Dear Heavenly Father,
We thank you for the many blessings you have given us. We thank you for
freedom to be and worship where we are. We remember those who worship in
secret, those who suffer as a result of war – Fear, hunger and
devastation all around them. Only you know their pain and desolation.
Give courage, strength and peace in this unsettled world.
In our congregation we remember those who are hurting whether with
health issues, with relationships, with loss of a family member or
friend, those awaiting diagnosis or treatment, those who suffer in
silence, all not knowing the future. May we each look to you, oh God,
for guidance, for peace and comfort from day to day.
Psalm 24: verse 1 & 2 state: The earth is the Lord’s and everything in
it, the world and all who live in it!
May we dwell in the knowledge that you have created us, you will expand
us but you have said you are with us, and you wish us to enjoy your
world. We only need to look to the awesome lighning show the skies
displayed recently, to the sunsets which become an expanse of star
filled skies these nights, the amazing feat of a spider web, the beauty
of our still lush green surroundings beginning to colour with fall
approaching, the amazing miracle of a newborn baby who then becomes that
school child. We do have daily reminders that this is your world and we
are all a part of it. Our prayer today is that the children returning
to school know they are loved and be given a desire to learn and grow.
May the teachers too be given patience while being models to and
teaching these children.
We do rejoice with the healing that is and has occurred in our church
family.
Thank you for giving your life so that we may live. For stretching us
and giving us daily strength. As we live into this next week may we
give you our praise and thanksgiving, knowing you have created us, may
we feel your presence in each of our lives in a very real way!
Amen