Prayers...

Prayers for the week of March 30, 2014

O Holy Father, You have sent Your Son to be the Light of the world and the salvation of Your people, leading us on paths we have not known, to heavenly places which He has prepared for us.  Through Your Word, guide us and guard us and make straight the path before us that we may not stray from Your presence but gratefully inherit all that is ours through Your Son;  Lord, in Your mercy; Hear our prayer.

Into Your hands, dear Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.  Amen.

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 “Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’”  John 9:35
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A Prayer based on the Petitions of the Lord’s Prayer:  “Our Father, who art in heaven”

In the Name of the Father and of (+) the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

O Lord, Almighty God, You graciously gave Your only-begotten Son over to death that we sinners might believe that You are ‘Our Father’ and we are your children, so that with all boldness and confidence each Christian may ask of you as dear children ask of their dear father. To that end, lend Your fatherly ear to my petitions:

·         For the ill, suffering, injured: As a father is ever faithful at the bedside of his ailing children, so also be ‘Our Father’ in caring for those who are ill, injured, or hospitalized such as Richard June*, Lou Ellen Hansen*, Phil Sloane*, Debbie Kufeld*, and Susan Ail- all who are sick and suffering from diseases or disorders.
·         For the anxious, lonely: As a father brings courage to his trembling children, so also be ‘Our Father’ in giving strength to those who prepare for surgery or await test results and those who are otherwise anxious or lonely Joe Hibbs, Beth W, and Anne R as well as their families.
·         For the mourning: As a father comforts his children, so also be ‘Our Father’ in wiping every tear from the eye of those who mourn the death of loved ones Malcolm, Laurie, Joan, and Val.  Comfort them with the certainty of the resurrection and the promised inheritance of all who are children of the Heavenly Father.
·         For the rejoicing: As a father takes pleasure in providing joys and blessings for his children, so also be ‘Our Father’ in hearing our thankful praises for the blessings you have bestowed on your children. With those whom you have called in Holy Baptism to be Your child (including NAME), with those who celebrate anniversaries and birthdays (including NAME), with those who thank you for new and restored health, and with those who celebrate any of life’s blessings, we thank and praise you as ‘Our Father.’

Shut ins Irma Martin*  Velda Miller* Florence Mitchell*,  JoAnne Maras. Myrtle Stade, Bruce Morecraft,

Bless Irma Martin* - who celebrates another year of earthly life

Bless all Widows and Widowers of Calvary.

Hear my petitions, O Heavenly Father, for the sake of Your Son, who has taught your adopted children to pray, “Our Father, who art in heaven…”