Prayer for October 7-13, 2012
Sermon Text: Mark 10:2-16
That we will
practice fidelity in all our relationships
Loving Creator, we rejoice in your many gifts!
We praise You for
the joy that many of us have experienced through our marriages. For many of us, our spouses have been a sign
of your love, your faithfulness, and your patience. Through their love, we have become more fully
convinced of your love for us.
Enable each of us
to be faithful partners in our marriages and our friendships. Enable us to honor our spouses and our
friends and help them to draw strength from You. Prevent us from treating our marriages or any
other relationships as disposable products that we may cast aside when we grow
tired or disappointed with them.
Enable us to
practice the enduring fidelity that You have shown to us. Enable us, also, to assist those who are
trapped in relationships of abuse, so that they may experience freedom and joy
in your presence.
Loving God, we
rejoice also in the children that You have placed in our lives. Let us welcome them as fully as Jesus
did. Let us encourage their creativity
and joy with nurturing love. And let us
learn child-like responsiveness to You, so that with your littlest ones, we may
experience the fullness of your reign among us.
Amen.
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