Week Three

Day 11 March 6

Dear God,

Thank you for being with us through this Lenten season. As we go about our daily lives, please continue to give us those quiet moments and amazing sights that speak to us and remind us of your presence. It is in those moments that we feel closer to you.

Thank you for sending us your son to wash us of our sins. There could be no greater gift! Please be with all those who need your help, those who have suffered loss, struggle with health issues, or have trouble believing in their worth. Fill our hearts with your joy, and love, and kindness, and help us spread this to others. And help us all to treat others as you would.

In Your Name We Pray, Amen

WRITTEN BY AMY, CHRIS, & CARSON BROOK

Day 12 March 7

Dear God,

Please watch over these young people and help them to be healthy and to make choices that keep them on track with your teachings.

Keep them in your arms to keep them safe and feeling loved. Help them enjoy their life and feel that they are loved by a large community of people.

Thank you for gifting us with these young people and help us to grow by knowing and spending time with them.

In your all loving arms, Amen

WRITTEN BY KAROL CLAY

About This Prayer:

I am a mom of 3 adult boys and work with children in a hospital. My focus is on children and them growing up being healthy and prosperous.

Day 13 March 8

Dear Heavenly Father, Today we want to pray to you to say, THANK YOU LORD, for giving your life for all of us.

Thank you that despite the shortcomings and adversities, you have supported us and sheltered us in cold times, you have given us love and protection, you have brought us to your church and you have placed angels around us who help and guide us in our path of good. We feel your love and feel blessed and overjoyed.

Today, in this Lent, we are going to share words of faith. We will share that you are a Merciful and Protective Father who keeps his promises.

We love you, beloved Father.

WRITTEN BY SARA CABALLERO-CERVANTES

About This Prayer:

“As my husband and I are immigrants in this country, our life situation has not been easy, there have been deficiencies of different kinds, but, without a doubt, God has not abandoned us at any time. God has allowed us to have a life with love, opportunities and hope. All together, we created this prayer, each one contributing words of faith and thanks to our loving God.”

Day 14 March 9

Father, Mother, God, Thank you for your presence during the hard and mean days. For then we have you to lean upon. Thank you for your presence during the bright and sunny days, for then we can share that which we have with those who have less. And thank you for your presence during the Holy Days, for then we are able to celebrate you and our families and our friends.

For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak.

For those who feel unworthy, we ask you to pour your love out in waterfalls of tenderness.

For those who live in pain, we ask you to bathe them in the river of your healing.

For those who are lonely, we ask you to keep them company.

For those who are depressed, we ask you to shower upon them the light of hope.

Dear Creator, You, the borderless sea of substance, we ask you to give to all the world that which we need most—Peace.

Day 15 March 10

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for all you have done. Thank you for answering my, and others prayers.

We appreciate all you do for us. Please continue to revive and answer prayers. We love you and all you do.

Amen

WRITTEN BY ANONYMOUS CHURCH MEMBER, AGE 14

Day 16 March 11

Holy God of Heaven and earth, Help us be a people that reverence you and seek your ways.

With thankful hearts for who you are and your generous provision, we thank you for meeting us even in circumstances of our own choosing.

Help us be people that love your creation and all created in your image the way you first loved us. Forgive us when we fail to love. Thank you for your mercy and grace.

Show us how to live in your grace and offer it freely to our neighbor so that we bring glory to your name.

WRITTEN BY REGINA FANCHER

“Forgive Us As We Forgive“ Luke 6:27-37

When Jesus teaches us to pray, he intentionally connects asking for God’s forgiveness in our lives with our willingness to forgive those around us who have wronged us. Forgiveness is not an individual personal practice alone; it is a corporate and communal reality for us all. May we find ways to be as forgiving to each other as we want God to be towards us.

In the space below, write or draw your own prayer of response. Make a list of the people to pray for in the coming week.