Here’s
a pastoral prayer for Proper 13C from Rev Anne Paton on the Starters for Sunday website.
Pastoral
Prayer
Almighty
God, we come to you today in confidence, for this world in which we live is
your world, brought into being through your love for all your people. And as we
bring all our concerns before you, we know that you are waiting to hear us and
to respond to us.
Lord,
we pray that you will teach us all how to provide for our own lives, mindful of
our own needs, yet also of the call of Christ to put our trust in him. Help us
to spend our time and our money in a manner worthy of your kingdom of love.
Lord,
make this church a place of generosity where people work together, giving all
that they are and all that they have, so that the wonderful resources of our
world may be better shared.
We pray
today for people who wander through life, constantly seeking a purpose, a
reason for living. We remember especially those who store up wealth for
themselves believing that the road to happiness is through the accumulation of
possessions. Help them to find in you, love, acceptance, and wholeness.
We make
our prayers as part of our common life of worship and service to Jesus Christ
our Lord, Amen
~ written by Rev Anne
Paton, and posted on the Church of Scotland’s Starters for Sunday website. http://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/15620/4_august_2013.pdf
