Prayer For Sermon October 18, 2009 "3 If By Faith"

Gracious and Everliving God, we rejoice in this day giving thanks to you for all the ways in which you help us through it. Indeed, we are grateful to you for the incredible opportunities you place in our path to minister in your name. When we recognize and grab hold of these opportunities, these chances to pray for someone, occasions to laugh with someone, reasons to believe in someone, we breathe a sigh of wonder and relief realizing that this salvific moment is a gift. Dear Lord, let us not doubt, but trust that you are ever leading us toward your Kingdom. When we trip and fall along the way let us not lose heart, but reach up and grab your hand extended to help us stand up once again, brush ourselves off and stride out again with confidence. You are the fire of our hearts, the beacon that lights our way, and the voice that calls us from the darkness. We need never be lost for long. Forever we lift our praise to you in the name of the Christ. Amen.