Prayers for Life

Lord, I come to you with hands open, unsure of what to say or how to say it. My heart says to you, ‘Seek his face.’

God, you know me, and you love me. You know the joys and the struggles of my marriage. I bring all of these to you now. Restore my marriage. Make it a safe and holy place for me and my spouse to grow.

God, our waymaker, I am stuck, and I need your help. The path before me is full of obstacles that I cannot overcome on my own. Clear the way for me so I may pass through this trial. Send me your help.

In this prayer for weight loss, for health and wholeness’ help me to feel comfortable in my own skin, for an ease in mobility, both physically and spiritually.

I come to you today with a prayer for work. For these hands, capable, willing, to be put to good use. For this heart, beating within me to beat to the rhythm of mercy, of service.

Wise Creator, I ask for peace in my family. Grant me wisdom as I seek to establish patterns and boundaries that honour you. Be near me as I cloak myself in grace and compassion, and convict me of the areas where I contribute strife and conflict rather than harmony.

I thank You that You hear my cry, my prayer for mental health, for myself or for others in my life. Our minds are a holy mystery, each one so complex, and I feel safe entrusting that mystery to You, asking for the gifts of health and strength.

O God of Wisdom, I pray for sound judgment. Help me know how to balance the scales of my life and embody both mercy and justice. Help me to discern right from wrong, good from evil.

Please enter this work meeting alongside me, granting each participant the humility to listen and learn and the confidence to share their insights.

God who took on flesh, I ask You for the gift of good health. I dwell here for a moment, in gratitude for my body, which is fearfully and wonderfully made.