The Pastor’s Corner

Prayer: Our Father, we lament our fallen condition and grieve at the state of our world. We look around, and we see so many suffering from illness and chronic pain. We witness a virus circling the globe. We see the effects of sin in relationships, in families, and our leaders. We take note of the arrogance of men and their boasting of their own greatness. As your people, we sometimes grow tired of it, and we wonder why those made in your image so loudly rebel against you and then suffer the due consequences of their errors. We plead with you, our God, to advance your kingdom and your glory. WE know that you delight in the salvation of sinners, and we know that you are pleased to forgive. Thus, we ask that you would bring the gospel to bear in our land. We pray for those who suffer. We pray for our families. We pray that you would soon come again to free your people from the misery of this life, bringing us safely across the Jordan to our promised rest. We pray these things in the name of the Savior who we long to see. Amen.

Prayer: Almighty God, we praise you today because you have demonstrated your faithfulness which is new every morning. Like the people of old who you cared for as they journeyed from their place of bondage to their place of rest you also care fo us by providing for us all that we need. Not only do you give us what we need, you often bless us with the good things of this life beyond what we need. WE thank you for your kind provision proving that you do not treat us as our sins deserve. We confess that we are not always content with your provisions, but, instead, complain about circumstances of our life. We ask that you would forgive us. Please help us to rest in you and, when restless, to cast our cares on you. Grant us your Spirit and help us, we pray in the name of Christ. Amen.

Prayer: Our Father in heaven, you who are holy and the only true God of heaven and earth, we thank you that we can come to you today and pray and plead with you for those things we need. We are grateful that you are not like the dead idols of this world. You see, hear, and act according to your perfect will and according to your own counsel for the glory of your name and the good of your people. We confess that the affairs of this life sometimes burden us. We look around and see the brevity of our days. We know that our lives are like smoke. All of our days pass like a vapor. We are here today, and we will be gone tomorrow. We confess that we are sometimes burdened by the actions of the wicked against the godly. We confess that we often forget that you are on the throne and that you will bring us safely to our heavenly rest. Please help us, Lord, to remember that you are for us and that you will never leave us or forsake us. We plead with you to help your church to walk with you faithfully and that you would make her ready for her husband. We pray these things in the name of the Savior, the Lord Jesus. Amen.

Prayer: Our most glorious God and sovereign of heaven and earth, we come to plead with you on behalf of our nation and world. We know that your Word teaches that you raise leaders, and you also set them aside. We know that the government and its leader are ordained by you. Yet, we look and see such arrogance among these people. They boast of themselves and all the things they will do without any reference to your will and your glory. They profess to be wise, but their actions only prove they are fools. They refuse to submit to your Word, and it grieves your people. We long to see righteous leaders -- those who will fear you and submit to you in all things. We pray that you would be pleased to grant that to your church. WE know that these things are working for the good of your church, though we are often bewildered as to how that can be. Yet, we trust you. Help your people, Father. Grant to them true rest in your divine purposes and plans. We pray this in the name of the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Prayer: Almighty God, you who are holy, we bow before you today to worship and adore you. You have displayed your glory in what we see each day. From the sunrise to the sunset, you are proclaiming your majesty and beauty. In Christ, we behold your radiance and the exact imprint of your nature. in your Word, we read and hear your mind and your will as it is communicated to your creatures. Yet, men rebel against you. They profess to be wise but are fools. They exchange your glory with things that will never satisfy. On the day that you have commanded to be kept as holy -- set apart for your worship -- men exchange the glory of your presence for fleeting things of this earth. Worse, those people who profess to know you and love you and adore you profane this day by exchanging it for things that have no eternal value. They do not call the Sabbath a delight. They do not cease from doing their own pleasure on your holy day. Instead, they go their own way, doing their own pleasure and trample underfoot your command. Like these people, we, too, sometimes do the same things. Forgive us, Father, for not honoring your law and for failing to see that you gave us the Lord's Day for our good. Please grant your church a renewed love for this "queen of days" and bring her to repentance for how she has so dishonored you. We pray these things in the name of Christ. Amen.

Prayer: Our God and Father, we thank you that your Son has granted us access to the throne room of heaven and that we can come reverently and boldly to set our needs before you. We confess that the fleeting things of this life often mislead our hearts. We do not always guard our hearts with the diligence that is necessary to prevent worldliness from creeping in, leading to actions that are displeasing to you. We ask that you would help us to be more careful about the things we watch, read, and allow our minds to dwell on. We know that our enemy is seeking whom he may devour, but we also know that greater is he who lives in us than he lives in the world. We thank you that you sustain us and keep us and forgive us when we fall short. We pray these things in the name of the Savior. Amen.