Prayer List
Merciful God,
help us find our way again.
Turn us back towards the road
spotted with your other pilgrims...
Guide us by your Spirit and by your Light.
Make us remember
the Power of the Spirit within us.
Make us remember the gifts of our minds, our hearts, and our bodies that you have bestowed on us,
that we would use them to honor the directives and the invitations you lay upon us.
We know that our ways are not your ways.
And we thank you for this.
Help us trust your ways over our ways.
Remind us of your faithfulness as you forgive us our short memory.
In your immeasurable love, grace, mercy, and wisdom,
do not abandon us
regardless of how often we lose our way.
Place your wounded hands upon our broken hearts and turn us toward you.
Amen.
*Prayer by Enuma Okoro
This week we pray for:
Marty and David Molstad
We continue to pray for Marty and David as they grapple with health issues.
Debbie Hostetler
Continued prayers for Debbie as she heals after a total gastrectomy. We pray that she regains her energy soon.
Richard Otterness, Pastor Enikő's friend
Richard had a successful kidney transplant yesterday. Prayers for a smooth and safe healing process. He and his wife Carolyn (who died of cancer this past December) were Reformed Church of America missionaries in Hungary for over a decade. They worked with Roma people, an ostracized and often persecuted minority group in many countries in Europe.
We pray for the people of Myanmar as they struggle for freedom in the aftermath of the recent military coup.
Tomorrow, April 8 is Holocaust Remembrance Day. We remember the over 6 million Jewish as well as Roma, LGBTQIA+, and political dissident lives lost to hatred during World War II. We also remember that genocide has occurred time and again since then. As we honor these lives lost, may we commit anew to fight hate and racism in all its forms until all people are seen as God's precious creation.
We continue to pray for those affected by the pandemic and for the smooth and speedy administration of the vaccines. May we remain vigilant and wear masks. Let us continue to sow seeds of hope and joy through small acts of kindness and love!
