Prayers...

Prayers for the week of  December 28, 2014

Lord Jesus, You promised that You would build Your Church on the good confession that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. You also promised that the gates of hell would not prevail against that Church! Now protect us, we pray, by Your Holy Spirit, so that we can carry out Your Spirit’s work of making disciples of every nation. Lord, in Your mercy:  HEAR OUR PRAYER.

We pray for the whole Church of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs.  Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend ourselves and all those for whom we have prayed, trusting in Your mercy and grace, for You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
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“And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt and remained there until the death of Herod.  This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, ‘Out of Egypt I called my son’”.  Matthew 2:14-15
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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 those who are terminally ill, otherwise sick, or suffering: Norm Bunge*, Sue Ail, Connie Block*, Debbie Taylor that they would live patiently according to that Word, not despising Your promises, but faithfully waiting Your promised temporal or eternal deliverance.
* Please bless Calvary shut-ins Margaret Joseph* , Velma Maas*, Irma Martin*, Bruce Morecraft, Janet Keller. Alice Breneman, and Myrtle Stade.
* Likewise bless 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 those that 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 Those who mourn:  Gale Moe and family at the death of Gale’s aunt, Melba Todd, as well as Tony Wyatt (husband of Kim Wyatt*), at the death of Tony’s grandmother, Joyce 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.
* Please bless the Widows and Widowers of Calvary .
* 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 Pastor’s family at the birth of their daughter, Abigail Marie to be Baptized next Sunday at 10:30.  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.

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…”