Prayers from Trawden St Mary, near Colne

We prayed these on Sunday, 9 October – please pray with us!

 

 

For refugees – Pendle has just welcomed several Syrian families

 

Heavenly Father,
you are the source of all goodness, generosity and love.
We thank you for opening the hearts of many

to those who are fleeing for their lives.

 

Help us now to open our arms in welcome to our families who landed safely in Pendle,

and reach out our hands in support.
That the desperate may find new hope,
and lives torn apart be restored.

We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ your Son, our Lord, 
who fled persecution at His birth
and at His last triumphed over death.

 

Amen.

 

 

For those in debt

 

Father, we pray for the many who are trapped by growing burdens of debt,

 

who see no way out, and who despair for their future:

give them courage to tackle the problems they face,

clarity in taking decisions which will turn their situation around,

and faith that, as they cry to you in their trouble,

you will deliver them from their distress;

we pray that you will provide for Christians Against Poverty and Open Door

in their work to support those who need help and advice.

 

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

 

 

For the Homeless

 

 

God of compassion,

your love for humanity was revealed in Jesus,

whose earthly life began in the poverty of a stable

and ended in the pain and isolation of the cross:

 

we hold before you those who are homeless,

particularly young people who are no longer able to live in the family home.

 

Draw near and comfort them in spirit

and bless those who work to provide them

with shelter, food and friendship, particularly Nightsafe and Safe Space, who are threatened by cuts.

 

We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen

 

 For Justice

 

 

 

Living God,

 

deliver us from a world without justice
and a future without mercy;
in your mercy, establish justice,
and in your justice, remember the mercy

revealed to us in Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

Amen