The prayer this week was written for you by Chaz. As you read this prayer, do so with the knowledge that not only he but also others in your faith family are praying this prayer for you, even as you will be praying it for them.
Father, we pray that you would give us eyes to see and ears to hear Your work in the coming days and weeks:
all that you are healing,
all that you are redeeming,
all that you are restoring.
During these most difficult times as families are made to stay at home, as schools and workplaces close, as many common luxuries are taken away, as so much of what we take for granted as a part of ordinary life is removed, we pray that you, Lord, would redeem these times. We pray for that:
marriages would be restored,
relationships reconciled
emotional, psychological, and spiritual wounds would be healed.
For all who worry about finances over the coming weeks and months we pray that you would grow our faith and strengthen our trust in you. That you would provide in ways we are not expecting, and through the relationships you have gifted us.
Father, we do not overlook or minimize the real and present suffering that potentially awaits so many of us—in our homes, workplaces, finances, in our families and in our city—but rather, we know and we trust that you are in our sufferings with us, alongside us, and that you are not blind or indifferent to the pain, to the worry, anxiety, or stress that we feel. We know that you are in the midst of these difficulties and we simply ask that as you take what is evil and use it for good, that as you take what for many feels hopeless and bring hope, that you grant us eyes to see and ears to hear Your saving work.
May you get all the glory, praise, and honor,
Amen.