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Gracious God, too often we say we choose you and yet we do not live in your light. Forgive us for the many times when our heart, our words, and our actions don’t show we have chosen to follow you. Hear the honest pleas of our hearts for forgiveness as we ask for another chance to love you with all we are and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Christ, in your mercy hear our prayers. Amen.
Have mercy on us, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
cleanse this world and all our lives,
that we might shine with the glory of your love.
We call for your mercy in our own lives,
for forgiveness of what we have done or left undone
that violates your image in every human life.
O God, in your mercy: Hear our prayer.
We call for your mercy on those from whom we are estranged,
by our own fault or despite our deepest hopes,
that your reconciliation may bind us together again.
O God, in your mercy: Hear our prayer.
We call for your mercy on all who seek your truth,
that the seeds of wisdom would take root in every heart,
and that knowledge would bring joy and gladness.
O God, in your mercy: Hear our prayer.
We seek your mercy on those whose hearts fail them –
or their minds, their joints, their balance, their health –
that your healing power would be with them and restore them to life.
O God, in your mercy: Hear our prayer.
We seek our mercy on this church,
that we would be strengthened in love for one another
and for all your people,
united in service and understanding.
O God, in your mercy: Hear our prayer.
We seek your mercy on all your world, in every part of our lives,
calling upon your grace in Jesus’ name,
for we pray together in him, saying:
Submitted by Rev. Nathan Williams, Echo Hill Presbyterian Church, Marion, IA
O Lord our God, you have fed us at your table and joined us together with all your people in every land. As the source of our life, you rightly claim our complete loyalty, in heart, soul, mind, and strength. So we dedicate to you the gifts we have presented and the lives we commit to your service, that we might bear your love and goodness to all people, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Submitted by Rev. Nathan Williams, Echo Hill Presbyterian Church, Marion, IA
Great God, your liberating power opened a way through the waters and guided your people through the wilderness. Guide the use of these gifts by that same power. Free us from the need to determine and control your grace, and turn us into servants of your boundless love, poured out for us in Jesus Christ.
Submitted by Rev. Nathan Williams, Echo Hill Presbyterian Church, Marion, IA
Calling God, you invite us into a future filled with possibilities and promises. We give you thanks for the blessings you have given to us, so that all people might be blessed through us. Through what we offer for your service today, magnify your love and make your glory known, we pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Submitted by Rev. Nathan Williams, Echo Hill Presbyterian Church, Marion, IA
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