PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP June 2, 2013
Greeting
We gather here in this House of Healing.
All of you who are
paralyzed by grief
crippled by self-doubt
blinded by prejudice,
made deaf by insensitivity,
Come and be touched by the Lord.
Penitential Prayer
Father, forgive us for ignoring the outstretched
hand of a brother and sister in need.
For condemning instead of offering the healing hand of fellowship;
For not listening instead of offering the healing hand of understanding;
For back-biting instead of offering the healing hand of forgiveness;
For gossiping instead of offering the healing hand of prayer.
Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy on us sinners!
Blessing
Go in the certain knowledge that there is
no evil situation,
no feeling of despair,
no catastrophe
which escapes God’s compassionate notice.
Go forth, and allow the healing power
of God to take over in your life!
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP June 9, 2013
Greeting
I am the Way — follow Me.
I am the Bread — partake of Me.
I am the Truth — believe in Me.
I am the Light and the Life — become a part of Me.
Penitential Prayer
Father, Your Son has invited us to eat the Bread of Life,
but instead we are bloated from our own spiritual junk-food.
We feed upon advertisements which promise good living but not necessarily good life.
We feed upon the psychology of “Do it if it feels good,” even if it isn’t good.
We allow our children to feed upon a daily diet of mindless TV violence.
Father, forgive us,
for eating garbage
and turning down the True Bread of Life.
Blessing
May the Truth of the Father,
the Way of the Son,
and the Light of the Spirit,
be with you now and always.
May you feed on the True Bread of Life,
now and always.
Amen.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP June 16, 2013
Greeting
Those who are aware of His Word
Have come to worship the mystery and majesty
of the Trinity.
Penitential Prayer
If you regret your temper,
ask for forgiveness.
If you regret your ego,
ask for forgiveness.
If you regret your greed,
ask for forgiveness.
If you regret your family failures,
ask for forgiveness.
If you regret your corruption,
ask for forgiveness.
If you regret your selfishness,
ask for forgiveness.
If your regret your violence,
ask for forgiveness.
If you regret your deceptions,
ask for forgiveness.
If you regret your bitterness,
ask for forgiveness.
If you regret your irresponsibility,
ask for forgiveness.
Ask for forgiveness and it shall be granted.
Blessing
You came seeking help,
You came seeking love,
You came seeking forgiveness,
And you came seeking peace.
Now you may go,
for these things have been granted.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP June 23, 2013
Greeting
As committed Christians, we follow Jesus on the straight and narrow path of doing the Father’s Will.
No going around in circles.
Just straight ahead!
Penitential Prayer
Because we are less than eager to hear straight talk from Jesus, our lives keep going around in circles.
Because we are reluctant to hear straight talk from Jesus, we are going nowhere with our lives.
Because we are only too eager to go our own way, spiritually speaking, we just keep going around in circles.
Love one another as I have loved you. That’s straight talk from the Lord Jesus Christ. That is the straight and narrow path on which to follow the Lord Jesus.
Father, forgive us for just going ’round and ’round.
Blessing
Go forth now in the Spirit of New Life in Christ. No more going around in circles, but straight ahead, in pursuit of a life of love.
PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP June 30, 2013
Greeting
Happy are the followers of Christ
who have come together in the Spirit
of immediacy,
of urgency,
of deep commitment,
so characteristic of the Master.
Penitential Prayer
For our hesitation in the business of Christian living:
our lack of immediacy,
our lack of urgency,
our lack of deep commitment,
we ask Your merciful forgiveness, Lord!
Blessing
For the committed Christian there is no tomorrow; no next week; no time for hesitation.
For the committed Christian, the Revolution of heart and mind and soul is now.
Let us go, now, in the spirit of deepest commitment to Jesus’ Revolution of Love.
