Good Morning, God,
Lord Jesus, our prayers go out today with our thanks to you for what you did, which we humbly remember today.
We remember the story, Lord, and how you had the meal with your disciples last night, then went to the garden to pray. There you were arrested and your terrible ordeal began that has kept you up all night. You have been taunted, lied about and interviewed. You have been deserted by your friends, many who claim they don't know you. We know that you will be beaten with a cat-o-nine tales that will rip your flesh.
Lastly, as is tradition, you will be nailed to a cross with nails in your wrists and one in your ankles to hold your feet to the cross.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, you will "give up your spirit" to God.
Lord Jesus, think on us this day as we worship at noon and other times, thinking of you.
In Jesus's name, amen.
20130327
A Prayer for the Headlines for Wednesday, March 27th
Good Morning, God,
The headlines have been about the word "respect" lately, Lord: respect for the arts, respect for the dead, respect for tradition, and respect for faith, this time for the Jewish and Christian faiths.
As for faith, this week is very important for the Jewish faith, for it celebrates when the Israelites were exiting from Egypt with the feast called "Passover." It is very important for Christians, for it celebrates when Jesus re-identified the Passover, with his own body and blood symbolically becoming, the bread and wine of Holy Communion, the Eucharist. We are humbled by both of these acts and respect them.
We also give thanks for the respect that many have for the arts and having a good performance because of their volunteerism. We give thanks for the respect for life and the dead that Boy Scouts learn, even as several Boy Scouts are working on a cemetery for an Eagle project.
Lord Jesus, may we grow to respect all things good, and do our best to enhance life.
In Jesus's name, Amen.
The headlines have been about the word "respect" lately, Lord: respect for the arts, respect for the dead, respect for tradition, and respect for faith, this time for the Jewish and Christian faiths.
As for faith, this week is very important for the Jewish faith, for it celebrates when the Israelites were exiting from Egypt with the feast called "Passover." It is very important for Christians, for it celebrates when Jesus re-identified the Passover, with his own body and blood symbolically becoming, the bread and wine of Holy Communion, the Eucharist. We are humbled by both of these acts and respect them.
We also give thanks for the respect that many have for the arts and having a good performance because of their volunteerism. We give thanks for the respect for life and the dead that Boy Scouts learn, even as several Boy Scouts are working on a cemetery for an Eagle project.
Lord Jesus, may we grow to respect all things good, and do our best to enhance life.
In Jesus's name, Amen.
20130325
A Prayer for the Headlines for Monday, March 25th
The headlines many years ago came from President John F. Kennedy when he said “Ask not what your country can do for you, but rather ask what you can do for your country”.
The headline just last week spoke of President Obama saying that “Yes, we live in a land of the free, but we don’t live in isolation . . . . We have an obligation to take responsibility for others”.
The interesting thing is, Lord, that in a scientific survey, we Americans like our personal freedom more than we support “the greater good”. If anything is proposed that will take away our individual freedom, such as “gun control”, we balk. However, if something is needing to be done and it is couched in the phrase for the greater good, such as “we need to stem gun violence” we are more accepting.
However, and we’ve seen this, Lord, when it is for “the greater good” we have less energy for it.
God, may we care more for the great good and less about our individualism and individual rights.
In Jesus name, Amen
20130322
A Prayer for the Headlines for Friday, March 22nd.
Good Morning, God
Lord, sometimes on Friday evening, a voice comes on the radio and asks the question “it’s 10:00p.m – do you know where your children are?” or “it’s 11:00p.m – do you know where your children are?” This question, because it is not often asked so publicly, causes us to pause as parents and ask ourselves if we do know where our children are or, it causes us as young people to pause and ask ourselves if we want our parents to know where we are!
As the headlines this week have told us that the Greater Jasper School Board has approved a set of strict drug and alcohol policies because of a student survey that showed a higher-than-normal abuse of substances, we might want to take seriously the question posed by the radio announcer: “Do you know where your children are. Guide us as parents, Lord to getting our young people to be in appropriate places on, especially Friday and Saturday nights. And guide us as young people, Lord, to being in appropriate places on Friday and Saturday nights . . . and doing the right things.
In Jesus’ name, Amen
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