Prayer for October 6-12, 2013
Sermon Text: Psalm 137 (with a look at Lamentations too)
That we may move
beyond grief and bitterness by facing it truthfully
God of comfort, when we lose that which is truly and deeply
meaningful, enable us to express our grief through tears and prayers. Enable us to name what we have lost. Enable us to identify our bitterness and our
desire for vengeance imagined most terribly.
Turn our thoughts
to You. Enable us to trust You. Fill us with hope in You. Move us beyond bitterness. Move us beyond thoughts of vengeance. Comfort us!
Heal us!
Move us to worship
You with praise. Move us to love our
neighbor gladly. Move us to love our
enemy boldly. Move us to the new life
that only You can give. Amen.
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