Prayer for August 2014

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Published on Sunday, 03 August 2014 16:37

Prayer for August - thanks to a Greenside Elder

O God, our loving Heavenly Father, we come before You to give You thanks for you gifts which we see all around us.  The beauty of this world you have created, because You love us and want us to enjoy the work of Your Hands.  We thank You for Your Holy Spirit, working in and around us, and most especially for the unconditional love shown to us in the gift of Your dear Son, JesusChrist, who gives us purpose and hope for the future.

Father, we pray for our world, for those areas where there is conflict.  We pray, Father, for an end to Religious intollerance.  We pray for a peaceful solution to war and killing.  Let there be hope for despair, light for darkness, peace for war and love for hate.  We pray for all the victims of the recent air disasters.  Take the victims home to Your Peace and comfort the bereaved families.

We pray for our Queen and all members of the Royal House.  We pray for all in authority in Governments National and Local, for those who strive to protect our towns and cities and in the country - the Emergency Services and all who have a care for others.

Loving God, we pray for ourselves.  We know that we have fallen short of what You would have us be, and we pray for the forgiveness that only You can give.  We know that we are in need of your love through Jesus.

All these and the unspoken prayers of our hearts, we ask in the dear Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, whose we are, and whom we serve.

Amen