Friday, November 27, 2015

Prayers of the People - November 1, 2015

Lord God - we give you thanks for all your gifts to us – for daily food - for health - for each breath we take - for freedom to choose - and for the gifts of your word, your power, and your love.  Our hearts are truly overwhelmed, God, when we consider all that you are and how you have entrusted so much to us.  May we be worthy of that trust - may we be a people who are unafraid to live as fully and as richly as you want us to live....   Lord hear our prayer....

Help us O God, as followers of Jesus,
·       to multiply all that we have been given,
·       to spread your word into places it may not be welcomed
·       to love those whom others think are unworthy of love
·       to do serve those who are in deep need.
Make us ones who share in both word and deed that which you have given to us.  Lord hear our prayer....

Gracious God, you are to be praised for the women and men whose
faithful witness to your love inspires each generation of your people.  We honor the Saints who have come before us, we cherish the Saints who are with us today, and we strive to become a “Saint” to those who follow us.  

We pray, O God, for our church and leaders – may FCC encourage all its members to discover, develop, and use all their gifts, those of nature and those of grace... Lord hear our prayer...

We pray for those who are poor in body or in spirit...  
for those who are oppressed and heavy laden....  
for those who are sick or in despair...  

Loving God, minister by your Spirit, and by us, to all those for whom we have prayed and help us walk faithfully in the path of our Lord Jesus Christ - he who taught us to pray together as one family, saying. Our Father….

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