PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
February 3, 2019
GREETING
If your faith is
unsure
unsound
unsteady
or unstable,
come into this House of spiritual support and be blessed with the conviction of the Gospels!
PENITENTIAL PRAYER
“No prophet gains acceptance in His native place.”
We want to accept You at the very center of our being
but are embarrassed to admit it to our family.
We want to experience a new-found faith in You
but are embarrassed to tell our friends.
We discover a fresh perspective on life in Your Gospel
but are embarrassed to tell our co-workers.
We begin to experience a transformation in our
spirit and soul and then hide it from others — and lose it for ourselves.
We confess we have tried to seek Your Ways
while keeping it quiet.
Forgive us Lord for all of our misguided embarrassments.
BLESSING
Go now to live by the Word of the Lord
and preach it to
family
friend
fellow worker
and fellow man.
Go now, as disciples and prophets of the Lord!
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
February 10, 2019
GREETING
Come, let us serve the Lord!
Let us serve Him in the home.
Let us serve Him in the office.
Let us serve Him in the factory.
Let us serve Him in the school.
Let us serve Him in this Church.
Come, let us serve the Lord!
PENITENTIAL PRAYER
Lord, we confess our reluctance to become fishers of men.
We seem so afraid of the deep water,
so terrified of the storm,
so uncomfortable about launching into the unknown,
so afraid, even of the fish.
We are so outspoken about politics,
but so reticent about religion.
We cheer so wildly at sporting events,
but are so silent at church.
We share our opinions so readily,
but not our opinions of Christ.
We recommend commercial products,
but not spiritual realities.
Lord, forgive us for our fears,
and give us the courage
to launch out into the deep.
BLESSING
Visit the sick.
Feed the poor.
Comfort the sorrowing.
Befriend the lonely.
Encourage the downtrodden.
Inform the unknowing
of the Christ who cares.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
February 17, 2019
GREETING
We have come to give our testimony on behalf of
the Living God.
We have come to give our testimony on behalf of
the Risen Christ.
We have come as a living sign of
Christ’s Holy Beatitudes.
PENITENTIAL PRAYER
Forgive us, Lord, for being quicker to condemn
than to bless:
employers blaming workers,
workers blaming employers;
teachers blaming students,
students blaming teachers;
adults blaming youths,
youths blaming parents;
rich blaming poor,
poor blaming rich;
insiders blaming outsiders,
outsiders blaming insiders.
Forgive us, Lord, for being quicker to condemn
than to bless.
BLESSING
Having put on the Spirit of Christ,
we now receive the blessing of Christ,
in order that we may become . . .
more effective heralds of the Living God,
more effective doers of His Holy Will,
more effective witnesses to the Sermon
on the Mount.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP
February 24, 2019
GREETING
We have gathered together to accept responsibility to be a “light to the nations” and, thereby, to make a difference in the world.
PENITENTIAL PRAYER
Lord, for those times when we find it easier to cry “Vengeance!” than to pray for our enemy,
Lord, for those times when we find it more
palatable to take sweet revenge than to return
evil with good,
Lord, for those times when we are more willing
to rely on the laws of men than on the laws of God,
We humbly ask for Your blessed forgiveness!
BLESSING
Go now and make a difference, in the sure and
the certain knowledge that love is the sweetest thing!
