Prayer For Others In Need
Jesus, help us to be doers of your word, and not hearers only. Let us not have faith only, but may our faith be proven genuine by our works. Let us not say to the families and individuals in need warm yourselves and feed yourselves, but instead offer them our time, resources, and services in Jesus name. Remind us that services to those in need are actually services to you. Remind us also that you love a cheerful giver and that we do not need to have an abundance in order to practice generosity. May the fruit of your truth in our lives lead to greater assurance in our hearts that we are your children and a greater testimony to the world that you care for them.
Help us to follow you, Jesus, by walking into places that many others would be tempted to walk around. And as we put walls around ourselves to protect from infection, may our motivation be love for the vulnerable around us rather than self-preservation, for you tell us that whomever would seek to keep his life will lose it and whoever loses his life for your sake and the gospel's will find it. Jesus, help us to see our neighbors with eyes of compassion, and to consider the ways that you have put us in a position to meet the needs of those in our communities. Where families are caught between the need to provide daily supervision and care for their kids and the need to work to continue supplying their family's basic needs, help us to be the first to step in. Where vulnerable populations are caught between the need to leave home to shop for supplies and the need to protect their health, help us to be the first to offer our services. Let us in this time, look not only to our needs, but to the needs of those around us by giving of our time and our finances. By doing so, we desire to follow your perfect example.
I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. Being obedient in prayer for others clears the way for God's work and will to be done.
Almighty and most merciful God, we remember before you all poor and neglected persons whom it would be easy for us to forget: the homeless and the destitute, the old and the sick, and all who have none to care for them. Help us to heal those who are broken in body or spirit, and to turn their sorrow into joy. Grant this, Father, for the love of your Son, who for our sake became poor, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
God in heaven, we offer our deepest appreciation for the many blessings you shower upon us every day. We are truly humbled by the bounty of your graces. We ask for the compassion to follow the inspiring example of the good Samaritan. Help us to embrace and bring comfort to those suffering immensely. Let us remember that each day that we help someone we are helping you. Amen.
Dear Lord,
Thank You for this beautiful day. Thank You for our families and our marriages! We praise You, Lord! Among all that we have, there are so many hurting and needy people. We lift them up to You and ask that You would bless them, help them, heal them. May Your peace fill their hearts and may joy shine! We ask that You intercede for them, fulfilling their needs according to Your will. We also pray that You would use us to help them in any way we can. Open our eyes and make us aware of the opportunities we have to bless others in need. Help us to not be selfish, help us to share. All that we have is Yours and we surrender to You. May Your will be done in Jesus' name AMEN!
O God, who cause the minds of the faithful
to unite in a single purpose,
grant your people to love what you command
and to desire what you promise,
that, amid the uncertainties of this world,
our hears may be fixed on that place
where true gladness is found.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
R. Amen.
O God, who have prepared for those who love you
good things which no eye can see,
fill our hearts, we pray, with the warmth of your love,
so that, loving you in all things and above all things,
we may attain your promises,
which surpass every human desire.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
R. Amen.