Lord Hear our Prayer.

Lord Hear our Prayer.

For the starving child who will go to bed hungry tonight. For the mother and child who don't have a bed. For those who are trying to live in a world that has forgotten love and peace. For those who have grown tired and indifferent to what is right and good. For domestic slavery. For innocent victims of abuse and violence. For those caught in between peace and war. For love to return to this country. For the poor and handicapped and elderly. For those forgotten by society. For the mentally ill. For religious zealots.

For broken people and broken families. For those in our government. For just laws and just wars. For all the homeless. For mistreated pets and wild animals. For our environment and the extinction of our planet. For travellers and refugees. For those unjustly imprisioned. For the innocent. For single mothers. For single fathers. For children of divorce. For those who are dying. For those who think they will never die. For the forgotten. For the abused.

For those who can't afford to buy food. For those who are lonely. For those who will be forsaken. For those who are hated. For those who hate. For those without daily hope or friendship. For those too sick to work. For those who would like to go back to work. For patients in hospitals. For psychiatrists and their staff. For those who enforce just laws. For those in the media. For our veterans. For our families. For all our places of worship. For continued care for the sick. For peace of mind and for the suffering and forgotten. For true justice for those being used by our society. Lord hear our prayer.

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