Prayer for Others
Gracious God,
today’s scripture reminds us that words matter
and that the way we choose our words
holds within it the capacity to either harm or
heal, to wound or welcome.
In this time when words are tossed around so
casually,
may our words be used to build up the Body of
Christ
and share love and compassion in a broken and
battered world.
Holy and Merciful God, hear our prayer.
Healing God,
we pray for those who have been hurt by words
of late:
for refugees and immigrants with or without
documentation,
for women and girls who have endured words of
sexism,
for people of color who hear words of racism,
for people with disabilities who are told they
are “less than,”
for elderly people who are told they are
useless,
for young adults who are told they are
entitled, selfish, and irresponsible.
God of the Living Word, help us speak the truth
in love
and to care for one another with the words we
choose to speak.
Holy and Merciful God, hear our prayer.
God of Healing and Wholeness,
we lift up to you our words of prayer
for the people near and dear to our hearts
as we lift them up silently before you…
Holy and Merciful God, hear our prayer.
Triune God,
we love you for you hear our voice and our
supplications.
We lift these prayers to your ears
along with the prayer you taught us to pray,
saying:
Our
Father…
~ excerpted from a long prayer written by Stephen
M. Fearing, Beaumont Presbyterian Church, Lexington, KY. Posted on Liturgy Link. https://www.liturgylink.net/
