St Mary's Church, Mudford

Intercessions

                                                  Prayers of Intercession 

Sunday 8th June, Pentecost

HEAVENLY FATHER AS WE COME TOGETHER IN WORSHIP FILL US WITH YOUR LOVE

GUIDE OUR STEPS ,HELP US TO BE YOUR HANDS AND FEET TO THIS WORLD

LET US PRAY:

FATHER GOD THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, WE COME BEFORE YOU FIRST AND FOREMOST WITH HEARTS OF GRATITUDE ,YOU HAVE SEEN US THROUGH ANOTHER WEEK.  AS WE STAND AT THE THRESHOLD OF A FRESH WEEK FULL OF NEW BEGINNINGS HELP US BEGIN OUR WEEK THIS DAY IN PREPARATION THROUGH CONTEMPLATION AND CONNECTION WITH YOU

EMBRACE US WITH YOUR LOVE LORD

LORD IN YOUR MERCY, HEAR OUR PRAYER

WE THANKYOU LORD FOR OUR WORLD, AS THE SUN RISES THE BIRDS SING, THE DAWN BREAKS, THE BEAUTY OF YOUR CREATION UNFOLDS AFRESH BATHED IN LIGHT.

AS SPRING TURNS TO SUMMER WE SEE THE LIGHT OF A NEW SEASON FULL.OF POSSIBILITY AND JOY.

WE PRAY FOR YOUR PROTECTION OVER OUR LIVES LORD, FOR THE BLESSINGS OF LIFE AND HEALTH, FOR OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING WITH PAIN PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY, FOR THOSE WITH FINANCIAL WORRIES AND THOSE WHO GRIEVE, WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND THEM LORD, LET THEM FEEL YOUR PRESENCE PUTTING THEIR TRUST IN YOU

LORD IN YOUR MERCY, HEAR OUR PRAYER

CREATOR GOD WE PRAY FOR PEACE, FOR THE LEADERS OF NATIONS TO FIND A WAY FORWARD ,TO SEEK PEACE AND PUT AN END TO THE CONFLICTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHICH LEAD TO SO MUCH SUFFERING AND MOURNING.

WE PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE STRIVING TO REBUILD IN PLACES WHICH HAVE BEEN RAVAGED BY WAR OR NATURAL.DISASTER AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FORCED TO FLEE FROM THEIR HOMES AND ARE NOW SEEKING REFUGE.

WE PRAY FOR OUR HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES, FOR.THE WORK AND DEVOTION OF CARERS ,DOCTORS AND NURSES

WE BRING BEFORE YOU THOSE IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITIES, THE ELDERLY, THE HOUSEBOUND AND THOSE IN CARE, TAKING A MOMENT NOW TO BRING TO MIND THOSE WHO ARE IN OUR THOUGHTS AND IN OUR HEARTS TODAY

LORD IN YOUR MERCY, HEAR OUR PRAYER

WE PRAY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE LORD.AS THEY RETURN TO SCHOOL FOR.A FINAL TERM WHERE EXAMS WILL BE TAKEN AND RESULTS EAGERLY ANTICIPATED, HELPING THEM MOVE FORWARD ALONG THEIR CHOSEN PATH, FOR EMPLOYERS WHO WILL TAKE ON SCHOOL.AND COLLEGE LEAVERS, FOR OPEN MINDS AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR ROLE IN DEVELOPING AND NURTURING OUR YOUNG PROPLE

LORD IN YOUR MERCY, HEAR OUR PRAYER

LASTLY WE PRAY FOR OURSELVES AND WE GIVE THANKS FOR FOR EACH NEW DAY THAT DAWNS AND ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO SPEAK THE WORDS OF COMFORT AND HOPE, FOR YOUR GIFTS TO US LORD AND FOR GUIDANCE IN OUR DAILY LIVES

AS WE LEAVE HERE TODAY MAY YOUR PRESENCE GO BEFORE US LORD GUIDING OUR EVERY STEP KEEP US GROUNDED IN YOUR LOVE AND FOCUSED ON YOUR PURPOSES

MERCIFUL FATHER ACCEPT THESE PRAYERS FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR SON OUR SAVIOUR

JESUS CHRIST

AMEN