BINDING SOUL AND SOURCE
Daily Prayers of the Church Street family
May 1, 2020
Pastor Jan
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart. Help us to abandon our outworn ways of thinking. Grant that we might face the future with eager anticipation, not with cowering trepidation.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart. Expand the horizons of our imagination, we pray, that we might awaken sleeping notions within ourselves, and instead dream of a new tomorrow. Who knows what is possible when we break down the barriers of fear?
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart. You have traveled with us, giving us food and shelter throughout this long journey. Along the way you have been transforming us into people of the gospel, people who strive to love tenderly, act justly, and walk humbly with our God.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart. You notice our tangled needs at every turn, O One Who Neither Slumbers Nor Sleeps. You are the God who counts our tears and hears our sighs. Gaze now upon all your children who hold out their graces and their worries to your open hand:
- Thankful for all prayers lifted for a young father in ICU; surgery yesterday is counted as a success; please continue to lift him up and his family as well
- Very grateful for your prayers: a mother in renal failure is improving each day
- Celebrating a (nurse) daughter’s recovery from COVID-19 and who is working again
- Giving thanks for all our amazing healthcare workers & first responders
- Pray for all staff and residents in Athens Life Care facility where virus is rampant
- Wisdom for all decision-makers reopening hospitals and businesses; safety for all
- A family in turmoil – for grace, understanding, and forgiveness to take place
- Please pray for my cherished relative who has cancer surgery today
- Continued prayers for healing a beloved mother, hospitalized for 1 week
- An ill and stressed mother in the hospital, whose children are not allowed to visit
- Courage for a mother who must confront a situation that endangers her children
- A brother who mourns the death of his partner from COVID-19, for healing grace
- Prayers for economic recovery, relief for the unemployed, decreased anxiety for business owners trying to stay afloat
As you have received all these petitions, accept also our most private prayers and concerns . . .
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart.
May it be said of us that we were carriers of your new vision – those who helped create a world where peace is ever laced with kindness and blessing.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art;
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall;
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of All.
Amen.
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