Friday Prayer

 

God, we sing to You today that morning has broken, and we pray our minds/hearts/souls/life would stay on Jesus from morning to night.  We offer You praise that Your blessings are new and renewed each day.  We know that worship is more than one hour on Sunday morning.  We wonder how we can worship in the wayless way we wander through in this wilderness of today.  We pray that we would find moments of care in a harsh, hostile world where fear too often is our go to response, where anger is the filter we force every word and action through.  Let Your loving kindness be encountered and expressed for us, through us, in us.  We pray for ways we might draw the circle wider, maybe just a half-a-millimeter in one small corner of the circle.  And we pray, O God, that You would help us accept others as You accept us.  Empower us to engage in this prayerful work.  We pray that we will know we belong and are welcomed by You so that we can in turn offer expressions to those who cross our path this day.  Help us find ways to do Your will, to be salt that adds zest/spice to life and light that shines bright.  And remind us that just as we are not the same person as we were back on January 14, 2024, nor is anyone else.  We are all in process.  Some are moving forward, some are stuck and stymied, some want to go backwards.  Help us realize that telling others what do to rarely works, O God, because when was the last time we welcomed such commentary on our lives?  In this beautiful, broken, God-soaked world, help us find ways to be Your people individually and collectively as my story, our story, and Your story continually evolve and new chapters are written.  Amen.