Every now and again I like to share an example of a pastoral prayer from Grace Fellowship Church. I do this because there are few examples of pastoral prayers online and I thought these may serve to inspire themes, passages, or ideas as other pastors and elders prepare to lead their churches in prayer. Here is one I prayed before our church not too long ago. (For context, it was my first time leading in a service after Nick’s death, and I had just thanked the church for their love and care for my family.)
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Father, each of us in our own way stands before you as a person who is broken. We are broken by sin, first and most prominently. But then we’re also broken by the effects of sin, by living in a world marked and scarred by sin—we are broken by pain, by illness, by trials, by trauma, by losses, by sorrows. We are broken. And in our brokenness we ask you to remember your promise that you will not break a bruised reed and you will not quench a smoldering wick. Let us truly believe we have nothing to fear from you.
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