A Family Prayer

Dear God,
For our family we ask your love and care in the days and years ahead. We pray for the strength to work hard and to do our best. It's not always easy to get up early only to face a world that is often cruel and harsh . Somedays are easy ,but others are tough. Give us the strength to live one day at a time and to face whatever comes our way.
We pray for health of each of our family members. You know our bodies better than we do. Every ache and every pain, every sickness, is a concern to you. Therefore we ask that you keep watch over our bodies, because you are our Great Physician.
We ask for guidance in all the decisions we must make in the days ahead, the big decisions, and even the little daily ones. We acknowledge that without direction our lives become meaningless, wrapped up in selfishness, and heading nowhere. Lead us where you want us to go.
Let us be friends with our neighbors. Especially give us patience when it seems our feelings are ignored and our rights infringed. In every dispute,let us be willing to be fair, and even take less when we feel we deserve more. And give us a spirit of humility that we might offer help and comfort when we see others in need.
For the students in this family, we pray the hours and days will be filled with the energy they need and a joy for learning. Provide the intelligence that my children will need to carry them through life.
Give us time to play together, to have fun, to laugh. For we know that your dwelling place is a place of joy and laughter. Let us experience in this family a little bit of Heaven on earth.
Finally, increase our bonds of love so that we might bear witness to your love in our community. Give us the desire to offer hospitality at every opportunity and throughout all our days. May this family learn to worship better and better, seeing all you have so graciously given us. In Jesus name I pray. ~Amen