Tag Archives: Thanksgiving

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we pray for any who are finding that the pressures and stress they face each day mean that their joy in living in your world is simply being drained away; for those who use their … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, your name is all goodness, your nature is all loving-kindness and your purpose is peace. We come and confess that we are not the people you intended us to be. There are things we have … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we thank you for all who have acted with courage to set people free from injustice, oppression and all that spoils life. We praise you that through the Spirit of Christ we can be free … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, you do not change; you are always there, and you always will be. We praise you for your greatness, which holds our smallness; for your majesty, which was once clothed with our humanity; for your … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we live in a world of change. Every day is filled with uncertainty. We are surrounded by the twists and turns of life and we often feel we have little or no control over things … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we pray for those whose trust is in the riches they can hold and store, but who remain paupers in your sight; for those who have made an idol of created things and human achievement, … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, you have made us for freedom and responsibility. But we allow ourselves to be controlled by other people’s ideas and opinions. So often our lives are governed by our wants and not by our necessities. … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we thank you for all your faithful people who, like Moses, have come with words of hope, faith and love and who have acted with courage, patience and openness to set people free; for all … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, you are far, far more wonderful than our words can ever say or our minds imagine. We praise you because you are the source of all that is good and true and free. It is … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we do not come into your presence to worship you because we must, but because we long to. We do not come because we are worthy, but to give you glory. We do not come … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we pray for those who look at your creation but do not see you; for those who can marvel at the wonders of your world, but never lift their hearts to worship its Maker; for … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, you have shown us that the only sacrifice you want is a humble heart that is open to you and your will. We confess that we allow our neighbor’s needs to be sacrificed on the … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we thank you, not simply for making us, but for giving us life; for the sheer joy of being alive; for the pleasure of real friendship and for the opportunities to enjoy your wonderful creation. … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we praise you for the sheer size and endless variety of your creation. The more we discover, the more we realize just how little we do know. We scale mountains and plumb the depths of … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we come from a world where nothing is certain and where nothing is easy. We come to you with confidence, to offer a little more of our lives to you. We come knowing that you … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we pray for ordinary men and women; for those with whom we work and those with whom we share our lives; for those whose daily work crushes out of them any real sense of being … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we have heard the story of your infinite mercy, yet we have failed to be merciful ourselves. We have received your love in abundance, yet we have not been loving to each other. You have … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Wonderful God! We thank you for your gifts of freedom, hope, joy and mercy–gifts we simply do not deserve. We are grateful that we do not have to be in any doubt as to the reality … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we praise you that no matter the depth of our sin, your love can reach down and lift us up; no matter the hurt and pain we feel, your love holds us and heals us; … Continue reading →

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we bring our emptiness to receive from your fullness, our aloneness to be changed by your presence and our brokenness to be healed by your love. We bring the darkness of our sorrow, pain and … Continue reading →