Pastoral Prayer, February 24, 2008
Offered by Pastor Mary Scheer from her sermon, "God
is Willing"
Dear Lord, We’re so glad Luke shared this story with us. The vulnerability and risk the man displayed is impressive.
Sometimes it can feel like you’re so far away, so removed from us and what we’re going through that we might wonder if you care.
We can look at the desperate struggles that so many around us and so many around the world are living with that we might wonder why you don’t do more, why you don’t intervene and ultimately whether you care. It’s hard because we know that there is so much we don’t know or understand that it’s beyond us. And even when we believe you are able, there are still times when we might wonder if you’re willing.
God, I pray for everyone who is wondering today, if doubt has taken hold, may the story and the promise of your touch replace it with a fresh sense of faith and may the question of whether you care be settled once and for all.
Whether we are overwhelmed by the enormity of the problem or under whelmed by the commonality of our situation, we know that each of us and our issues matters to you.
Jesus, right now in our heart, we kneel before you, we bring you our personal needs, we intercede on behalf of the children in the orphanage and our friends at the ex-leper colony, and those we know in crisis…
Jesus, we know that you are able, and we know that you care, and we seek your touch. Through faith we believe and by faith we receive your grace. You are all we’ve ever needed, your touch is enough. Thank you God. In Jesus name. Amen.
