Prayers for December 21, 2025

In our waiting and watching, we come to you in prayer, O God, trusting your promise to renew the church, the nations, and the whole creation.

In these days of anticipation and preparation, prepare our hearts for your arrival. Stir our spirits through the gifts of those around us that bring joy with their words, their music and their handiwork.

God of grace, hear our prayer.

In these days of anticipation and preparation, the earth breaks forth in singing as it heralds the Messiah’s coming. Fill our hearts with wonder as we join heaven and nature in announcing this holy birth.

God of grace, hear our prayer.

In a world that seems out of control, Savior of the nations, come and spread your saving grace and peace to all nations. Lead us in work for justice and care for the common good. May we meet the Christ-child we seek in the faces of the people we encounter, especially those who have been marginalized or are in need.

God of grace, hear our prayer.

In a world that seems out of control, when tears of grief, exhaustion, or loneliness come, or physical or emotional hurt overwhelms us, come to our aid and restore us, O God. Uphold all who are anxious, who know the challenges of depression, or who are ill especially to those named on our prayer list and whom we hold in our hearts.

God of grace, hear our prayer.

In this time of Advent, help us, in this community of faith, to recognize that our hope cannot ever stand still.  Give us newfound energy of spirit to adapt and learn to play whatever new music is put before us.

God of grace, hear our prayer.

We give thanks for all who have treasured the gospel and lived in faithful service. Strengthen our earthly journeys until, at the last, your face shines upon us and we are held in your in love.

God of grace, hear our prayer.