SELECTED PRAYERS FROM JUNE 2024 INTERCESSION PAPER
Cover:
God who made this earth and called it good,
thank you for this gift of life
and for those surrounding us in love
while we travel through these earthy paths.
Thank you for the listening ears,
the hands that greet,
the eyes that meet,
the helpful words,
the circles opening to take us in.
Eve Webster, Discerner
Monday:
Sunrise
A fresh new day
New opportunities
Give me grace, Lord, to watch
And listen and recognize
Your presence in my world today
Help me always seek
To do your will.
Bobbe Miller, SCHC
Tuesday:
In this life we are in a place where we know a little—perhaps too much—but not all. This holds us in a dilemma in which peace is fleeting. Help us, O God, to maintain our faith in you, to bear this dilemmatic burden and in your timely grace, lift us up into your eternal peace. We ask this in Jesus’ name.
Alene Tate, SCHC (1992-2023)
Wednesday:
Open my eyes
Why can’t we see
As we look around
The marginalized everywhere
The poor, the sick, the disabled
Domestic workers, prostitutes
On society’s fringes.
Inclusion is what I need to learn.
Open my eyes
And teach me to see like you
Act like you
Love like you
Teach me, O Lord, I pray.
Rebekah Kuriyan, SCHC
Thursday:
Holy God, your peace is the peace we seek to reconcile our anxious thoughts. Your peace offers perspective and leads to wisdom. Blanket our minds and hearts with your peace so we let your peace permeate to our cores and live in pursuit of reconciling trust and love.
Lynn Edwards, SCHC
Friday:
God of lovingkindness, give me an unquenchable desire to grow closer to you, to seek you above all else, and to heed your voice as it draws me to you. Let me know your selfless and life-giving love, that I may share it with each person I meet.
Alinda Stanley, SCHC
Saturday:
Praises and Thanksgiving to You, Creator God:
Help us to care for the gifts of the earth You have
given us.
Praises and Thanksgiving to You, Jesus the Christ:
Who shows us how to be in the world and not be
of the world.
Praises and Thanksgiving to You, Holy Spirit:
Who rejoices with us in times of joy and sustains
us in times of trial.
Cheri Evans, SCHC
