O Lord of hosts, our Sun and Shield, how blessed we are to be
in Your house this morning, privileged to come before You in prayer, knowing
that we can expect favor and honor and all good things for we come to You in
Jesus’ name:
We thank and praise You that You are the God of kept
promises. You kept Your promise to the
patriarchs and brought Your people into the Promised Land. Let Your faithfulness be our confidence and
hope. When our sins and failures
undermine our life with You, let the promises of forgiveness and peace that we
have in Your Son Jesus Christ restore us.
At the death of Your servant Moses You did not leave Your
people without leadership but raised up Joshua to go before them. Continue to raise up workers for Your harvest
field. Bless the church’s schools and those
who are preparing to serve Your people in the Public Ministry so that Your
mighty, saving works would be told forth from generation to generation. Especially do we ask Your blessing upon Jim
as he begins a short-term mission trip in Mexico that he would be a blessing to
others.
We thank You that You have made us a part of Your household
of faith through Holy Baptism and kept us a part of it through preaching and
Holy Communion. Lead us to treasure
these precious means of grace all the days of our lives. Grant repentance to those who disregard
public worship and return them to our midst.
Let the joys and sorrows of our brothers and sisters in Christ be our
own. Heal those who are ill, especially
Dolores, Tom, Ted, Logan, Robert, Bernice, Randy, and Nicole. Comfort those who mourn. Help those who are in any need and use us to
be Your hands of mercy and Your voice of care and concern. Send rain upon this dry land and bless Grace
as she celebrates a birthday and remembers her mother’s birthday.
When we are tempted to hesitancy and doubt, grant us
confidence and hope—especially as we bear witness to You and testify to our
great high priest Jesus Christ who has offered up the “once-for-all” sacrifice
of His own life for the world. The
exodus of His death and resurrection has led us from a land of darkness and
death into the glorious light of a new life with You. Make us faithful confessors of this saving
truth.
On this Transfiguration Sunday we thank You for the faithful
testimony of the Holy Apostles. Through
their eyes we behold Your majestic glory that shines forth through the human
flesh of Your Son and rejoice in the promise that is there in the presence of Moses
and Elijah: that death is not the end
for Your people but the beginning of a life lived in Your glorious
presence. Grant us faith to listen to
Jesus’ words and so guide us on the journey to heaven.
Into Your hands we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in
Your mercy, through Jesus Christ our Lord in whose name we bring these prayers
to You this morning. Amen.
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