God of all grace, God of all
power, God of all wonder and height:
today we pray for our nation…
We give you thanks for the
right and the freedom to vote,
To have voices heard and to participate
in the process of sharing in our collective future.
As we pray we’ll confess that
the system seems imperfect,
That campaigns seem hard, and
that debates are heated.
We’ll also confess that this
has been a challenging decade in our nation
And we pray for those who
will be elected to lead for this is an age of conflict,
Economic uncertainty, and concern. Help us each to discern a faithful direction
for the future.
By your grace, may we will
find productive and respectful ways to speak to one another
About our nation and its
political future.
May we always remember that
there is no perfect candidate,
But there is an eternal
perfection in you, your Son, and your Holy Spirit.
You will be God, your nature
will be love, and we will be your people no matter
How the tides of elections
should turn.
We pray for winners and
losers, for our city, our state, our nation, and our world.
We pray that those who should lead
would lead with a generous spirit, a wise mind, and an
Unflappable commitment to
integrity, justice, and goodwill for all your children.
May justice rain like waters,
may righteousness flow like a stream,
And may your grace, always,
abound in these United States.
We make this our prayer in
the confident, certain, and blessed name of our Savior.
Amen.
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