The Pastor’s Corner

Prayer: Our God in heaven: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we praise your name today because you alone are God, and there is no other. You are sovereign, and you orchestrate all of our days according to the counsel of your own divine will. Your wisdom is beyond our understanding, and your ways are not our ways. We confess to you our miserable existence in a world experiencing the consequences of sin and rebellion. We witness the sowing of immorality, and we experience the results it brings. Your Word tells us that these things would happen to any person or nation that rejects you as the true God of heaven and earth. Thus, we sometimes grow weary and are often anxious about what is happening. Yet, we are also comforted by your Word that tells us that the king's heart is in your hand. Forgive us, Father, for often forgetting that no actual harm will come to your people. Though threats and violence constantly assail us, though we may face death as it has been appointed to all men, we know that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. We know that your Son has conquered death and the grave. Therefore, what can man do to us? Thank you, almighty God, for your comfort and grace, and thank you for preserving us to the very end. Please grant us an extra measure of your Spirit today as we pilgrim through it that we would do all to your glory we ask through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer: Be pleased, our Father, to refresh the hearts of your people with the knowledge of who you are, what you have done, and what you promise us. We live in trying and difficult days. We know that there is nothing new under the sun, but we feel the weight of this fallen world all around us. We struggle with meeting our basic needs, caring for our families, and staying faithful to you. We are witnessing atrocities of the highest order in our world and grieve the things occurring in other countries. We are easily bothered by the smallest of circumstances and often forget that your providence is working for the good of your people. Though we indeed grieve these things, we confess to you that we are lazy, often seeking our kingdom more than we seek yours. We have not placed public worship and the preaching of your Word as the highest priority. We refuse to pray with and for your people, often neglecting the opportunity to gather and plead with you for those things that we see are wrong and constantly complain. Instead of using our time wisely, we spend too much of it on social media instead of on our knees. We would rather gripe about our leaders instead of praying for them, although your Word tells us that the heart of the king is in your hand. Forgive us, Lord, for these things. We desperately need your help, so please give us what you command us.

Please help our leaders and those leaders of other nations. We plead with you for their salvation. We plead for your church that she would remember her purpose in this world and strive to be faithful to all that the King and Head of the church commands. We ask for great revival through the means of grace. Finally, we plead with you to pour out your Spirit on us for the sake of Christ, your beloved Son in whose name we pray. Amen.