Good Morning, God,
Eternal God, for any of the headlines that are shining in our eyes or ringing in our years this day:
May your eternal light shine into our hearts;
May your eternal goodness deliver us from evil;
May your eternal power the our support;
May your eternal wisdom scatter the darkness of our ignorance;
May your eternal pity have mercy upon us,
that with all our heart and mind and strength, we may seek your face and be brought by your infinite mercy to your holy way and presence, that you will:
Be in our head and in our understanding;
Be in our eyes and in our looking;
Be in our mouth and in our speaking;
Be in our heart and in our thinking;
Be at our end and at our departing.
Eternal God, help us so to know you that we may truly love you
and so to love you that we may fully serve you,
whose service is perfect freedom
and whose answers are just what the headlines need!
In Jesus' name, Amen.
20130906
A Prayer for the Headlines for Friday, September 6th
Good Morning, God,
God of grace, you have given us minds to know you, hearts to love you, and voices to sing your praise. Creator God, you have also given us minds to do wisely in our daily actions, hearts to love others in our daily relationships, and voices to sing of all the good things in life.
Lord, we need to put to better use our minds, hearts, and voices. Our headlines speak of children who have died because they are left in hot vehicles. Our minds need to remember and control our actions. Our headlines speak daily of vehicle accidents where one vehicle hits another from behind. Lord, our minds need to remember and stay back farther. Our headlines speak of domestic and child abuse. Our hearts need to go out to the victims, and our heads need to work on solutions. Our headlines speak the voices of war and destruction. Our voices need to speak to our hearts and minds of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, and self-control.
Lord God, give us hearts, minds, voices…and grace to do things your way.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
God of grace, you have given us minds to know you, hearts to love you, and voices to sing your praise. Creator God, you have also given us minds to do wisely in our daily actions, hearts to love others in our daily relationships, and voices to sing of all the good things in life.
Lord, we need to put to better use our minds, hearts, and voices. Our headlines speak of children who have died because they are left in hot vehicles. Our minds need to remember and control our actions. Our headlines speak daily of vehicle accidents where one vehicle hits another from behind. Lord, our minds need to remember and stay back farther. Our headlines speak of domestic and child abuse. Our hearts need to go out to the victims, and our heads need to work on solutions. Our headlines speak the voices of war and destruction. Our voices need to speak to our hearts and minds of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, and self-control.
Lord God, give us hearts, minds, voices…and grace to do things your way.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
20130904
A Prayer for the Headlines for Wednesday, September 4th
Good Morning, God,
God of true justice and peace, your Word cautions kings to estimate the cost of going to war. It warns that one may be going against a power bigger than one. Your Word instructs to send a delegation and work out terms of peace.
God of the universe, help our leaders count, then re-count, the cost of sending missiles into Syria, whether in retaliation or punishment, or the worst reason of all, to show our strength of government!
Heavenly Father, what we and all other nations ought to be doing is supporting the weak and helping the afflicted in Syria, while shunning those who would commit such atrocities against their own citizens, but more importantly, against other human beings.
Heavenly Father, actions of destruction will not be prudent; protect us from unwise decisions.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
God of true justice and peace, your Word cautions kings to estimate the cost of going to war. It warns that one may be going against a power bigger than one. Your Word instructs to send a delegation and work out terms of peace.
God of the universe, help our leaders count, then re-count, the cost of sending missiles into Syria, whether in retaliation or punishment, or the worst reason of all, to show our strength of government!
Heavenly Father, what we and all other nations ought to be doing is supporting the weak and helping the afflicted in Syria, while shunning those who would commit such atrocities against their own citizens, but more importantly, against other human beings.
Heavenly Father, actions of destruction will not be prudent; protect us from unwise decisions.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
20130902
A Prayer for the Headlines for Monday, September 2nd
Good Morning, God,
Lord, we pray this day that every able-bodied person of working age could hear these words from a great hymn:
Come, labor on,
Who dares stand idle on the harvest plane.
While all around us waves the golden grain.
And to each servant does the master say,
"Go, work today!"
Heavenly father, you made us male and female to use the gifts and skills you gave us to support ourselves, to provide for our families, to better our communities, and to plan for and protect our futures. You are correct, Lord, in saying that "idle hands are the devil's workshop." You were right, Lord, to show us how to work six days of the week, but also to take the seven today to worship, enjoy and thank you, as well as to enjoy each other.
So, Lord, thank you for holidays that celebrate labor, vacation days that give us extended rest from our labors… And your seventh-day commandment each week to take a much-needed 24-hour break. May we always do so.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
Lord, we pray this day that every able-bodied person of working age could hear these words from a great hymn:
Come, labor on,
Who dares stand idle on the harvest plane.
While all around us waves the golden grain.
And to each servant does the master say,
"Go, work today!"
Heavenly father, you made us male and female to use the gifts and skills you gave us to support ourselves, to provide for our families, to better our communities, and to plan for and protect our futures. You are correct, Lord, in saying that "idle hands are the devil's workshop." You were right, Lord, to show us how to work six days of the week, but also to take the seven today to worship, enjoy and thank you, as well as to enjoy each other.
So, Lord, thank you for holidays that celebrate labor, vacation days that give us extended rest from our labors… And your seventh-day commandment each week to take a much-needed 24-hour break. May we always do so.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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