Congregational Prayer on Lay Sunday (2009)

Loving God,

You are the one in whom we live and move and have our being. You are our salvation. We are wounded yet you heal the roots of our existence. We hear your message of love and seek to practice that love here and when we leave this service.

Prayer is a way we consciously enter into a relationship with you. Prayer is also the way we nurture that relationship.  Moments in which we drink deeply from the source of meaning are moments of prayer. There is no human heart that does not pray, at least in deep dreams that nourish life with meaning.

We pray for those who we remember now.

We take time for prayer but help us to pray without ceasing.
We are being transformed by your love, We are being transformed by our prayers, we are transformed by an intentional relationship with You. Thank you for satisfying our hunger, Thank you for satisfying our thirst. Help us to be intentional about our life with God each day of the week.

How shall we do your will this week? Will it be in acts of praise, in gifts shared, in prayers lifted? Who will you lead us to serve? Help us trust you. Help us listen. bless this community as we leave. Encourage us, comfort us, unite us, make our joy complete.

Gratefulness from our grateful heart can help us pray without ceasing.

In Christ's name we pray, Amen.