Pray for Spring, Texas

Father,

We lift up to you our neighbors in Spring Texas. You have given us a commission to share your love with them. We ask that you would turn our hearts to you, strengthen us to serve you by calling and praying for our neighbors. Let us be a light and blessing to them through the power of your Holy Spirit. We pray for them, that you would heal their bodies, comfort them in sorrow and affliction, forgive them their sins and bring them into relationship with you through Jesus Christ our Lord. May your peace so encompass Spring that your name may be glorified by all people.

Thank you for your love and faithfulness to us and our neighbors.

For the Victims of Addiction

Blessed Lord, you ministered to all who came to you: Look with compassion upon all who through addiction have lost their health and freedom. Restore to them the assurance of your unfailing mercy; remove from them the fears that beset them; strengthen them in the work of their recovery; and to those who care for them, give patient understanding and persevering love. Amen.

Wake my Soul with All Things Living

Wake my soul with all things living
thanks be giving to the Source of life and day
Sunlight comes and gone confusion, night's illusion,
like the starlightfades away.

All your hopeful plans confessing
ask for blessing on that good which you would do
but if you should need correction, ask direction
pray for purpose clear and new.

Cry for help, when griefs assail you,
good friends fail you, life seems hopeless, death appears.
One whose child knew deep affliction, crucifixion,
ever waits to dry your tears.

Wake my soul with all things living
thanks be giving to the Source of life and day
Sunlight comes and gone confusion, night's illusion,
like the starlightfades away.

Canticle 12 A Song of Creation

Glorify the Lord, all you works of the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

In the firmament of his power, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

I The Cosmic OrderGlorify the Lord, you angels and all powers of the Lord,
*O heavens and all waters above the heavens.

Sun and moon and stars of the sky, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Glorify the Lord, every shower of rain and fall of dew,
*all winds and fire and heat.

Winter and Summer, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Glorify the Lord, O chill and cold,
*drops of dew and flakes of snow>

Frost and cold, ice and sleet, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Glorify the Lord, O nights and days,
*O shining light and enfolding dark.

Storm clouds and thunderbolts, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

II The Earth and its Creatures

Let the earth glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Glorify the Lord, O mountains and hills,and all that grows upon the earth,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Glorify the Lord, O springs of water, seas, and streams,
*O whales and all that move in the waters.

All birds of the air, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Glorify the Lord, O beasts of the wild,
*and all you flocks and herds.

O men and women everywhere, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

III The People of God

Let the people of God glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Glorify the Lord, O priests and servants of the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Glorify the Lord, O spirits and souls of the righteous,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

You that are holy and humble of heart, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Doxology

Let us glorify the Lord: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

In the firmament of his power, glorify the Lord,
*praise him and highly exalt him for ever.

Psalm 149:3-4

Let them praise his name with dancing;
and make music to him with tambourine and harp.

For the LORD takes delight in his people;
and adorns the poor with victory.

Prayer for America

Father in Heaven, we lift up before you our country, the United States of America. She is a country who has strived to be an example of your love for the world, but has also failed in many respects to live up to your standards. Where we have failed and are broken, Lord, forgive and heal us. Where we are weak, Lord, strengthen us. Where we are lost, Lord, guide and lead us. Where we are in danger, Lord, protect and defend us. Where we are wrong Lord, bring us into all truth. Lord, forgive and heal this country and keep her in your grace that she may grow into a beacon of hope and bring glory to you.

A Prayer of Self Dedication

Almighty and eternal God, so draw our hearts to you, so guide our minds, so fill our imaginations, so control our wills, that we may be wholly yours, utterly dedicated unto you; and then use us, we pray you, as you will, and always to your glory and the welfare of your people; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.