Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family
Week of May 15, 2024
Written by David Martin, Church Street member
Tonight’s prayer is one that church member, David Martin, wrote and shared with Pastor Catherine recently. This is a prayer that he offers each morning. Perhaps it could be your morning prayer as well.
Magnificent Creator and Lord of All!
All that I am I lay at your feet.
To serve you is my greatest desire.
Light my path and protect my way so that I may be found faithful.
Let my actions always be a gesture of gratitude for your goodness.
Let my eyes always be fixed on your splendor especially when the gloom of darkness feels imminent.
Let me live today knowing that you hold tomorrow.
Let the light of your Grace radiate from deep within me, transforming lives – revealing your glory!
Let my life be a celebration of your sacrifice and victory at the cross.
Let me be in Christ!
Magnificent creator and Lord of All!
All that I am I lay at your feet.
In your Son’s name I pray. Amen.
We pray for ….
- Those who are grieving after the death of a parent
- One who has a long recovery ahead
- A member who is hurting because of family dynamics
- One who is discerning vocation
- Parents who are struggling with plans and budgets for camps and summer programs
We continue to pray for ……
- Family members who continue to deal with cancer … all the tests and new treatments and waiting and follow up appointments. May they feel God’s healing presence in the midst of it!
- Friends who are beginning the journey of “some type of dementia.” Prayers of thanksgiving for doctors who study our brains, for researchers who have developed better testing, for social workers, for loving family members, and helpers all around!
- Friends and family members who are going through a troubling time.
- Adult children trying to make good decisions about next steps in work and school and life!
We offer prayers of thanksgiving for ….
- Those who serve in our military (May 18 is Armed Forces Day)
- Church members and Stephen Ministers who offer such meaningful support
- The little things
- A member who has been hospitalized out of town is coming home
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.
