God of Grace and Power—our Friend, who

God of Grace and Power—our Friend, who sticks closer than a brother: You know when we screw up ...and You know when we manage to get it right. You know when we forget you ... but You never forget us. You know when we’re weak, for then You are strong. Today—because of Your grace, we can come to You just as we are, not as we aren’t nor even as we might pretend to be.

Because of Your power, we know You can do what we can’t. So, we humbly ask you to hear us as we pray for those who are ill or injured, for those whose sickness is incurable by us, for those unjustly imprisoned, for those…