Posts Tagged ‘United States’
May 16, 2021
Widen our lens O Lord, well beyond the narrow aperture of our phones.
Help us to lift our heads and see the beauty and the wonder of the world around us, and know that you are with us, that we are not alone nor in charge.
Help us to see your love and and forgiveness in the people around us, so that we too might respond with compassion and mercy.
Help us to see the many revelations of your grace that surround us, inviting us to move beyond our resentful and quarrelsome ways.
Open our eyes Lord to the possibilities of our future were we to work together.
Amen
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May 10, 2021
Today’s prayer borrows from Psalm 46.
God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, even as the very foundations of our democracy come under attack, and the political norms that gird our Constitution are threatened in the swelling waves of extreme partisanship and disinformation.
We will not fear for we know that God is with us, and the truth will someday set us free to pursue His paths of justice and peace.
Amen
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May 2, 2021
Bless our children Lord.
When we were expecting, the doctor told us, “a child is God’s way of saying the world must go on.”
Help us change Lord, for their sake.
Protect them from a legacy of fear, hate, and resentment.
Instead let them know joy, peace, and opportunity.
Help them love and be loved by their fellow citizens.
Give us all hope.
Help us change Lord, that our children might more fully live.
Amen
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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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April 18, 2021
Galatians 5:22-26
Help us Lord bear the fruit of your Spirit,
love and joy,
free us from our hate and fear;
peace,
heal our anger and resentment;
patience, kindness, and goodness,
may we see and nurture the goodness embedded in all your children;
faithfulness,
let your command to love our neighbor as ourselves guide our way;
gentleness,
may we forgive ourselves and others as we move forward;
self-control,
may we think harder, choose our words more carefully, listen well, and act wisely.
Help us bear fruit O Lord.
Amen
Tags:country, faithfulness, fruit of the Spirit, gentleness, goodness, joy, kindness, love, patience, peace, politics, Prayer, self-control, United States, USA
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April 4, 2021
Alleluia! Our Redeemer lives.
In us and through us.
He is our
living hope,
saving help,
refuge in times of trouble,
our guide towards grace.
Free us O Lord from the sins of greed and self-regard.
Fill our hearts with compassion.
Guide us that we too might live, caring for and serving others.
Amen
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March 28, 2021
Today’s prayer is adapted from Ps. 5:4-12; See also Luke 19:41-44
Forgive us Lord when we fail to see the path to peace and follow those who lead with false promises.
Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their hearts are filled with destruction.
And we follow at our peril for you are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell.
The arrogant cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who do wrong.
You destroy all who tell lies.
Declare them guilty, O God! Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them for their many sins, because they falsely claim your name.
Shield us Lord, and retrieve those who have gone astray. Lead us in your better way that we may avoid the fate of Jerusalem.
Amen
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March 21, 2021
Thank you Lord for vaccines and sunny days; the sounds of children playing, a casual encounter with friends, flowers pushing up through the earth, a good meal.
For all these things that give us hope.
Don’t let the gun shots, the hurt that fills our hearts, the hate that spews through our media, or the uncertainty that surrounds us, take that hope away.
Help us to focus on the many signs of your presence in our world, and reach out to others in love and compassion.
Lead us forward O Lord.
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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Prayers For Our Country 