Bishop L. Jonathan Holston invites South Carolina United Methodists to join him in 40 days of shared prayer each day from Monday, Jan 14, through Friday, Feb. 22, leading up to the 2019 Special Session of the General Conference, scheduled for Feb. 23-26 in St. Louis, Missouri. Together each day, let us join one another in prayer, believing that God hears every word.
These beautiful prayers are worth repeating, so I plan to add them to my daily prayers past Feb. 22. Thank you Bishop Holston!
Each Sunday: Gracious and loving God, we give thanks for your presence in our lives and the promise that you have plans for us to prosper and not be harmed. Continue your good work in our families and our lives. Help us to understand how we can make a difference - in our church, in our community, and in our world - as your instrument of hope. Amen.
Each Monday: Mericiful God, help us to see the many opportunities before us to serve you by serving our neighbors. Open our hearts and our hands to both receive your grace and toffer it to everyone we neet. Amen.
Each Tuesday: Almighty God, we confess to you that we have not loved your with our whole hearts. We have often failed to be an obedient church when we have not heard the cry of the needy. Free us for joyful obedience that, where there are corridors of shame, despair and want, we might create corridors of faith, hope and love that glorify you. Amen.
Each Wednesday: Gracious God, I know that you are the potter and I am the clay. Mold me and make me into a disciple of Jesus Christ. Show me how to offer your grace and mercy in ways that transform the world. Amen.
Each Thrusday: Lord, we know that when we make space in our hearts for you, Jesus redeems the broken pieces of our lives. We ask you, O God, that you will be at work in us and through us to make a difference in the lives of the hurting and the hungry in our midst. Amen.
Each Friday: God, we thank you for the gift of faith that carries us through those times when we cannot yet see what your are doing in our midst. Help us to walk in your light and to be a light for others. Amen.
Each Saturday: God of Heaven and Earth, as your humble servants, we know that the needs around the world and around the corner are great. Open our eyes so that we can see how to use the gifts you have given us to serve our neighbors and be in mission in the community and beyond. And give us the strength and perservance to get started in this holy work. Amen.
