A prayer for those unemployed or facing financial difficulty:
Dear Heavenly Father,
We pray for those who are coping with unemployment or financial difficulty.
We ask that they may have the means to keep going whilst times are tough.
We pray, too, that they may know they are not diminished in your sight through want of job or earned income.
Help us all to hold on to the conviction that true stature is not measured by how much we have and that this is more than pious words.
And, finally, we pray for our political and financial leaders that they may have the wisdom to find solutions to economic woes; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
A prayer for the general economic situation:
Lord God, we live in disturbing days:
across the world
prices rise,
debts increase,
banks collapse,
jobs are taken away,
and fragile security is under threat.
Loving God, meet us in our fear
and hear our prayer:
be a tower
of strength amidst the shifting sands,
and a light in the darkness;
help us receive your gift of peace,
and fix our hearts where true joys are to be found,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
This prayer is taken from the Church of England website - Topical Prayer page.
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