10/05/2026
❤️ Happy Mother’s Day! ❤️
We are thankful for all the women in our church. We thank God for the multitude of ways they serve and care for their families and friends, and how they seek to live for Jesus. We hope you enjoyed the little sweet treat.
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV
Today we will be praying this prayer for Mother’s Day across our congregations, knowing it can be a day of mixed emotions for many:
Loving God, we thank you for the love of the mothers you have given us, for their selflessness and care, for their patience, compassion and strength. May we see your loving hand sustaining and guiding them. Please sustain all those in care-giving roles, those who are either biological mothers or spiritual mothers or aunties or grandmothers, as they seek to show the love of the Lord Jesus to those they care for.
Loving Father, we bring before you those of us for whom this day is hard. We pray for those who are tired, stressed or depressed, for those whose children have physical or intellectual disabilities, for those who raise children on their own, for those who have lost a child, for those who care for the children of others, for those who have painful memories or are estranged from their mothers, for those who have recently lost their mothers, for those who never knew their mothers, for those whose children are separated from them by distance or broken relationship, and for those whose desire to be a mother has not been fulfilled. Help them to bring their griefs to you and to know the comfort of your love.
For all of us, help us to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ for us, and to be filled with this love, so that all of our trust, hope and peace would be in your Son our Lord Jesus. Bless all mothers, that their love may be deep and tender, and that they may lead their children to know you, living not for themselves, but for Jesus and for others. We pray knowing your goodness, care and compassion.
In the name of Jesus, our Lord and Saviour,
Amen
