“If today you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts”

We hear and read so many words every day and it is very easy to let them pass by, to ignore them or to harden our hearts. This prayer reminds us to listen carefully for what God is saying to us and so together, we pray:

• Lord, we thank you with profound gratitude for the countless blessings in our life.
• Help us to daily become more aware of those blessings and to be grateful for them.
• Help us to see that life itself is a gift and that you are active in our life day and night.
• Help us to especially see these blessings when life is hard, or when some burden weighs us down.
• May we be filled with a grateful heart and always rejoice in your goodness. Jesus, we trust in You.
• As we acknowledge the hurt caused by child abuse within our church, we pray with everyone affected by this deep wound in our community.
• That we will show solidarity and support to refugees and migrants in our community by being more caring, compassionate and understanding.
• For the children recently confirmed that through the grace of the Holy Spirit, they will experience the life and love of God and will grow in faith hope and love.