Here’s a
prayer of intercession for the first Sunday of Lent. It comes from
Richard Fairchild’s Kir-shalom website.
Prayers of the People
for the First Sunday of Lent
(inspired by Matthew 4:1-11, Mark
1:12-13, Luke 4:1-13)
Let us pray:
Lord,
listen to our prayers for ourselves at this time.
Bring to
our minds the places we have compromised the truth
for that
which is convenient to us;
the times
we have shut our eyes and ears and hearts to the needs of others;
the times
we have indulged ourselves to our own detriment.
Help us,
dear God, to know that you forgive these things,
and give us
strength to resist them in the future.
Lord,
hear our prayer.
Lord,
listen to our prayers for others at this time:
for those
who hunger for bread but only find stones;
for those
who seek justice but can find no advocate who will help them;
for those
who are in danger and have no one watching over them.
Lord,
hear our prayer.
Lord, speak
to us in the silence of our hearts.
Show us the
way to go…
We pray to
you in the name of Jesus,
who taught
us to come to you saying,
Our
Father….
~ from
Richard J. Fairchild’s Kir-shalom website. http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/c-le01sm.php
