Prayer for January 27-February 2, 2013
Sermon Text: Luke 4:14-21
That we may preach
and enact your good and liberating news
God of all, we rejoice that Christ Jesus has come among us as
your agent of holiness, truth and peace.
We rejoice that in
Christ Jesus many have heard the good news about the
forgiveness and freedom that You offer.
Many have received your healing touch that restores vision.
But many have not
heard good news.
Many have not been
liberated from bondage to sin, or from their prison cells.
Many have not
received your healing touch or restored vision.
Many do not know,
or do not believe, that Jesus of Nazareth has fulfilled many of your promises
to Israel and welcomed others to share in those promises.
Enable us, as your
servants, and followers of Jesus, whom You sent among us, to continue to preach
and enact good news to the poor that frees them from poverty; to preach and
enact liberation for those who are in bondage to sin or incarcerated in jails
and prisons, or oppressed under immovable burdens of debt.
Enable us to be
agents of your healing who bring light and insight to those who are blind.
Gracious God,
enable us to hear the good news of Jesus in ways that energize us to extend his
ministry, in fresh ways, to many neighbors, one neighbor at a time. Amen.
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