This week we are asked to pray:
Prayers for the week based on Roots on the web On this Safeguarding Sunday we lift before you all those people in need of protection and support. We pray for all ages who are neglected, trafficked, abused, exploited, wrongly accused and marginalised, here and around the world. We pray for all people and organisations seeking to protect and support the vulnerable. Be with those people and organisations who walk our streets seeking to help the lost and the homeless escape a life of loneliness, danger, and emptiness, to move from monochrome to fullness of colour, depth and life. Lord God, help us to be part of your healing now. (Keep silence) Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer. Lord God, we pray for your church. Break down barriers. Where there are divisions bring unity, that we may be effective witnesses drawing others to your truth and salvation. Help us to discern fake and distorted truths within all areas of life in order that we may live in truth and be your guiding light in today’s world. Lord God, help us to be part of your healing now. (Keep silence) Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer. Lord God, as Cop30 takes place in Brazil we lift before you all global climate issues. As our planet warms up, reducing polar ice caps, we see more winds, wild fires, droughts, and floods. We pray for the Philippines and Vietnam hit by typhoons. And for Jamaica still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. As well as climate issues affecting our world, we also pray for an end to the destruction wrought by war. Bring peace to areas of war and conflict. We think of Ukraine, Palestine, Syria, and Tanzania. Help us all be better peacemakers and stewards of our planet, our country, our nation, and our own communities. Lord God, help us to be part of your healing now. (Keep silence) Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer. Lord God, we pray for our own environments. May those in authority look to you and govern diligently and with true transparency. We ask for your hand on our local hospitals and the crises in A&E departments where people line corridors and ambulances queue to discharge patients before returning to respond to further calls. We lift before you all living in constant pain, be it physical or emotional. We pray for all in our communities exhausted from working two and three jobs just to make ends meet in today’s financial turmoil. We pray for all who desire to work but for whatever reason, are unable to do so. Help us all to live proactively for you, helping where we can as we await your return. Lord God, help us to be part of your healing now. (Keep silence) Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer. Merciful Father, accept these prayers for the sake of your son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.