SATURDAY

RESPONDING

Pray for the coming day. Pray for persons who are seeking God; persons who are sensing a need for “something more”, and for the work of the Holy Spirit who sheds Christ’s light on the path of those who are searching for the “way home,” especially for _____________________.

Lord Jesus, Shepherd who seeks, By your Spirit, be present in our world today. Companion those who are lost and seeking a way home, Give light in their darkness, especially to _____________________. Give them clarity and guidance in the fog of their restlessness. As they ache for rest in God, lead them home to your loving and merciful Abba who yearns for their return, and waits on the front porch of the kingdom to greet them.

Shepherd me this day to be a patient listener, a hospitable companion, and a guide who helps others discover your presence and work in their lives.

In your great name, Amen

Pray the prayer Jesus taught his disciples:

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever.

Amen.

INTERCESSION

Pray for the coming day, and for God to call persons into the work of co-laboring in the field of God's harvest.

Walk among us, dear God,

By your Spirit knock at the doors or our soul;
help us to hear your call.
Draw us to your side as you watch the multitude,
contemplating how lost and harrassed people are,
like sheep who have strayed and have no shepherd.
Plant the fertile seed of compassion in the soil of
the soul of your servants. Tend its roots, crush its fruit, that we
may weep and feel the loads the world carries and
cannot lay down. Open our ears to hear your
call to embody and bear your Good News.

In the name of Jesus, who calls us to co-labor with him,
to be yoked in the labor of field and furrow—the earth
of your kingdom.

Amen.

-(adapted from Prayers for the Battle by Ted Loder)

CLOSING PRAYER

Lord Jesus Christ,
You call us to come
To be with you.

By your Spirit help me
To see you,
To hear you,
To receive your Spirit,
To be led by your Spirit.

Amen