What to pray for people .. pray for comfort for ... Jesus, our Master, whose heart was moved with compassion toward the weak and oppressed, and who was more willing to serve than to be served; we pray for all conditions of people:

1. Those who lack food, shelter, clothing.
2. Those who are sick and all those wasting.
3. Those who are blind, deaf and lame.
4. Those who are prisoners.
5. Those who are oppressed by injustice.
6. Those who have lost their way in society.
7. Those who are corrupt and morally fallen.
8. Those who are worried, anxious, depressed and lonely.
9. All living faithfully in obscruity.
10. Those fighting bravely in unpopular wars or causes.
11. All who are serving diligently and dependable.
12. Those who stand in the valley of decision.
13. Those who are suffering the consequences of misdeeds repented of.
14. All family circles broken by death.
15. Those faced by tasks too great for their powers.

Let the power of Jesus' spirit be strong within is, and those for whom we pray. Amen.

James L. Christensen, Hymns for the Family of God, # 44  ¶ 8:17 PM