God of grace and truth, hope and power:

God of grace and truth, hope and power: in the midst of an ever-changing world, we delight that You are constant, joyous and loving, always the same, but never stagnant or boring. That’s why we’re so glad to turn to You and turn over to you what keeps us up at night with anxiety or discouragement; or what stretches us beyond our limited strength and wisdom.

We pray for those who are ill or injured, those anticipating or recovering from surgery, those whose body, mind or emotions are failing them, and all who give care to them; where healing is needed—we ask you to heal them; where…