Prayer

Photo courtesy Linda P.

Prayer starters for this month.

Sunday	We pray for the men and women who are currently serving in the armed forces and for the families from whom they are separated.
Monday	We pray for those with financial need.
Tuesday	We pray for those with medical/ emotional needs. Heal them Lord.
Wednesday	We pray for the economy.
Thursday	We pray for all those who make the services of Hunterdon and Somerset County ARC available to members of our community.
Friday	We pray for the LRC’s Men’s Fellowship Group. May they witness the presence of the Lord in their fellowship and in their lives.
Saturday	We thank God for blessing the life of LRC and pray for his continued blessings on the work of his church in the coming year.

This prayer was written by one of LRC's middle school children.

O God

My deepest pleasure lives in serving you.

Yet mostly I wander in service

to my own small worries,

my small ego, me, smaller and smaller.

help me to drop into that quiet place where

You and I come together,

so that my thoughts become your thoughts

my voice, your voice

my life, your life

for you are always there:

I have only to listen

Verses of the Weeks

Oct 6th	Cast all your anxiety on {God}, because he cares for you. - 1 Peter 5:7 (NRSV)
Oct 13th	My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. - James 1: 2-3 (NRSV)
Oct 20th	Jesus said, "I do not call you servants... I have called you friends." - John 15:15 (NRSV)
Oct 27th	Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit. - Psalm 51: 12 (NRSV)