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PRAYERS
OF THE PEOPLE
Dear loving heavenly Father, we begin by giving our thankfulness, that
by your authority, we are being lifted up by the Holy Spirit to be with
our Lord Jesus, worshiping, praising, communicating with you, loving
you. We are amazed by what
the Holy Bible teaches us about your gracious actions in this world.
Some of our most wonderful joys occur when we meditate upon the
graceful blessings you have accomplished in our lives.
Lead and help us to be more personally communicating with you
because of your faith, hope, and love for us.
Our situation, as a congregation whom you love so much, to us can be
mysterious, fascinating, and painful.
Our prayer is that you will teach us obedience even through our
suffering. And that you
will teach us certainly about the deep level of grace you are revealing
to us, so we may share that truth with others in our community. As we
ext
end our thoughts beyond our community, our prayers to you are often
about the subject of the various types of terroristic evil in the Middle
East. It does make us
thankful that the Holy Spirit leads Christ to pray for us when we
don’t know how to pray. Please,
protect the innocent people being attacked by terrorists.
Lord, we are now going to pray for our sisters and brothers in the
church, our family members, and other loved ones.
We are going to pray silently and audibly if that is your will
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Thank you for this time of prayer, in Jesus’ name.
Amen.
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