trust in your providence to sustain us, we lift again today both the gladness and the hopes of our Church Street family:

  • Family celebrating a mother’s final chemo treatment today
  • Father (91), pleased that his birthday was remembered by many friends
  • Daughters thankful for the life of their cherished mother who died Sat.
  • Gratitude: more than 40 participated in UMW’s Just Mercy discussion Sunday; prayers that participants will continue to work for racial justice
  • Cancer patient thankful for relief from long-term nausea malady
  • Prayer for peaceful death for an aunt (96) suffering with cancer
  • Patience and healing for one facing long recovery from leg surgery
  • For God to offer hope and wisdom to an ill father and grieving son
  • Healing mercies for a granddaughter diagnosed with a rare intestinal condition
  • Strength for a young wife battling an autoimmune illnesses
  • Safety & smooth transition for daughter and family moving to North Carolina
  • Restoration of member’s health following several surgeries
  • Blessings upon young daughter moving to Boston Tuesday to take a new job
  • Safety for a daughter, front-line health worker for Florida Department of Health
  • Adult son now working in FLA, that he does not succumb to the virus
  • A husband anticipating a lay-off from his job, for his worried family

Living Lord, we remain a blessed people, for you have heard our prayers, are giving us release, and are always working for wholeness on our behalf. May we never take you for granted, O Holy One, for we know the grace you shower upon us in this realm is but a foretaste of that grace so evident in your home above:

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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Prayer for Today – June 29

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE

Daily Prayers of the Church Street family

June 29, 2020

Pastor Jan

The prophet dreamed of a time when lions and oxen would feed together, when leopards and lambs would play in the same field, when wolves would sleep with the cattle. We hold that same vision, Lord. We also long for the violence to evaporate as the dew, for injustice to be blown away as dust, for anger to melt as the frost. Some say such dreams are fantasies, for distrust and division have always been with us. Yet we hold onto that holy hope, as we trust in the God of Miracles, the One who created the good earth, blessed it with wildlife, who called forth humankind to be at work re-creating in his name, and who even brought life out of death.

Praise be to you, O Lord.

Source of Renewal, we enter your presence, as you invited us to do so. You hollowed out that cavern within us that yearns for communion with the holy. Much is taking place beyond our veil of knowing, for your Spirit works in ways and in places of which we have never heard. Fill that empty space you created inside us, we pray, for it is just large enough for that presence for which we thirst. We shall rest now in silence and let you touch whatever it is that needs attention . . . For your radical love that accepts us, for your amazing grace that replenishes us, and for your covenant blessing which binds us to you, we are grateful and humbled.

Praise be to you, O Lord.

Accompany those who travel with heavy sorrows this day, O Lord, as they stumble through the dark expanse of pain. As Jesus also knew the sharp edges of loss, we know he will walk with them. And when they fall, may they realize they do not fall alone. There are others who cry out to you, as well, so attend to these Church Street members who bring their own praises and concerns this day, knowing their pain is your pain, their joys are your joys:

  • Gratitude for our two incoming pastors arriving on Wednesday
  • Member is thankful her business has been healthy during pandemic
  • A family is thankful for a time to vacation together this week
  • Gratitude: ongoing work of Stephen Ministers & Parish Health Team
  • Patience & healing for one facing long recovery from leg surgery
  • Guidance, healing, and hope within a family dealing with major challenges
  • Healing mercies for a granddaughter diagnosed with rare intestinal condition
  • Strength for a young wife battling an autoimmune illnesses
  • Safety & smooth transition for daughter and family moving to NC
  • Blessings upon young daughter moving to Boston Tuesday to take a new job
  • Courage & guidance for a young woman endeavoring to make a fresh start
  • Solace for a cousin mourning the death of his wife
  • Adult son now working in Florida, that he does not succumb to the virus
  • A husband anticipating a lay-off from his job, for his worried family

Thank you, Blessed One, for always leaving your door ajar, just in case we cry out.

Praise be to you, O Lord.

In spite of our unworthiness, Generous Friend, you treasure us and have even made us members of your very own family. We thank you for allowing us to be among those who call you Father and who pray with us these words taught by your Son:

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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Prayer for Today – June 26

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE

Daily Prayers of the Church Street family

June 26, 2020

Pastor Jan

 

“For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies.
For the love which from our birth over and around us lies …”

Yes, Loving Creator, we are pilgrims upon this good earth, and it has sustained and blessed us richly. You have made our planet an artist’s palette of hues and tints: grassy plots moist with dew, dancing sunlight on pink calla lilies, green shimmering leaves, sturdy branches of shade, filmy clouds adrift in an azure sky. All praise to you, O Lord, for each of these! As we move through the hours ahead, may we not forget to seek you in the smallest corners of the day. And if we go in search of more gifts along the way, remind us of all that we have already.

Fount of mercy mercy, hear our prayer.


