The Pastor’s Corner

Prayer: Almighty God and Father, we praise your name for another day to serve you and glorify you with our thoughts, words, and actions. We are thankful that you are faithful to us, even though there are times when we are faithless. Forgive us, Father, for the minutes and hours that we waste on fruitless pursuits. Forgive us for not managing our time well, thinking that we have plenty of time to do what is most needful. Forgive us for frittering away our days and forgetting that our lives are a vapor and a flower that quickly fades. Please help us to redeem the time because the days are evil. Please help us labor while it is day because the night is coming when we will not be able to work. We ask that you would bless our labors: bless the mom's who labor with their children to raise them in the fear of the Lord. Bless the dads who labor in the workforce to be useful salt and light in a dark world. Bless those ministers who labor in the study preparing a meal for your people. Bless the elderly as they strive to set before the younger generation a godly example. Bless the unmarried as they wait patiently for your providence. Bless your church as she strives to seek first your kingdom and righteousness. Please help us, Father. Provide an abundance of your Spirit today. We pray these things in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, and our Savior. Amen.

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.