Seniors & Friends Event – April 14

Tuesday, April 14, at 1:00 PM

Mark your calendar for Tuesday, April 14, when Rev. William Lenters will be speaking on “Addiction.”

 

Lord Jesus Christ, …..you entered our world as a helpless babe. This morning, we lift to you the babies of the world who cannot do anything for themselves, and the elderly, who can now do so much less for themselves than before. We lift to you the impoverished, the unlettered, the unheard, the unmentioned, the unemployed, the unemployable.

You were a homeless man with no place to lay your head. Please look in favor on the exiled peoples of the world. Look in mercy on men and women in refugee camps today. Look in mercy on their children, stung to see their parents beg strangers  for help. Turn the strangers into friends, and the camps into havens of relief, all because your own  people knew exile and because you are the one in whom our hearts find their true home. But don’t let us pass off to you the problems we ourselves could join you in addressing.

Shine on us, rain on us, blow on us. Come into our lives today  so we reflect your light wherever we go. In Jesus’ precious name.

Amen

Adapted from Cornelius Plantinga/s book: “Morning and Evening Prayers: Second day”.