One key element of our worship at Grace Fellowship Church is a pastoral prayer, in which one of the elders prays for the church and on behalf of the church. Every now and again I like to share one of those prayers. This was my prayer last Sunday.
Father, at various times each one of us is faced with the reality of our weakness. There may be times when we feel strong and capable and self-reliant. But then we get sick, or we get hurt, or something happens that we cannot control, and we realize just how weak we really are, we realize just how needy we really are.
And it’s in times like this that it’s such a comfort and assurance to know that you are strong. You are not dependent, like we are. You are not prone to illness and weakness and trials and uncertainty like we are. In times like this it’s such a comfort for us to remember that you know our frame, that you remember that we are only dust. We are just little dusty creatures whose days are like grass. We flourish for a time like a flowers of the field, and
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