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POP: O Lord our help…

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O Lord our help,
you stand on the side of the oppressed
and give your goodness to all in need.
We pray for all who are in danger today from enemies –
individual people, groups, countries, and social structures.
For those who are overwhelmed by broken relationships,
mistrust, anger, abuse, or trauma,
we pray for your protection and wholeness.
For those in danger of being swept away
by floods of illness, hunger, homelessness, or grief,
we pray for escape and healing.
Blessed are you, O Lord, who protects and saves your people.
Our help is in your name,
maker and savior of heaven and earth.
We pray through Jesus Christ, who taught us to pray, saying:

The Lord’s Prayer

 

Submitted by Rev. Nathan Williams, Covenant Presbyterian Church, West Des Moines, IA

Confession: other powers

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O God, our protector, we take refuge in you;
you alone are the source of all our good.
We seek to be counted among the godly and upright,
but we confess that we have run after other powers,
and we have brought trouble upon ourselves and others.

O Lord, our portion and our cup,
you sustain us and lead us in good and pleasant ways.
We confess that we have trusted in false wisdom
and set our hearts on short-sighted desires.

Forgive us, God our life.
Help us set you always before us,
and sustain us in your righteousness.
Let our hearts be glad, our spirits rejoice,
and our bodies rest in hope,
for you do not abandon us to our sin
or let your chosen ones dwell in the pit.
In Christ you show us the path of life;
you welcome us into the joy of your presence;
you feed us with pleasures forevermore. Amen.

 

Rev. Nathan Williams, Covenant Presbyterian Church, West Des Moines, IA