Here’s
a prayer of intercession from Richard Fairchild’s Kir-shalom website.
Prayers of the People: Proper 29C
(inspired by
Colossians 1: 11-20)
Good
Lord,
we
pray that you would fill us with the knowledge of your will
through
all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
so
that together we may live a life worthy of you
and
in every way pleasing to you;
a
life in which we bear fruit in every good work,
and
acquire strength and endurance and patience and a joyful heart—
a
heart that gives thanks to you in every situation....
Lord, hear our
prayer...
Good
Lord,
we
pray for those who dwell in darkness today,
and
for those who are afflicted by the forces of human evil
and
the schemes of the prince of this world...
Lord, hear our
prayer...
We
pray for all women who are oppressed and beaten,
and
forced to submit to the men around them,
both
those in our land and those in far off nations...
Lord, hear our
prayer...
We
pray for the children of our world who hunger and thirst,
and
those who have no home or place to call their own,
that
they may have bread and drink for each day and a bed for each night...
Lord, hear our
prayer...
We
pray for our nation and for all who are in authority over us,
and
indeed for all nations of our world,
that
there may be peace with justice within them and between them ...
Lord, hear our
prayer...
And
Lord, we pray for the particular persons and concerns
that
have been raised before you this day,
and
those we now hold before you in our hearts
and
with the words of our lips....
Lord, hear our
prayer...
In
your mercy, O Lord, you hear all our prayers.
We
thank you and we praise you for it and for all that you do,
through
Christ Jesus, our Lord and our brother.
Amen.
~ written by Rev. Richard J. Fairchild, and posted on Kir-shalom. http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/c-or34su.php
