A Prayer for the Sick
Worship leader brings supplicant forward, as song is sung (e.g. Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior, O Healing River’) The congregation gathers around him/her, laying hands on him/her, some taking him/her by the hand.Anointing: oil may be poured on supplicant’s forehead by elder while saying, The Lord bless you, __________________, and keep you, The Lord make […]
Adding to Thoughts and Prayers
From Isaiah 58 Should you add to thoughts and prayers, standing with orphans and with the abandoned, Then you will become a fountain of healing and health.Should you add to thoughts and prayers, food for the famished and raiment for the naked, Then you will become an ascendant sun at dawn.Should you add to thoughts […]
A Lenten River Prayer
O Ancient of Days,We come from rivers that are not rivers, From fountains that do not sing of life, From barren springs where promise has failed From stony wells that mock the dream of Jubilee.But from the abundance of your life, Roll down upon us now the tide of your sweet spirit, That flagging faith […]