Deus Misereatur

(For hardship): Almighty God, whose thoughts are not our thoughts and whose ways are not our ways; you never pledged us an easy life; you never guaranteed us unending success; yet we affirm with Proverbs and the Shorter Catechism, that as long as it serves for your glory and our own good, there is the promise of long life and prosperity. We pray with, and pray for, those who are facing various hardships….Some are in deep desperation; others find themselves dented and debilitated; several are staggering; and not a few are stumped. O Lord, you who care about these and their predicament, bring them the props and provisions they are in need of. Send them hope and help. And may they all come to rise up and rejoice in you and your name. O Lord, hear our prayer. (For family): Your Sacred Scriptures remind us constantly that you are a God who enters into a covenant with people – not a business contract, but adoption and a marriage! You often display your relationships in family terms...

O God, who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, who gives to all mankind life and breath and everything; and made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him, though you are actually not far from any one of us (Acts 17.24-27): we pray for all nations, including Bolivia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Brazil; and Brunei. Superintend their national politics, economics, education, and security so that all may have the care they need, prosper and flourish, and come to “feel their way toward” you until the knowledge of the Lord may cover the earth as the waters cover the sea (Isaiah 11.9). O God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Creator, Sustainer and Sovereign over all, to whom each and everyone of us must give an account of our actions in this life: please bl...