At midday around the world, MU members pray for the Mother' Union. Below are the prayers that will be offered during the current month.
Midday Prayers 2023: June Serving Christ in every way If you would like a printable copy of this month's prayers, please click on the button to download the printable copy. |
Monday: Serving wholeheartedly
Lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God. Colossians 1:10 Thank you, Lord, that as we grow in faith so we grow in commitment to those you call us to serve. May we serve with the love of Christ and bring comfort that comes from God. May we share burdens through the power of Christ and bring strength that comes from God. May we view others through the eyes of Christ and show compassion that comes from God. May we respond with the forbearance of Christ, and show grace that comes from God. May our faith in Christ inspire us to lives of wholehearted service. Amen Wednesday: Worship through serving Offer yourselves as a living sacrifice to God, dedicated to his service and pleasing to him. This is the true worship that you should offer. Romans 12:1 Loving Lord, we worship you. We offer up our lives as a sacrifice of praise. May the works of our hands to serve others be reflected as hands raised in worship. May our words of support for the vulnerable echo in the heavens as songs of praise to our God. May each step that we take to alleviate need be woven into dancing in the presence of our Lord. May all that we do in the service of Christ be an offering of true worship. May our worship of God be manifest through our lives of faithful service. Amen Friday: Serving with our voice To give an appropriate answer is a joy; how good is a word at the right time! Proverbs 15:23 Loving Lord, use our voices in service to comfort the suffering, and proclaim the mercy of God. Living Word, give us your compassion to speak words of comfort to the troubled. Lord, give us your words of life. Living Word, give us your insight to speak words of encouragement to the weary. Lord, give us your words of life. Living Word, give us your mercy to speak words of relief to the suffering. Lord, give us your words of life. Loving Lord, help us to follow your word to enable our work to flourish. May the love of God inspire us to speak out in faithful service. Amen |
Tuesday: Serving with love
My children, we should love people not only with words and talk, but by our actions and true caring. 1 John 3: 18 (NCV) Lord, we hear your word; let us be doers of your will. Thank you, Lord for showing us that love has no boundaries or end but listens, has patience, compassion, grace, and gives without counting cost. Thank you for granting us a heart for those you love, and a willingness to step out in faith and service. Thank you , Lord for showing us true love can be ours to know and give. ©John Birch Loving Lord, help us to follow your ways to enable our work to flourish. May your living Word inspire us for lives of loving service. Amen Thursday: Serving with our hands You obey the law of Christ when you offer each other a helping hand. Galatians 6:2 (CEV) Lord, we hear your word; let us be doers of your will. God, help me to cherish the last time I used my hands to touch someone with love, to hold someone with comfort, to reach out to someone with compassion to make something constructive to place power into another’s hands So that I may always touch, hold, reach out, make and place; and let my hands lead me in a life of action where my words may follow. Amen Rachel Halsall Loving Lord, help us to follow your word to enable our work to flourish. May the love of God inspire us to reach out our hands in service. Amen Saturday: Serving Christ in every way Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 1 Corinthians 12:27 Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he must look out Christ’s compassion on the world. Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good, Yours are the hands with which he blesses now. St Teresa of Avila Loving Lord, thank you for your unfailing love and continued guidance as we follow in the footsteps of our Servant King. Fill us with your grace and equip us to serve that we may reach out to the world you love. Amen |
Final Blessing
We go from here to serve Christ; trusting in his love to sustain us, his power to enable us and his presence to guide us, today and always.
Amen
We go from here to serve Christ; trusting in his love to sustain us, his power to enable us and his presence to guide us, today and always.
Amen