Prayers

Prayers for the week of May 24, 2015

 

 O Lord, our God, You have raised us from the dry bones of our hopelessness through the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. As You have given us Your Holy Spirit in baptism, continually grant Him to us as our lifelong gift, that we may be continually sustained and faithfully accomplish Your purpose and speak Your Gospel to all nations and all peoples.  Lord, in Your mercy: hear our prayer.

 

Let us pray for the whole Church of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs.   Prayers have been requested for:

 

O Lord, our God, we pray not as we ought but as we are able, delivering to You the burdens of this mortal life and the care of our hearts with confidence and trust that Christ has done all things well and will give to us all things needful and beneficial; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord… Amen.

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“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go a den bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.  These things I command you, so that you will love one another.”  John 15:16-17

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A Prayer based on the Petitions of the Lord’s Prayer

 

“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 for those recovering from medical procedures (Anna Lindemann*) and those enduring life’s afflictions (Richard June*, Edna Citizen*, Geraldine and Richard, parents of Diane Mautone, and Susan Ail) 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: 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 for our Calvary shut-ins Margaret Joseph, Florence Mitchell*, Myrtle Stade*, and Bruce Morecraft and also our Widows and Widowers that all may 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 (NAME), who mourns the death of a loved one. Comfort (him/her/them) with Your mercy; point (him/her/them) to the future glory that knows in full the joys of the Kingdom that has no end. Grant (NAME) the courage to know that – as (he/she/they) continue(s) on here below, here too Your Holy Spirit will continue to sustain (him/her/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 (Kyle and Rachel Knoepfel*, as they celebrate their 10th anniversary and also all students and teachers at the end of the school year.  Grant all 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.

* We offer thanksgiving in memory of those who gave their lives for this country’s safety and freedoms

 * I pray for your Holy Spirit to stir up repentance and Faith in all members of my family.

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…”