7/14/2024 Daily Pause to Pray and Praise

Prayer Focus Theme: “Loneliness” Please lift up your prayer requests in the comment so we can pray LIVE or as soon as we see the requests. GREETINGS AFFIRMATION The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he saves those whose spirits are crushed (Ps. 34: 18). PSALM (#102) PRAYER Holy God, sometimes we feel like we are all alone. However, we know that even when our friends forsake us, you remain near. Hear our call for help. Restore our broken relationships. Give all your children a sense of your peace. We will be bold to trust you this day and give thanks for the steadfast love you have shown to every generation. Amen. SCRIPTURES Refer to your own Bible or visit https://www.biblegateway.com/ Mark 6: 14-29 SILENT REFLECTIONS ON SCRIPTURES REFLECTIONS By Various Authors on pages 261 - 266 in A GUIDE TO PRAYER FOR ALL WHO WALK WITH GOD, etc. PRAYERS FOR THE WORLD, FOR OTHERS, FOR OURSELVES Comment below with your intentions, joys and concerns so we might pray with you now and afterward LORD'S / OUR FATHER PRAYER (in the version or language as you know) Our God/Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. OFFERING OF SELF TO GOD O Lord, we want to embrace your presence in our lives while being present to the people around us. Amen. BLESSING May we feel the nearness of the Lord this day. Amen. Content adapted by Rev. Wen-Ling Lai from "Loneliness" pp 260-266 in A Guide to Prayer for All Who Walk with God edited by Rueben P. Job, Norman Shawchuck, John S. Mogabgab, published by Upper Room Books (2013). Cover Photo: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of...