week of 11/21/10

God, we fluctuate so easily between hope and cynicism, between trust in You and fear. And yet at the times where we are the most fearful or doubtful there is a part of us that still wants to address the cries and celebrations of our hearts to You. We long for relationship with You. Lord, hear these prayers, and help us to sense Your presence in the midst of them:

A prayer for ---------- and unselfish soul, one rooted in the history of the bible and a great servant to the people's of Broad Street Ministry and --------- another great servant.
In Christ,

----------.

God--

Thank you for life, friends and this inclusive community.

Please. In your prayers; Remember my family, and ask our Saviour to maintain their health & strength,

God bless you,

------------.

Please pray for me. I can't quite believe that people care about me w/o wanting (demanding) something in return. I think God's love is the first example of this possibility--& I long to be aware of his role in my life.
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[smiley face]

Oh Father,

as you continue to remind me. Lord my role in this life is to go through it and damage none of the Spirit you have set lose, but to further your kingdom on earth as an example of the miricle that is Your grace.

I want to truly "Thank You" for doing the will and work of God. As I "heal" spiritually I would like to help BSM become an integral part of profisized outpouring of the holy spirit during these end times.

Please, Lord, give me strength when I have to part with this community. I have been amazingly blessed by BSM and it'll break my heart to say goodbye (for now)

Please pray for:

Traveling mercies as members of the community travel this holiday season.

Me. That I may continue to grow in relationship with God and live "thankfully".

My friend -------- that he may find God in his life and come into relationship with him.

God, help me to find my own personal power & to live in harmony w/it.

Be my refuge--keep me safe, help me to keep healthy boundaries

help me to step into love, to feel safe in my apartment & in my life.

Protect me, love me

Lord, please bring Your healing to -----------, ----------, -----------, ----------, ----------, my health, a friend's marriage, & so many others.

I praise You for Your faithfulness.

Amen.

Please bless & help all those that are cold sleeping outside on the street. Provide them the opportunity to get their lives on track and feel comfort and love again. Amen.

A prayer for those away from their families during these holidays

Lord we pray for --------- whose mother just passed away. Please pour your Peace upon him in his grief.

For far too long my

grief

illness

heart-wounds

stress

anxiety

have been the lords of my life.

Jesus, I ask You to take this thing back--take control of me back--teach me peace and grace and joy and LOVE.

I am tired of being at the mercy of such a wounded, judgmental, harsh self. I give myself to You. Make Yourself manifest in my attempts at self-care.

just pray today

Praying for the artists who live with a song that brings both joy & pain.

and for the rest of us who need that song.

It seems impossible Lord that you could quiet every voice in us but Yours. We would not allow that. But it would be nice now & then.

DEAR G-D,

EVERYTHING IS GOING GOOD, i SEEM TO PULL OUT OF TROUBLE PLEASE WATCH OVER MY FAMILY KEEP THEM WELL PLEASE HELP EVERYBODY OUT

THANK YOU

ME

I pray that I'm able to be still and open to hearing your will. I've been so confused by so many things lately and I just pray for clarity and that I do things in a way that are reflective of you

A prayer for inclusion of myself and others in the future of BSM

As much as I struggle with why you choose to reveal yourself in hierachal/patriarchal terms, I've gotta admit I need a God to reign over my life. I do a pretty awesome job at messing it up on my own.

TAKE MY LIFE. DO YOUR WILL IN IT.

Thank you Broad Street for your rawness, beauty, love, honesty, openess & rocking music. Your ministry, this ministry is a blessing to me & so many others.

In thanksgiving for you

11/21/10

HeLP GOD

Love--true and you'll all recieve your needs wants now and forever.

Future is waitting For THose wHo needs wants will be fained Here/Heaven/Forever

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Prayers for the sick.

A prayer for the victims in a car wreck on the north lane on I 95 between 2nd and chestnut around 2 am in the morning.

I need a job!

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Please help me to forgive my family and to be kind and gracious when I see them next week.

Allow us to recognize your call for this community's life and our own lives.

God, please give me the strength & courage I need to be myself while I am at home with my family during the holiday. It is such a struggle. I can't do this without you.

Pray for all the cold, hungry, lonely and those particularly without hope.

Please pray for my friend ---------, who has not yet come out to his family

for my friend ---------. He'll be graduating college soon, and we haven't spoken in about a year. for ---------- who contends with medical school while fighting addiction. I thank God on -----------'s behalf, he successfully completed the marathon. I pray for my professors and classmates who struggle with illness and injuries. Please pray for me as I culivate discipline to get my studying done & finding my place in community. Since today we celebrate the Sunday of Fulfilment, I pray: Christ is coming, is coming soon; Even so, Lord Jesus quickly come.

--a Seminary Student

Thank you for the opening psalm 46. My fiance is in Haiti and he always encourages me to read this psalm. "Therefore we will not fear though the earth be removed...though the mountains shake in the swelling." This psalm carries much relvance for him, the earthquake survivor. I ask for prayer for him as he works in the cholera that is running rampant and also that we both remain healthy until our reunion
Also I came here for the 2nd time tonight b/c the first time I cam I loved the music and Jill Scott's Golden. I will return!

I moved to Philadelphia 2 months ago without knowing anyone. I ask for prayers that I continue to meet people, find a core group of friends, but also that I find a church where I find fellowshiop & a community.

Jesus, hold us and these prayers in Your heart. Live and work and move in the midst of our lives, show us Your Love in places we least expect to see it. We ask You to be the Lord of our lives--and as our leader, we ask You to empower us: to live out the Love that conquers all fear; to believe in our gifted-ness (that comes from You) and You enough to start giving to others; and to march with us as we learn to be courageous agents for change and love in this beautiful and broken world, until You come again.

Let it be so. Amen.