Found prayers

Found prayers for the week before Election 2020:

I wait quietly before God,

For my victory comes from him.

He alone is my rock and my salvation,

My fortress where I will never be shaken.

            Psalm 62:1-2

Lord, in these dark and difficult times, grant us grace to seek your face with undiminished love. Replenish our reserves for the road is long. Surprise us in the coming day with glimpses of your goodness, hints of your holiness and a song of hope in this very strange land.

(Lectio 365)

Yet this I call to mind

And therefore have hope:

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,

For his compassions never fail

They are new every morning:

Great is your faithfulness.

I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;

Therefore I will wait for him.”

The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,

To the one who seeks him;

It is good to wait quietly

For the salvation of the Lord.”

            Lamentations 3:21-26

O God, you who are the lover of concord, we pray that we might not become needlessly anxious over the political tempests that rage across the landscape of our country but rather trust in your sovereign care, so that we might remain a peacemaker to friend and stranger alike. Amen. (an election day collect prayer for peace of mind by W. David O. Taylor)

Grace and peace,

Anita Sorenson
Pastor for Spiritual Formation