“For the gift of human love, brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above, all who breathe thoughts kind and mild…”

O Lord of Justice, we remember those who walk for peace and equity, for those who refuse to return violence for violence, those who speak reason to the unreasonable. We pray for those who labor to lift the burdens of all who suffer.  Particularly we remember those close to us who dedicate themselves to the work of peace . . . And we remember, as well, these friends and families of Church Street who carry both gratitude and burdens within their own souls:

  • Praises: a brother’s surgery on Thursday greatly relieved his suffering
  • One appreciates prayers — she is regaining strength following an accident
  • Friend is grateful for family members caring for her following cancer surgery
  • Couple thankful for a restful week of vacation
  • Prayers for a husband’s 2nd consultation today regarding his kidney lesion
  • Strength for a young wife battling a chronic illness
  • Courage & guidance for a young woman endeavoring to make a fresh start
  • Dear friend with stage 4 cancer, courage for herself & for her family
  • Lifting spirits of lonely members & loved ones remaining in isolation
  • Adult son now working in FLA, that he does not succumb to the virus
  • All who are depressed, confused, & overwhelmed during this pandemic
  • A beloved father near death & a cherished member hospitalized for tests
  • Those working to secure able caretakers for Sterchi Lodge ministry

Fount of mercy mercy, hear our prayer.


“For thyself, best Gift Divine, to the world so freely given
For that great, great love of thine, peace on earth and joy in heaven. . . “

Summer clarity sometimes turns our thoughts to our early years and to those who shaped our walk of faith. We remember parents who were imperfect, yet who tried to point us in the right direction. We recall those who shared Jesus with us and who told us we were chosen, special even. We remember those who encouraged us when we were tentative, who named our gifts and talents. No one is truly self-made;  we are clay in the hands of those who cherished us. How marvelous are your ways, O God, for you are still molding us to suit your purposes! And when we travel to your holy realm, you shall finish the work of forming us into perfect vessels, fit for your kingdom.

Fount of mercy mercy, hear our prayer.


“Lord of All, to you we raise, this our hymn of grateful praise!”

As you greeted us in love at dawn, we trust you to bring us to the close of this day in that same love:

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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Prayer for Today – June 25

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE

Daily Prayers of the Church Street family

June 25, 2020

Pastor Jan

 

O God on the Move, you continue to call your servants to prepare for the journey. Just as the Israelites traveled from pillar to post, Jesus’ disciples were also itinerants, strangers stepping into unfriendly conclaves. Bless richly, O Lord, those who give up their home places to serve you far and wide. May we not forget them in their journeys, as they join with persons of different backgrounds, languages, and customs in living out your gospel truth. We are not all called to rove, but we are called to remember these traveling ones in our prayers and in our financial giving. Our reward is to know that we are somehow supporting the feet of your messengers who walk distant byways to proclaim the love of Christ.

Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Most days, O Source of Grace, we spend our hours in the smaller world of our homes, our neighborhoods, our familiar shops and workplaces. We stick to the traditional route. Help us, though, to become more aware of the larger world where frightful situations exist. Jesus said we would always have the poor with us – the poor in spirit, the poor in understanding, the poor in health, the poor in hope. How will we see them, however, if we remain within the gates we’ve erected? We may not be able to help all those who are hurting, but through your grace, we might become at least a small part of your healing.

Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Fountain of Mercy, we recall how Jesus showed mercy to the outcast, the unclean, the undeserving, even to the blatantly evil ones. All these years we have struggled to do the same, but we still shy away from handing out mercy so freely. Perhaps you shake your head and throw up your hands, O God, when we are so frugal with our grace. And perhaps you are saying to us even now: “Little Ones, do you not know you may be entertaining angels unaware?” Oh yes, we forgot about that.

Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

We lean on you this day, O Tower of Truth, to manage what lies in the hours to come. Whether blessing or burden, may we receive what appears, knowing your Son spoke truth when he said he would be with us even to the end of the age. And especially be with these who open their hearts to you:

  • Grateful for prayers – a wife’s knee surgery went smoothly – now home
  • One celebrates her retirement effective June 23
  • Gratitude: very ill friend was able to move to Knox to recover from illness
  • Thankful for prayers: a mother’s medical tests revealed no malignancy
  • Prayers appreciated: niece arrived home safely from Kosovo last night
  • Strength for a young wife battling a chronic disease
  • Peace and courage for a brother having surgery today & for his family
  • Four women recovering from cancer
  • Daughter asks for strength to help her mother move to TX
  • All who are depressed, lonely, & overwhelmed during this pandemic
  • A father-in-law near death in FLA, strength for his family
  • Healing mercies for a young father with advanced cancer
  • Prayers for correct diagnosis of a brother’s medical situation
  • Those working to secure able caretakers of Sterchi Lodge to help carry out the ministries of the church
  • A son & daughter-in-law moving cross country, for traveling mercies

Receive our prayers we offer this day, O Lord, as we have been touched by your presence. We are confident that the utterances of our souls are bound up with all those who pray today as Jesus taught:

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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Prayer for Today – June 24

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE

Daily Prayers of the Church Street family

June 24, 2020

Pastor Jan

 

O Generous One, this day we lift our eyes to the heavens and offer our praise. As scripture tells us, you cause the rain to fall on the just and the unjust alike. So too you offer freely your drifting, translucent clouds, your shimmering rays of sunlight, your bracing breezes. You are a spendthrift God who lavishes goodness without restraint. Teach us, your people, to be as excessive in our own distribution of blessings. May we offer grace to the just and the unjust, to those whose beliefs and politics offend us, to those whose appearance and habits we find improper. You are leading each of us homeward, so let us be gracious to those who are traveling in the same direction, if only by another road.

