Shared Prayer

PRAYER: Dear Father, As we step into a new year, we come with weary hands and hopeful hearts. Meet our need with your steady strength, so we can keep going when the days feel long and the tasks feel heavy. Teach us to rest in you, to lean on your courage, and to keep our eyes on the finish line you promise. For our work—at home, at school, at our jobs, in our ministries—let it be trusted into your care, and let our effort be rooted in faith, not fear. Help us encourage one another, especially those who fear failure or feel unseen. May your steady hand steady ours, and may small steps become hopeful strides because you are with us. The Lord shall fight for us; we will not be moved. In the name of Jesus, Amen So be it. Amen.