Weekly Prayer – December 4, 2024

Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family

Week of December 4, 2024

Loving God of Advent, we pause on this cold Wednesday evening to ….  

Honestly God, is it okay if we just pause? 

No words.  

Just a quiet pause to remember that we are not alone. That we are in God’s world. That you love us.  

Have we paused at all today, O God? 

Thank you for an email from the church that causes us to stop, whether we read or pray to the end or not, it is a pause, nonetheless. We are reminded that there is a congregation, a church family, who prays for one another. Who cares about the week we are having. Who is looking forward to being together this Sunday. 

Thank you for other reminders that we have received that assure us your spirit is at work and moving through, in, and around us. The patience showed us by the clerk when the debit card didn’t ‘go through’ the first two times …. the joy we saw in children’s faces at the Advent Craft Festival and the bit of glitter we cannot shake from our sweater… the kind word from the nurse who pricked our finger for one more test …. 

Thank you, Loving God, for coming to us in so many ways. We sing, Come, thou long-expected Jesus … let us find our rest in thee ….  

We get weary this time of year and complain that we do not have time to pause. Some are good at taking intentional moments; others will notice looking back over the day that there were moments. 

Thank you for this bit of a pause O God, to hear us offer thanksgiving for the hope of this season. Thank you for this pause as we offer the prayer Christ taught us … 

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.

Thank you for this pause in our evening as we pray for one another … 

We offer prayers of thanksgiving for…

• A promising report from Thompson Cancer Center
• The doctor who has kept working to find cause of symptoms
• Improved health … slowly but surely!
• Successful open heart surgery and positive reports from surgeon and cardiologist

We pray for….

• A young mother of three who is awaiting breast cancer surgery
• A member’s mother who fell and has two broken vertebrae; prayers for healing and ease of pain.
• A family member whose dementia is progressing rapidly. Prayers needed for direction regarding his care.
• A member’s cousin who has been hospitalized; awaiting liver transplant
• One to have a successful journey on his path to sobriety
• Family members and friends who are going through a difficult time
• Family making decisions about long-term care for parents
• Our church members dealing with cancer treatments
• A man who was involved in car accident; fractured four cervical vertebrae
• A four-year old waiting on a heart transplant
• All who are caring for a loved one – especially a spouse – with dementia

We continue to pray for….

• A neighbor who is in critical care; prayers for comfort and support for her family
• A young couple who is wanting so badly to conceive; Lord, bless them!
• A member who is preparing for radiation treatments and meeting with oncologist
• A member whose husband is in hospice care
• Those whose parents are in hospice care
• Friends and family members going through difficult times.

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