Saturday, August 5, 2023

With joyful hearts, we sing your praises, Yahweh. Your love is steadfast and knows no bounds. Thank you for your faithfulness and the intimate care you give us. Thank you for remembering us, your beloved children.

Today, we invite you to reread, rest and reflect on the prayers of the past week.

Lectionary Readings for Today:
1 Kings 2:1-4
Psalm 119:129-136
Matthew 12:38-42

Be our strong rock, a castle to keep us safe, for you are our crag and stronghold. Breathe new life into the limbs of our family trees, O LORD. Bless the new blossoms that grow here, and the new fruit that is to come. Count us among your blessed children. Restore our families for your sake. We will remember your blessings, and praise your name throughout the generations.

We pause under the Faith-marker of Fig Tree’s blossoms. Search us, and know our hearts. Test us, and know our thoughts. We struggle to remain faithful to you. We struggle to remain free from judging ourselves and others. In your sacred prayer space, you calm and reassure us. You remind us to focus on you alone. You invite us into your mystery, where you completely surround us.

Loving Yahweh, you never forget us and you are with us always. Thank you for your protection and blessing us so we are fruitful. You fulfil your promise that you will be with us. We take comfort knowing that just as you have been with our ancestors and us, you will be with the future generations. Our lives are a testimony of your grace.

In this sacred time with you, with grateful hearts, we remember how you are with us, care for us, and save us. We worship you and only you. We sing together, “Here I raise my Ebenezer. Here by Thy great help I’ve come. And I hope by Thy good pleasure.” (“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” Robert Robinson, 1758).