A Prayer For Hope

God of Hope

We come to you on this day,

A day we set aside to rest and to experience worship together.

We have hope today as we hear the news of a vaccine.

We are grateful for the doctors and scientists who continue to work on our behalf.

It has been hard to be hopeful.

We continue to experience loss and grief and anxiety.

For those today who are struggling and lack for hope -

Lord, Hear our Prayers.

God our Mother,

We come to you on this day.

In a season where justice and mercy feel distant,

We open our hands and our hearts.

We give you the breath in our lungs.

We ask for your Spirit, your life-giving power,

That we may be healers of relationships;

That we may bind up the wounds of our neighbors

and heal the broken hearted.

For there are many who need us -

Lord, hear our prayers.

God, it can be scary to work outside our comfort zones.

It can be troubling to hear you call us into new places.

Give us the faith to know that you are with us,

That you are for us,

And that you are ahead of us.

As we look and listen for you in our lives,

May we see you and may we hear you -

Lord hear our prayers.

We come to you know now from our living room televisions, our smart devices, computers and in this sanctuary. We pray now the prayer that Jesus taught us to pray saying…

Our father, who art in heaven,

Hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us of our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.

Lead us not into temptation,

But deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power

and the glory forever and ever.

Amen.