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John H. Giesler                          PRAY EVERY DAY                                  February 2006

1. 1457 Date observed in commemoration of the founding in Bohemia of the Unitas Fratrum, now known as the Moravian Church. We are grateful to those who reacted positively to the persecution they were undergoing by starting a new life. ASH WEDNESDAY- Lent.

2. The British Daily Watchwords (Texts) has many suggestions for prayer. We will adapt some of them for our needs. We are grateful for the important role that prayer has played in the history of our church. Help us to be faithful in our prayer life today.

3. Call us to prayer for renewal of our church beginning with our own congregation. Bless our leaders and make them aware of the need for new life and outreach.

4. Pray for your Sunday School class that the teacher may lead members in a personal commitment to the Lord.

5. SUNDAY -1939 Calvary, Allentown, PA. May my worship, fellowship and learning ignite me to begin a real renewal in my congregation, in remembrance of Jesus.

6. We thank you for every sign of that power at work in our province in our own time. There are many incidents!

7. We confess our responsibility for not helping to make more of these signs. Our lack of faithfulness and vision has hindered them.

8. Renew our confidence in your promise to hear and answer our prayer; renew our conviction that it is through believing prayer that your work will prosper.

9. Renew our concern that Your will may be done and Your Kingdom come, in and through us.

10. Renew us, Your children, cleanse and fill us with Your power, so that we may become instruments for renewal in Your hands, so Your name may be praised.

11. As winter draws to a close and the renewal of spring can be felt and seen about us, bring renewal to us and to our church as well.

12. SUNDAY – Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. (Ps.100:4)

We thank you for this day that you have made, the first day of creation. The day when Jesus arose from death.
13. As the Father sent Me, so I send you. (John 20:21) For the Church of Christ throughout the world; for all those who have heeded your call to take the Gospel into the world.  

14. 1849 Arrival of first Moravian Missionaries in Bluefields, Nicaragua. 1886 Great Kills, Staten Island, NY. 1951 Mountainview, Hellertown, PA. Let the children come to Me and do not stop them, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. (Matt.19:14)

15. 1925 Grace, Mt. Airy, NC. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. (Ps.46:1) We thank You for the measure of health and strength that we enjoy. For the healing ministry of Christ, and for the gifts that You have given to those that continue that healing ministry. For the fact that nothing can separate us from Your love.

17. For we are laborers with God. (1 Cor.3:9) We thank You for the beautiful and complex world that You have given to us, and all the resources available to us. For giving us the responsibility of being stewards and protectors of Your creation.

18. …the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth receives its true name. (Eph.3:14,15) We thank You for our homes and light and heat, for our food and clothing, for all the happiness parents and children can share; for all who have influenced our lives for good.

19. SUNDAY - We praise You for this day in Your house; for the heritage of faith, for the power of prayer, for the words of Holy Scripture, for the Gospel of Christ.

20. Thanks for those who have kept the light of the Gospel shining, for calling us to be fellow workers with You; and for Your spirit which empowers us, that You will cleanse and renew the Church.

21. 1993 King of Kings, Miami, FL. We thank You for the gift of new life, and for the infinite value of children in Your sight and in our eyes; for the sense of wonder, insight into truth, vision and idealism of children and young people.

22. We pray for those who are sick in body, mind or spirit (remember by name those known to you) especially those who are terminally ill and their loved ones.

23. 1975 First, Stone MT, GA. We pray for social justice and mutual understanding between and within the nations of the world, so that divisions may be minimized, and the barriers of prejudice and intolerance may be broken down.

24. The first converts baptized on Tobago, W.I. We confess our part in the way Your world has been misused and abused over the generations, and our own greed, selfishness, and wastefulness. Teach us to reverence the earth and to care for other people.

25. 1752 First, York, PA 1995 Morning Star, Asheville, NC. We thank You for sending Your Son to be born into a human family and into our world, to be the source of our joy, and the sharer of every burden.

26. SUNDAY – Lord, we remember, and join with, the millions of people all over the world who worship you today.

27. 1966 John Hus, Brooklyn, NY. We thank You for those who down the centuries have labored to the work of Christ, be with us as we strive to do Your work now.

28. 1954 Lakeview, Madison, WI. Lord Jesus, we thank You that You took little children into Your arms and blessed them. Keep, guard and bless all children.

29. Loving Lord, we ask You to pour out upon Your people the spirit of compassion and love, to make Your comforting, sustaining and strengthening presence felt.

30. Merciful God, forgive us our sins and many short comings, bring sanity, Justice and peace to the world.