Today's Lenten Meditation: Group Prayer

Oh God, we put our trust in You.

Enhance my understanding of You.

Help us count the blessings that we want.

We are ever grateful for Your Presence in our lives.

Let us show Your love.

Open our hearts to always be ready to accept the Word into our lives.

Teach me to take care of my heart, so Christ can live there.

Watch over those who are suffering and help them find Your peace.

Help us to hear you.

Thank you for seeing something worthwhile in us.

Emmanuel - “God with us” - we yearn for Your Presence, especially when we think that we don’t need it.

Lord, let me experience Your Grace with our words.

Grant us the faith and wisdom to better do Your will.

Thank you for the gift of the meeting of hearts in this space.

Help us to grow and change to be closer to you.

We thirst for your love.

Let us not forget how to recognize Your ongoing Presence.

Give us joy in our service to others.

Bring unity, justice and peace to our community, our country and our world.

Give us the courage to stand up for what is right.

Enable us to see with Your eyes, feel with your heart and serve with your hands.

All this we ask in Your Holy Name.

Amen

~ created by participants at Christ Church’s Advent Quiet Day retreat - December 6, 2025