September 9, 2009

Here is today's prayer:

We thank you, O Lord God, for our families, for life
bound together, for love to give and to receive, for care
and readiness to respond, for common responsibilities and joy.

I pray for each member of my family. May we all keep
growing and spiritually maturing. Hear my prayer for _________
and _________ and __________ (Insert Family Members' names)

We pray for the larger human family,
for sensitivity to need,
for resolution to act and speak
from loving motives.

Hear our prayer for ________ and _________ and _________ (Insert specific requests for the larger human family)

We pray for our family in Christ, for life changed by your love and for shared commitment. With thanksgiving, we commend our family into your keeping.
In Jesus' name. Amen.

~Thomas A. Langford Prayer and the Common Life, pg. 75