Category Archives: Prayer and Praise

Lord, hear our prayer: We pray for those whose hopes are dashed and whose lives are filled with ‘might have beens’ and whose memories are clouded with ‘if onlys’; for those who never had a dream or vision and for … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we are your handiwork – you designed us for goodness, love and compassion. You have made us in such a way that we can never be satisfied until we respond with love to your love, … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Wonderful God! How can we not thank you for your extravagant love to us in Christ? We thank you for the way you have made yourself and your purposes known. You did this, not to the … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we praise you, the one true living God, who fills the whole universe with life, love and meaning. We praise you for your tremendous love which flows to us and into our lives in Christ. … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, your presence lifts us, your grace amazes us, your power overwhelms us and your love excites us. No matter what we bring with us – hurts, sorrows, self-satisfaction, bitterness or joyful praise – you always … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we pray for those who destroy all that is good; for those whose words destroy hope; for those whose deeds destroy peace; for those whose foolishness destroys hope for others. Lord, we pray for those … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, forgive us for being the kind of people we are. We are never satisfied, never content with what we have. So we are ever anxious, often angry, sometimes envious and jealous. We are concerned for … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, as we come before you with thanks and praise, we thank you especially for those whose deeds opened our eyes to your truth, whose words opened our ears to your voice, whose lives opened our … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, you are almighty, gracious and loving. We praise you, not only that he came, but also for the way he came: born as one of us; sharing our life and our limitations of time and … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we come before you again as an act of worship. Lord, you deserve to be glorified and worshipped. We come to gather up all we have said and done and thought since last we met … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Almighty God, all-loving and gracious, we pray for Christians who allow themselves to be divided from each other by church teaching or their own narrow ideas. Lord, we pray, break down the barriers we build between … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, forgive us our half-hearted commitment, the poverty of our worship and the frailty of our faith in Christ. Forgive our lack of hope and trust. Forgive our lack of discipline, and that we need to … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Almighty God, our heavenly Father, we thank you for men and women who have been like John the Baptist for us; for those who have prepared the way for others to hear you speak, to know … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we come to you with our lives, our thoughts, our hopes and our fears. We come with our plans, our dreams and our memories. We come with our time, our gifts and our skills. We … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord of life, we pray for friends and neighbors; for those we work with and for members of our own family who are without joy, hope, peace or any real sense of purpose and direction in … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, forgive our narrow-mindedness and our prejudice. Forgive us for accepting only that which we can understand, and those with whom we agree. Forgive our too easy rejection of other people and their styles of worship, … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we give you thanks for the truth of your word in the Bible; when we were sad, you comforted us; when we were wayward, you warned us; when we wandered off on our own way, … Continue reading →