Our Weekly Prayer
Father God, You are the perfect Father who promises to never leave us or forsake us. For Your guiding Presence, especially when we hit rock bottom, we praise You. We pray this coming Father’s Day for those fathers who strive to balance the demands of work, relationships, and children with an honest awareness of both joy and sacrifice. We praise those fathers who, lacking a good role model for a father, have worked hard to become a good father.
Father God, we pray for those fathers who, despite divorce or the break-up of the relationship, have remained in their children’s lives and have still done the best they can for them. We pray for those fathers whose children are adopted and whose love and support have offered guidance and healing. And we praise those men who have “fathered” us in their role as mentors and guides.
Father God, we pray for those fathers and mothers who have lost a child to death and continue to hold the child in their heart. We praise those fathers who have died, but who live on in our memory, and whose love continues to nurture us through the love of Jesus Christ which binds heaven and earth together. We remember especially all those who lost a child, a father, a grandfather, and any other member of the family in the tragic fire of Grenfell Tower two years ago. May Your healing hand be upon those who are still grieving. Carry them into a more stable future where they can rebuild their lives and find happiness again while honouring the memory of their loved one/s in their kindness towards others. And what we have prayed for fathers today we also pray for mothers. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer, through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, our Brother and Friend, Amen. (KFG)
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