Pastoral Prayer by Paul Meeks #22
Pastoral prayer for Victory
Sunday at close of capital campaign.
Our gracious and loving
Heavenly Father, we come to you today in the name of Jesus. We rejoice in
you and give thanks for all you do for us, but most of all we thank you for who
and what you are. We thank you for salvation through the blood of
Christ. Thank you, Lord Jesus, for coming to our world and becoming one
of us, and because of that we have the hope of eternity with you and with all
those that have gone before us.
On this special day in the
life of our church we're aware of the fact that we owe a debt of gratitude for
the great heritage we enjoy because of literally thousands of people that have
made up
We've just heard the
challenge from Pastor Steve and really from you through him. We have much
to offer in these coming months and years. We have abilities and talents
that you've given us and we do offer them to you for you to use in helping to
build your church right here. We have material resources that you've
allowed us to have and we want to be good stewards of those. Really, all
we are and all we have already belong to you because
we've committed it all to you. Many in this service have already made
their pledge and others will be filling out their pledge cards in a few
minutes. Perhaps some will fe
el led to increase their pledge. Help us all to be faithful to what you
are saying to us right now. We give you thanks in advance for supplying
the need for us to move onward in the plans before us.
And now we bring the needs of
our people today. Some have come today with special burdens and
concerns. Maybe nobody else knows, but you do and you can do something
about it. Bring encouragement and uplift. Many have physical needs
and they're looking to you right now. Some have spiritual needs, they've
been defeated and have succumbed to temptations and they seek your
forgiveness. Lord, you're the God of all grace, and our faith and our
confidence are in you. As we reach out to you today, we know that you're
already reaching out to us. Thank you for the help that you're giving
right now.
Thank you for leading us as a
church. You've put plans and programs in the hearts of our leaders and we
want your continual guidance and direction. Thank you for the wisdom and
understanding that you give that enables us to do far better than we could ever
do in our own resources and abilities.
We pray for Pastor Steve as
he preaches in a few minutes. May we all hear your voice as you speak to
us through him.
We pray in the name of
Jesus. Amen.
Pastor Paul Meeks