A Daily Prayer During this COVID-19 Crisis

The clergy and laity of the New England Conference are sharing a daily prayer based on the Revised Common Lectionary for the week.
 You are welcome to use these in worship or in your own devotions.

Prayer based on the following Scriptural passages:
 I Samuel 17: (1a, 4-11, 19-23) 32-49
 Psalm 9:9-20
 2 Cor 6:1-13
 Mark 4:35-41
 
 We praise you, O God
 for your great love and power —
 for standing with David, who
 though young and small,
 courageously confronted
 a force much bigger
 than himself to defeat
 forces that sought to do harm.

 We praise you, O God
 for delivering your people
 in times of trouble, for
 never forgetting the cry
 of the afflicted, for being
 present to those who suffer.

We praise you, O God,
 for Jesus, who when his
 disciples were overtaken
 by fear and terror, quelled
 the storm that raged
 around them and within,
 and blessed them with the
 gift of peace.

 We praise you, O God,
 for Paul and his companions
 who suffered dishonor, beatings,
 imprisonment, and every
 manner of hardship, and yet
 remained faithful in genuine love,
 and rejoiced in owning nothing
 and possessing everything
 as your servants.

 O God whose love is everlasting,
 who calls us to serve in hard times
 and in hard places, to endure
 through storms and suffering —
 deepen our roots us in your Word,
 strengthen us to resist what is evil,
 and to do what is good and true,
 that we may be steadfast in
 the work of love.

 In the name of Christ Jesus,
 who lives and reigns with you and
 the Holy Spirit, now and forever.
 Amen.

Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar