Willing to Hear, Willing to Give - 20 September 2026
O Lord God, who is more willing to hear than we are to pray and is willing to give far more than we either desire or deserve: we pray for your Church and your World because you have made us priests through your well-beloved Son, Jesus Christ, our great High Priest. We pray for this congregation (gathered and scattered): for your Church throughout the world, for Penn Ave Redemption UMC, Quayle UMC, St. Andrews and St. Mary’s: with your servant and our brother Augustine, we ask you to give what you command and command what you will. Stir up your people to work out our salvation in fear and trembling, for it is you who works in us to both will and do for your good pleasure (Philippians 2:12-13). Reform all that is awry, restrain that which is evil, and return all to glorifying and enjoying you. For all those who are struggling with pain, broken-bodies, grieved hearts, and fractured minds we pray (…). Restore to them the joy of your salvation; refurbish their frail bodies; re-knit th...