Prayers...

Prayers for the week of June 15, 2014

* Apostles Creed
* Luther's. prayer
* Confession
* Psalm
* Supplication
* Intercession
* Calvary prayer list...

 Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty. We bless Your holy name. As You have called us out of darkness into Your marvelous light, guard Your Church which You have purchased with the precious blood of Jesus, our Lord. Keep her in the true faith, without error, schism or compromise until that day when You welcome her home as Your spotless bride. Lord, in Your mercy: Hear our prayer.

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“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.  And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”  Matthew 28:19-20
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“Thy Kingdom Come”

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

O Lord, Whose Kingdom comes freely and abundantly, we sinners pray that Your Kingdom may come among us also, even today, as Your Holy Spirit works through Word and Sacrament to bring us Your Kingdom of grace and mercy, so that we would believe Your Word and lead a godly life according to it. To that end, lend your fatherly ear to my petitions:

·         For the ill, suffering, injured: O Lord, as Your Son came preaching, “the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” so also as part of that message He came healing the sick and raising the dead. Bring comfort to those who contend with illness, to those who suffer, to the injured and the hurting, especially to Lou Ellen Hansen, Phil Sloane, Richard June, Lisa Rud, Paula Hellmann, Rose Kramer, Susan Ail who contend with illness that they may know that Your Kingdom of temporal care and eternal salvation is even now  among us through the work of your Holy Spirit and your blessed Word and Sacrament.
·         For the anxious, lonely, and even the unbelieving: O God, through the work of Your Holy Spirit, who brings to our remembrance all the promises of Christ, we know that the blessings of Your Kingdom – given freely in Your Divine Service to us – is a present comfort, a daily calm in the face of all our cares.  Hear my prayer on behalf of Anne Ripsom, Paul White, Kevin Ruettiger, Ryan Ruettiger, Mark White, Mallory Boulton, and Dale (next door) that they would be granted Your peace, which needs not worry about tomorrow, for Thy Kingdom of grace and mercy is among us this day. Grant us all peace for today and tomorrow’s certain hope that Your Holy Spirit will continue to work among us and strengthen and sustain us through Your Word and Sacrament.
·         For the mourning: O Lord, Thy Kingdom comes among us each and every day; especially at life’s end, are we thankful  that You have sustained Your saints through Your Spirit’s working in Word and Sacraments, that the faithful might know a blessed end. Hear my prayer on behalf of all widows and widowers of Calvary including Joan Rud and Laurie Boulton who mourn the death of their loved ones. Comfort them with Your mercy; point them to the future glory that knows in full the joys of the Kingdom that has no end. Grant Joan and Laurie the courage to know that – as they continue on here below, here too Your Holy Spirit will continue to sustain them in Word and Sacrament.
·         For the rejoicing: O Lord, with what rejoicing do we welcome and celebrate the coming gifts of Your Kingdom, Your grace and mercy therein, and the many temporal blessings that flow to us because – even today – Your Kingdom comes among us. Hear my prayer of thanksgiving on behalf of Jim And Linda Hill and family who today rejoice at the occasion of the birth of a baby girl.  Grant them a thankful heart that confesses Your goodness and desires to continually receive the means by which Your grace and Spirit come – pouring out  the benefits of the cross upon us… those benefits won and purchased for us by the blood and death of Christ, our Lord.

Please bless Calvary's long-term and temporary shut-ins: Velda Miller* , Florence Mitchell*, Betty Wear*, Bruce Morecraft, Phil Sloane, and Janet Keller.

Hear my petitions, O Heavenly Father, for the sake of Your Son, who has promised your kingdom to come and, thus, taught us to pray, “Our Father, who art in heaven…”

All honor and glory are Yours, O blessed Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in Your holy Church, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.