This pastoral prayer is interspersed with the words of Psalm 23. It is especially powerful when read in two voices.
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Prayers of the People: Witness
God our creator,ruler of heaven and earth,you see us in our joy and our pain,our doubt and our faith,our confusion and despair,our longing and hope. You see us.
Prayers of the People: An Expanded Lord’s Prayer
Each week, without fail, we pray as you taught us, your best, simple, most honest words. So we pray now, again and again, Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Holy is your name, God. It’s holy when we don’t feel your presence.
Prayers of the People: A Widening Circle
Prayers of the People Holy God, we pray in ever-widening circles extending the love we feel for those closest to us out into our communities, our nation, and our whole world.
Prayers of the People: Advent Peace
Holy, beloved God,we come before you seeking strength,and comfort,someone to help us bear the load,or to give us a load worth bearing. In our praying give us open ears to hear your assurancesand open hearts to feel your peace,even as we say together: God of peace,hear our prayers.
Prayers of the People: Joys and Sorrows All Mixed Up
Creator, Sustainer, Redeemer God, We come before you this morning with full hearts, with joys and sorrows all mixed up together. We rejoice in the beauty and miracle and majesty of creation. We rejoice that our children can go to school, and we rejoice in the teachers who give their time and energy to serveContinue reading “Prayers of the People: Joys and Sorrows All Mixed Up”
Prayers of the People: In the Summer
Believing we have an ever-present companion in God, who laughs with us in joy and weeps with us in pain, let us share our prayers with God.
Prayers of the People: Trinity Sunday
On this day, Living God, we celebrate that you are not distant from us,not trapped in a temple or secluded in the heavens,but right here with us, in every time and place.
Prayers of the People: Ascension
Jesus, friend and saviortoday we remember your ascensionnot as the moment that you left usbut as the moment you promised to be with us foreverthrough the Holy Spirit, our guide and companion.
Prayers of the People: Gratitude and Grace
Now, as children of our heavenly creator,let us bring our prayers to God.
Prayers of the People: MLK Day
This prayer was written by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. around 1956 and preserved in Howard Carter’s The Prayer Tradition of Black People (1977). It has been lightly adapted for inclusive language (primarily changing “man” to “human”). Other adaptations or insertions are noted by brackets.
Prayers of the People: Touches of Grace
We come to God in prayerbelieving that prayer is not futileor without resultsbut that in opening our hearts to Godwe find the courage and strength to keep workingthat we are restoredre-filled with God’s love and peace,so that we can share it with others.Prayer transforms us,and through us,the whole world.
Prayers of the People: Almost Christmas
Holy God, we know you are with us each moment.Nothing we say in our prayers can surprise you.Yet we come to you in prayer anyway,not to keep you informed,but to wedge open a space in our hearts,for us to feel your presence,and know your great love.
Prayers of the People: Stubborn Joy
Holy God,We come before you this morning, With hearts that are heavy with worry,But also stubbornly joyful,Carrying sparks of your joyThat refuse to be put out. We dare to pray Not just for things to be okay,Not just for things to be a little better,But for joy,Pure joyFor your people.
Prayers of the People: Beatitudes
These prayers of the people are based off Jesus’ sermon on the mount from the Gospel of Matthew. Precious Jesus, Lord, Savior, Teacher, hear us as we pray, and as we plead, Lord, in your mercy. hear our prayer.
Prayers of the People: Simple Prayers
God of Grace and God of Glory, you have poured your power on your people. We pray now in your holy name, as generations have prayed before us, for the joys and concerns of our days, knowing that you care for great and small.
Prayers of the People: Great and Small
God of great and small, we lift our prayers to you,trusting in the power of your love,to bring healingeven in the midst of heartache,and magnify our joywhere we find our life in you.
Prayers of the People: Where Our Help Comes From
Loving God,we come to you in prayer this morning,not because we are helpless, but because we know where our help comes from,from you.
Prayers of the People: Waterlogged Hearts
God of all people, our hearts are heavy today, waterlogged,as we try to lift them to you.
Prayers of the People: What We Experience
God, we know that you see everything that happens in this world; nothing we pray about is news to you. Yet still we pray, asking that your peace and wisdom rest on us, and your presence transform our lives.
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