Gracious and faithful God–our Creator,

Gracious and faithful God–our Creator, Redeemer and Comforter:
When we don’t know the way–You show us the way; and when we can’t find a way–You make a way. Thank you!

Thank you for Your gift of a Savior–not a savior who stays distant and aloof, but one who enters the warp and woof of our existence as Emmanuel–God with us; and who then sanctifies every place and time in which we live.

Therefore, we come to You confident You care about whatever concerns us. For those who are infirmed, ill or injured, for those who are recuperating from or anticipating surgery–we ask for your…