The Pastor’s Corner

Prayer: Our Father in heaven, we bless your name today and praise you for your infinite goodness and kindness to your people. You are a God who cannot lie and one who remembers his promises to us each day. Your faithfulness is new every morning, and we thank you that you never waver from what you declare to be true and right. In you, there is no shadow of turning. Therefore, we can trust you. We believe, Lord. Help our unbelief and forgive us for the many ways in which we doubt you and forget that your providence is working for the good of your church. We pray these things in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

Prayer: Our God in heaven, we are thankful to you for your wisdom in revealing yourself to your creatures through the creation and, especially, through your Son and Word. Your Word is a lamp unto our feet, and it guides us as to how we are to live. We know that our chief end is to glorify you. Left to ourselves, we would not know what that means or how to do it. Due to our sin, we would devise our own efforts, thinking they would please you. Instead, you condescended to our misery and gave us your infallible Word to instruct us in the way. We confess our lack of zeal to read your Word and understand it. Forgive us for not taking hold of your inerrant Word and using it to honor you. Please help us to love your Word and seek to do all that it says. We pray these things in the name of the living Word, the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Prayer: Our Father, we thank you for your divine plan of bringing a people to yourself. Through the work of your Son, you have called a people out of darkness and into your marvelous light. Jesus has rescued us from the curse of the Law, and we now gladly serve him with joy and delight, knowing that your Kingdom is growing and advancing. As citizens of your Kingdom, we draw comfort and strength in knowing that the perfect lamb, the Lion of Judah, sits on the throne and rules and reigns. Through the weapons of our warfare, we are thankful for the Word preached as it proclaims the terms of the kingdom to a hurting and dying world. We pray your Word would continue to advance your purposes and ask that many would come to a saving understanding of the gospel through it. We pray these things in the name of the King, the Lord Jesus. Amen.

Prayer: Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Our God, we pray these words as taught by your Son because we live in your world and, therefore, we are subject to your purposes and providence. AS your redeemed people, we desire to see your will be done and your glory known across the whole earth. We are pilgrims and confess that you alone are sovereign over our lives. We desire to see your churches full of people praising and honoring you. We desire to see men made in your image, bringing glory and honor to your name. We grieve the state of our world and plead with you to work in such a way that men are humbled, and you exalted. We pray all of these things in the name of the Savior. Amen.

Prayer: It is with great delight that we bow before you, our great God and Father, on this another Lord's Day. We are so thankful to you for wisely carving out a day that we can gather with your people in worship to sing your praise and hear from you. We know that you have determined to bless the Lord's Day and we know that we are often forgetful in striving to keep it as you have commanded. We sin when we allow our time to be spent in idleness. We sin when our conversations are on our world work and recreations. Forgive us, Father. Please help us to have conversations about your Word and your works. Please grant to us a greater zeal for this day and see it as a pleasure and joy. We pray these things in the name of the Lord Jesus. Amen