God our helper, hear our prayer.

Sometimes throughout the day we become lulled by the routine and move slow-footed through the hours. Give us wake-up calls along the way, O God, else we will remain unaware of the secret ways you are at work around us. Call our attention to the mystery of an encounter, the blessing of a moment, the whiff of your presence. Your most precious gifts are often hidden in the mundane, so keep us awake, we pray, lest we miss your quiet glory.

God our helper, hear our prayer.

We open our hearts, that our compassion might mirror your own. We lift up those who wait: for the medical test results, for the divorce decree, for the loneliness to end, for the new job, for the illness to pass, for death to draw near. Watch over all of us who wait in hope, O Lord, and also over these church friends who ask to be remembered:

  • Grateful for prayers: member received grade A to finish her graduate work
  • Prayers appreciated – member’s colon lab tests were clear
  • Ill member is grateful for all prayers for his recovery
  • Gratitude: the life and example of a cherished brother who died last week
  • Thanksgiving for prayers: a brother’s heart tests called for no surgery
  • Families who are mourning great losses; members hospitalized
  • Prayers that a niece may fly home safely from Kosovo today
  • Healing for dear friend newly diagnosed with stage 4 cancer
  • Those working to secure able caretakers of Sterchi Lodge to help carry out the ministries of the church
  • Peace and clarity for one whose medical tests are explained today
  • Courage and success for a young adult moving away for employment
  • Peace to surround a member having knee surgery on the 24th
  • A son and daughter-in-law moving cross country, for traveling mercies
  • Member asks for strength to help her mother move to TX

Eternal Guide, we ask for your forgiveness of our sins, particularly these private offenses . . . ; and also we confess our collective sins of rampant greed, exploitation of the poor, careless use of your creation. Turn our minds toward the reality of our actions, and turn our hearts to the truth of Jesus, who taught us to pray:

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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Prayer for Today – June 23

BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE

Daily Prayers of the Church Street family

June 23, 2020

Pastor Jan

 

O Wind of Heaven, awaken us this day to your holy acceptance blowing through us. Most days we feel we are too insignificant, unworthy of your attention. We recall our past mistakes keenly, wearing our failures as badges of remembrance on our chests. How foolish this must seem to you, O Gentle One, for you swept away our blunders long ago in your swirls of forgiveness. May this day be for us one of release, we pray. May we let go of the past and allow you once again to carry our wrongs away on the current of your airy and lifegiving breeze.

Hear us, O Lord, for your mercy is great.

O Lord of the Dance, you invite us to sway with you on the dance floor of life, to be comfortable with all your movements. Our steps are sometimes tentative and awkward, but you don’t seem to mind. It takes time and practice, you tell us, before we are able to move with delight with our lifelong partner. The melodies will be ever changing, we know, but by your leading, may we dance with devotion to your music of grace.

Hear us, O Lord, for your mercy is great.

As your servants, Loving Friend, we lift up those who are closest to our own hearts today, especially . . .  that they may be strengthened and refreshed as your rivers of healing revive them.  And also may streams of life flow into all our members at Church Street, particularly those who give voice to their thanksgivings and trials:

  • A happy couple celebrating a 14th wedding anniversary
  • Grateful for a successful hip replacement of last week
  • A sister, stroke victim, is now home from hospital & improving
  • One is thankful that medical tests reflected no abnormalities
  • Couple excited about planning their upcoming wedding
  • Wisdom and strength for husband in caring for his wife with memory loss
  • Healing for a daughter recovering from hand surgery yesterday
  • Prayers for one being tested for cognitive issues, for courage and hope
  • Courage and success for a young adult moving away for employment
  • Peace to surround a member having knee surgery on the 24th
  • Prayers for member hospitalized with breathing problems
  • Courage for father-in-law in hospice care at home in FLA & his family
  • Three who are depressed due to economic challenges
  • Beloved brother facing critical heart tests today, courage for his family
  • Grace and courage for one facing another surgery & another round of chemo
  • Two undergoing important medical tests today

We trust you to hold our situations and concerns in the palm of your hand, to sprinkle them with your healing hope, and to refresh us in the time to come.

Hear us, O Lord, for your mercy is great.

Loving Savior, we begin this day with good intentions to follow you, and we pray that by nightfall you will be pleased with our efforts. May all our actions be covered by the grace of our Redeemer, Christ Jesus, who taught us to pray:

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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