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Cleansing God, so much of our country is covered with rain and snow. Looking out the window and seeing the effects of the precipitation and what the sound of rain and solitude of snow falling gives us, may we use this time for introspection.  May we think about how we are living our lives and makeContinue reading “Prayer for February 13, 2021”

Be with us this day O Lord as we continue to live in challenging times.  We are all tired.  Tired of the Pandemic and all it is requiring us to do to keep each other safe, tired of the tension that exists in our country and simply the normal kind of tired that happens at the endContinue reading “Prayer for February 12, 2021”

May this day O Lord be filled with your spirit.  May it guide me to share your love with those around me. May I be quick to respond to need and slow to anger.  May I find ways to support people in my words and actions.  May I be open to new ways to see the world andContinue reading “Prayer for February 10. 2021”

Loving God, help us to find ways to care for each other today.  Give us the words we need to express our love for those we meet and help us to find the joy that comes from serving others without expectation of something in return.  May we find ways to move beyond the petty issues of theContinue reading “Prayer for February 9, 2021”

Guiding God, each day is filled with choices.  Help me today as I am given the chance to decide how to best respond to what is before me.  May I not respond in haste, anxiety or anger.  Almost nothing I face today needs so immediate an answer that I can’t take a second to ask how my responseContinue reading “Prayer for February 8, 2021”

O God who calls us to be witnesses of your love.  Help us to recognize our own gifts in how we respond to that call.  May we use all that we have and all that we are as we live into the fullness of your love and express it in how we love those whom you putContinue reading “Prayer for February 7, 2021”

O Lord our God, we have so many challenges before us that sometimes it is hard for us to recognize that we have much for which to be grateful.  Each new day has the chance to be an incredible gift.  Help us to begin this day in anticipation of what great things might happen rather than beContinue reading “Prayer for February 6, 2021”

O Lord God, there are so many people who are carrying burdens that seem overwhelming.  Be with them and help them to find the support they need.  Support those who work in the mental health field as their load had grown dramatically.  Be with those who have anxiety, depression and other mental illnesses that are exacerbated by theContinue reading “Prayer for February 5, 2021”

Loving God, there are so many ways that we need your healing power.  We struggle with the regular physical illnesses, diseases and cancers and are currently overwhelmed by a virus that is killing way too many people. We also need you for the ways in which we are unwell that are more than medically defined.  We are inflictedContinue reading “Prayer for February 4, 2021”

O Lord our God. Thank you for all the essential workers and their families for all they have given up over this last year.  Be with all the people who work in the hospitals and care facilities to keep it safe and clean. May they feel your presence as they deal with the increased stresses ofContinue reading “Prayer for February 2, 2021”