Being a church that prays together doesn’t just happen on Sundays at worship. It can happen throughout the week, and this summer, we are going to pray together for the months of July and August. Over the next two months, each day take some time to pray the three prayers below; one in the morning when you wake up, one at midday (at 12:12pm) and one in the evening. These can be another our time of praying together.
Morning Prayer
A Prayer of Relinquishment
“Today, Lord, I yield myself to you.
May Your will be my delight today.
May You have your perfect sway in me.
May Your love be the pattern for my living.
I surrender to You my hopes,
my dreams, my ambitions.
Do with them what You will,
when You will, as You will.
I place into Your loving care my family,
my friends, my future.
Care for them with the care I can never give.
May You establish Your Kingdom through
my words, my hands, my feet,
for Jesus’ sake. Amen”
Mid-Day Prayer at 12:12pm
Our Father
“Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name;
Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our debts,
s we forgive our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power
and the glory. Amen.”
Evening Prayer
A Prayer for our Church
Lord, we humbly come before you to guide us to be a good and beautiful community.
Guide us to know Jesus more intimately.
Fill us with Your Holy Spirit that we might dream and act in ways that seek
“Your Kingdom here, as it is in heaven.”
May we be a community that is…
A Holy Community…
A Hopeful Community…
A Serving Community…
A Christ-Centered Community…
A Reconciling Community…
An Encouraging Community…
A Generous Community…
A Worshipping Community…
In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen!