16/06/2024

     Gracious Heavenly Father, thank You for this blessed Sunday, observed as Father's Day, world over. 
     Lord, we look up to You our Abba Father and thank You for the many ways in which You have shown us love and strengthened our hands to lead our family. Grant every father with good health as they toil each day to earn the bread for their family.
     Lord, even though we have sinned against You and our fellow men and are no longer worthy to be called Your son, You embrace us always and give us the privilege to be a father to our children and to be the head of our family.
     Lord, we intercede for all the single fathers who raise their children alone. Grant them strength, wisdom, and guidance in their parenting. Help them persevere in times of difficulty, and to experience the joy and blessing of fatherhood.
     Lord, we pray for the children whose fathers have gone away from their family or have entered into the next life. Let those children feel Your presence near them as they journey through life and know that Your love and grace does more than the earthly father.
     Lord, may we teach our children that life is in Christ alone and that there is no other source of life, joy, light, peace, comfort, love, or truth that can endure forever. 
    In Jesus' name we pray,  Amen.