July 9, 2023
O God, this is our prayer for each one of us today that you would open our eyes that we may see glimpses of truth you have for us.
Like today’s psalmist, open our eyes so that we can not only see your mighty acts but share how you are at work in our lives with those around us. Open our eyes to the thin place moments that happen all around us often in very subtle and timely ways.
Open our eyes to those butterflies that land on our arm at just the right time or that bible verse we read one morning that helped us with a situation we faced later that same day.
Open our eyes to the new ways that you are calling us to stretch and grow in our faith so that we can become more like you; more loving, more caring, more gracious, more giving, and more understanding.
Open our eyes to the opportunities that you give us to share with others how you are at work in our lives.
Open our eyes to the many needs and concerns that we shared a few moments ago. Surround and bless those we have named in this time of prayer so that they may know that you are a God who heals, who saves, who guides, who protects, and who forgives.
And dear God, open our eyes to the many joys and blessings that surround us in any given moment. We look back our week since we last met, and can see how you were present in our lives in so many beautiful and mysterious ways. No wonder that our Psalmist for today offers these words of praise and worship, “Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised!”
We offer this prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, who deserves all of our praise and all of our worship, and who has taught us to pray together saying…
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
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