Prayers...

Prayers for the week of April 6, 2014

Lord of life, speak hope and life to the dry bones of Your people. You alone can raise us up from sin’s body of death. Renew what You have begun in us by the living waters of our Baptism, lead us by the voice of Your Word and nourish us with the Bread of Heaven, our Lord Jesus Christ, whose very Body and Blood we receive in His Holy Supper.

Lord of life, You have promised that what we ask in faith, You will grant us. Therefore, teach us by Your Holy Spirit to ask only for those things which are in accord with Your will and to pray with confidence that Thy will be done on earth by us as it is done by the saints and angels of heaven. Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer.

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“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life.  Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.  Do you believe this?’”  John 9:35
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A Prayer based on the Petitions of the Lord’s Prayer:

“Hallowed be Thy Name”

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

O Lord, Whose name is certainly holy in itself, we sinners pray that Your name may be kept holy among us also. Your Name is kept holy when your Word is taught in truth and purity and we, as children who call on You as ‘Our Father’ lead holy lives according to it. Help us to do this in all situations of life, O Lord. To that end, lend your fatherly ear to my petitions:

· For the ill, suffering, injured: O Lord, Your Word teaches in truth and purity that You have the power to heal the sick, bring relief to the suffering, mend the injured. Hear my prayer on behalf of Phil Sloane*, Debbie Kufeld*, Susan Ail- who all suffer illness, pain, and also Richard June*- who we give thanksgiving for  his return home from the hospital, and continue to grant him – and all who suffer –confidence to bear their afflictions and want that they would live patiently according to that Word, not despising Your promises, but faithfully waiting Your promised temporal or eternal deliverance.
· For the anxious, lonely: O God, Your Word teaches in truth and purity that we cannot add to the length of our days by worrying, nor need we – for our good is in the hands of You who care even for the birds of the air and the lilies of the field. Hear my prayer on behalf of Joe Hibbs and his family, Beth W and her family, and Anne Ripsom and her family that all would be granted your peace in anticipating that which lies ahead and thus dwell in Christian confidence according to Your Word.
· For the mourning: O Lord, Your Word teaches in truth and purity that You alone give and You alone take away… that, though the devil meant our death for ill, through the atoning death of Christ Crucified, the Christian’s death is but an entrance into life everlasting. Hear my prayer on behalf of Val Jones & Joan Rud that they would live in the joy of the Christian, even in the hour of sorrow, not despising Your promises regarding the resurrection, but holding to Your Word, which declares: “Death is swallowed up in victory… thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
· For the rejoicing: O Lord, Your Word teaches in truth and purity that You are the source of every blessing. Hear my prayer of thanksgiving with and on behalf of Richard June and family at the occasion of his return home.  Grant us thankful hearts, that we may rejoice in your Name at all times and desire to live according to Your Word and walk in your ways to the glory of Your Holy Name.

Lord, in Your mercy, hear our prayer for Betty Wear*, Fern Weddle*, Dorothy Bratton*, and these who are temporarily limited in their ability to attend church:  JoAnne Maras, Myrtle Stade, and Bruce Morecraft.

Please bless the widows & widowers of Calvary.

Hear my petitions, O Heavenly Father, for the sake of Your Son, who has taught us to hallow Your Name by praying, “Our Father, who art in heaven…”