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Prayer Topic #5:
A Prayer for the Mature Adults in Our Windsor Village Church Family

Scripture Reading:
Psalm 84, II Thessalonians 2:13

Reflections of the Heart:
This is the ______ day of the Omer. “We praise You, O Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has
sanctified us by Jesus Christ, our eternal Redeemer and Savior, and commanded us to count the
Omer. By faith, we wait with joyful hearts to celebrate the sending of Your Holy Spirit.”

Scriptural Prayer:

Gracious Father, we thank You for our mature adults. Thank You for the wisdom and knowledge that
they share with us. Thank You for providing for their spiritual, emotional, financial and physical need.
Your Name, O Lord, endures forever; Your fame is known to every generation. You are righteous in
everything that You do; You are filled with kindness. You are close to all who call upon You in truth.
You grant the desires of those who fear You; You hear their cries for help and rescue them. We praise
You, Lord; may everyone on earth bless Your holy Name forever and ever.

Eternal Father, we confess that the mature adults in our Church Family will exercise self-control, are
worthy of respect and live wisely. They have strong faith and are filled with love and patience. We
declare that our mature women are honorable and righteous. They will teach others what is good;
they will train the younger women in our Church Family to love their husbands and their children, to
live wisely and be pure, to work in their homes, to do good, and to be submissive to their husbands.
We decree that our mature men are models of God’s strength and faithfulness, and they will teach our
young men to respect authority, provide for their wives and children, live wisely, lead with compassion
and fairness, and love their wives like Christ loves the church. We declare that our mature adults will
continue to flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon. Even in old age, they
will still produce fruit and remain vital and green.

Write down the names of mature adults that you know. Now, write down ways that you can
enrich or bless their lives:
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Holy Spirit, we know that some of our mature adults are lonely; please help us as a Church Family to
reach out to them and surround them with the love of the Father. Impress upon their family members
to come and visit them and spend quality time with them. Please help us to identify those seniors who
have isolated themselves and show us how to meet their needs effectively. Lord, many of our mature
adults have worked hard all of their lives and some of them have seen their retirement funds depleted.
Please open up new revenue streams so that they will not have to struggle or go without financially.
Father, protect them from those who would try to prey upon them with get-rich-quick schemes,
unnecessary mediation, predatory loans or any other schemes to steal from them. Increase their
discernment and wisdom when they make decisions, especially where their health and finances are
concerned. Remind our younger generations to regard our mature adults with honor and respect.

Merciful Father, forgive us as a nation for disregarding and disrespecting our mature adults. Forgive
us for viewing them as feeble and disposable. Forgive those mature adults who don’t depend
completely upon You, but look at their circumstances. Forgive those who have allowed life to cause
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