Posts Tagged ‘guidance’
April 25, 2021
When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do? Ps. 11:3.
Lord please give us the wisdom to see the damage being done to our democracy by those who would mislead, deflect, disrupt for the sake of disruption and power, and deny the humanity of others.
Give us the courage to learn, witness, to speak up and out, to protect the right of all to vote and be heard.
Help us to connect to our fellow citizens and commit to their well-being.
Lord, help us renew and nurture our country’s ideal of liberty and justice for all.
And as we engage, defend, and rebuild may we trust in your mercy and justice, and follow your paths, committing our efforts to your wisdom and guidance. (Pr. 3:5-6; 16:3)
Help us Lord to resist tyranny in all of its forms.
Amen
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March 14, 2021
O Lord, save us from
- lies told,
- ill-will carefully nurtured,
- unfounded fears and suspicion,
- unexamined anger and resentment.
Turn us around O Lord on the roads we have taken.
Encourage us in our efforts to
- assume goodwill,
- seek your truth,
- share your mercy,
- be kind to one another.
O Lord, put our feet on the path to peace and guide us forward.
Amen
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March 7, 2021
Today’s prayer is paraphrased from several of the Psalms (NIV).
Do not fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround us. (Ps. 49:5)
For God will guide us.
He has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted; he has not hidden his face but has listened to our cry for help. (Ps. 22:24)
And God will guide us.
He will rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and the needy from those who rob them. (Ps. 35:10)
And God will guide us.
He will repay the wicked for their deeds and for their evil work; repay them for what their hands have done and bring back upon them what they deserve. (Ps. 28:4)
And God will guide us.
We can still be confident of this: We will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, for he is with us always. (Ps. 27:13)
For our God guides us.
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. (Ps. 27:14)
Amen
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February 21, 2021
Matthew 1:23, 7:12, 8:16-17; Is. 53:4-6; Ps. 103
We thank you Lord for coming to be with us.
For choosing to take on our infirmities, heal our diseases, comfort our sorrows, carry our burdens, forgive our transgressions, and suffer for our inequities.
Be with us still, and stay with us, despite our many lapses.
Guide us, care for us, and teach us your ways, so we might better do for one another as you have done for us.
We confess our constant need for your presence O Lord, and praise your Holy Name.
Amen
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December 27, 2020
Light of the world, shine in our hearts, that we might see and act with compassion.
Shine in our minds that we might love justice, and act wisely.
Dispel our fears, our anger, our resentments, our sorrows and despair.
Shine on our hands that we might reach out in love.
Shine on our feet that we might find the path of peace.
Guide us O Lord through the new year.
Amen
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October 25, 2020
Holy Spirit guide us.
Noise, fear, anger, surprise – constant and unrelenting – scrambles our focus, feeds our anxiety.
And we feel lost, wondering which way to go.
Show us your ways.
Ways of love, of courage, of compassion, of self-control.
Calm our troubled spirits and grant us wisdom.
Help us to follow where you would lead.
Amen.
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October 18, 2020
Today’s prayer is adapted from the Prayers and Thanksgivings in the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer ##22 and 24.
Almighty God, to whom we must account for all of our powers and privileges, guide us as we elect our leaders and representatives.
Help us to accept our responsibilities to our fellow citizens, to move beyond self-interest, and to cast our votes for those who would promote the well-being of all people and administer our laws fairly.
Give us grace to forgive and courage to face our uncertain future together. Guide us past our fears and resentments and help us to act so that the rights of all might be protected and our nation enabled to fulfill your purposes.
We know that our individual choices aggregate to shape our country’s path. Help us find ways to care for one another and work together. Guide us that we might choose wisely, and build your kingdom, so we might be closer to it here on earth as it is in heaven.
Amen
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October 11, 2020
“Show us your ways O Lord . . . “ (Ps. 25 v. 4-5)
You have shown us a better way Lord. A way of
- compassion,
- love,
- mercy,
- forgiveness,
- generosity,
- patience,
- kindness, and
- self-control.
And you have shown us the way we should not go. A way of
- factions,
- hate,
- oppression,
- anger,
- fear,
- self-absorption,
- death, and
- destruction.
Forgive our missteps and misdirection, and guide us into the better way.
Amen
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September 27, 2020
Free us Lord from our despair, that we might find hope.
Free us Lord from our quarreling, that we might find peace.
Free us Lord from our denials, that we might understand and live into our reality.
Free us from our prejudices, that we might find ways for all to thrive.
Free us from our fears, that we might trust in you.
Free us O Lord, from these shackles of our own making.
Guide us, and help us find our way forward.
Amen
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July 4, 2015
On this 4th of July as we think about our country’s past struggles, current condition, and future, we invite you to review and add your prayers to the following verses, most of which are adapted from the “Prayer For Our Nation” in the Lutheran Book of Worship:
Bless our land and people with honest industry, and an honorable way of life.
Save us from violence, discord, and confusion; from pride and arrogance, and from every evil course of action.
Make us who come from many nations, with many different languages and cultures, a united people.
Let us provide a truthful education, and informed public discourse.
Give those whom we have entrusted with the authority of government the spirit of wisdom, that there might be justice and peace in our land.
Help us to understand and value our interdependence as much as our freedoms, and help us forgive and care for one another.
We need your help O Lord, and seek your guidance.
Amen
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Prayers For Our Country 