Thursday, March 16, 2023

Thank you, loving God, for our ancestors and the community whose prayers for us lead us to joyous victory. Thank you for the mentors, community, leaders, and water-carriers who teach us to honour you. Thank you, Life-Giving Spirit, for giving us power, love, and self-discipline so we can live a life of faith and joy.

Heal and guide us, O Yahweh. Protect us from ourselves. Create in us clean hearts, and renew a right spirit within us.

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

Lectionary Readings for Today:
1 Samuel 15:32-34
Psalm 23:1-6
John 1:1-9

We pause and selah together with you, O LORD. We encourage each other to keep our eyes on you. We know that only by keeping our focus on you will we be able to do your work. Give us strength and courage to always worship you, even when we are tempted to worship our work instead.

Save us from ourselves. Give us ears to hear you, hearts to understand you, and wisdom to be like you. Give us the peace that can only come from relationship with you, so we may also be at peace with ourselves and each other.

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

Lectionary Readings for Today:
Psalm 130:1-8
Ezekiel 36:8-15
Luke 24:44-53