Break though with Good News...

Sometimes in our lives, the unescapable presence of our maker and creator seems like a small and insignificant thing. Sometimes our awareness of your presence in our lives is so weak, so blurred, so unintentional as to be almost indetectabile. But then suddenly you explode into our awareness, you make yourself known to us. You surprise and amaze us, you shake us out of the dullness of our life and stun us with your power. Thank you, dear God, for caring enough to make yourself known to us in our complacency and indifference. Thank you for bringing us out of the dark haze of our ignorance, and for showing us the way to full knowledge of you and your loving will for our lives.

In humble thanksgiving, we lift the following names of your children asking for our prayers: Kathryn Duncan, Ida Sotelo, Linda Brown, her daughter and father, for David S. Harmon, his wife and family for strength and faith, Amber Hurtt, Maria Chase and her family, Ms. Johnnie Johnson, Katherine Jolliff-Buckmaster and her family praying for restoration and healing, for Michele Garcia Rodriguez and Crystal Garcia Hernandez; Dolores Ramirez and her family, Patricia Griffitih, Shari Bond, Thomas Waller for justice to be served in his trial; for Reggie, Justin, Jamel and Jason, and for their mother Lawonna West; for Kathy Williams and her family. For these and all of your children who are poor, broken, forgotten, and hopeless, we pray.

We know that each of us is created in your image, but our vision is clouded by the evil in the world. Forgive us for forgetting that we are your children, and that we can always turn to you in our hour of need. Support the families of incarcerated people, give them rest and peace, and keep them alive to the real possibility of new life in your son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen