Congregational Prayer 11/15/09

Offered by Pastor Mary Scheer

Dear Lord, we know that we need you, we know there is no true wisdom, or peace or provision apart from you that is worth seeking.

Thank you for today, for the chance that today offers, to know you better, to
see your hand, to experience your grace and to ask for your help.

Like the psalmist, each of us here has our own issues, things that we’re waiting for, although I think for some of us, the whole souls waiting in silence thing may be a struggle as silence is drowned out by the endless battering of doubt and fear reminding us of all of our problems and all that can go wrong.

And yet we know the salvation we hope for will come from you.  While our faith says we will not be shaken, some of us feel shaken, fragile like the leaning wall or tottering fence, unable to withstand any more pressure.

We pray for your strength that you would be that strong fortress around us, that you will shore up the ground as solid rock beneath our feet.

We pray for deliverance for ourselves and those we love, we pray for the person sitting next to us in the pew, for our neighbors and co workers and all
around the world who look to you for relief.

We pray for deliverance from sickness and pain, deliverance from heartache and loneliness, deliverance from confusion, conflict and fear and all the
things that leave us weak and wobbly.

Help us to trust in you at all times, to set our hearts on you and live out of a place of confidence in you, so we can be refreshed and energized as we wait for you, for your power and your salvation.

In Jesus name,

Amen.