Today Our Daily Prayer For The Day 20 March 2023 For Lent
O God, make speed to save us.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry;
hold not your peace at my tears.
Jesus, like a mother you gather your people to you;
you are gentle with us as a mother with her children.
Despair turns to hope through your sweet goodness;
through your gentleness we find comfort in fear.
Your warmth gives life to the dead,
your touch makes sinners righteous.
Lord Jesus, in your mercy heal us;
in your love and tenderness remake us.
In your compassion bring grace and forgiveness,
for the beauty of heaven may your love prepare us
Psalm 3 Prayer
1 Lord, how many are my adversaries; many are they who rise up against me.
2 Many are they who say to my soul, ‘There is no help for you in your God.’
3 But you, Lord, are a shield about me; you are my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
4 When I cry aloud to the Lord, he will answer me from his holy hill;
5 I lie down and sleep and rise again, because the Lord sustains me.
6 I will not be afraid of hordes of the peoples that have set themselves against me all around.
7 Rise up, O Lord, and deliver me, O my God, for you strike all my enemies on the cheek and break the teeth of the wicked.
8 Salvation belongs to the Lord: may your blessing be upon your people.
You, Lord, are a shield about me.
Shield us, Lord, from all evil,and lift us from apathy and despair, that even when we are terrified,we may trust your power to save;through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Psalm 51.1-10 Prayer
Have mercy on me, O God, in your great goodness;
according to the abundance of your compassion
blot out my offences.
Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness
and cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my faults
and my sin is ever before me.
Against you only have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
Take away, good Lord, the sin that corrupts us;
give us the sorrow that heals
and the joy that praises
and restore by grace your own image within us,
that we may take our place among your people;
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
May you bless us and show us compassion and mercy.
In Jesus name we pray. Amen