Looking for some ideas for this Sunday's intercessions (something I usually get others to lead so it isn't just my favourite topics we pray over) I found this in The Intercessions Handbook....
Sisters and brothers in Christ
Let us come to the Lord in hope
Let us pray to the lord in faith
And let us hold to the lord throughout our lives.
Lord, keep safe the new-born baby who struggles for life in the hospital incubator
Hear us, good Lord
Give reassurance to the child unnerved by the sound of his parents arguing
Hear us, good Lord
Guard well the teenage tempted to gain acceptance by taking drugs at a party
Hear us, good Lord
Guide clearly the young woman whois not quite sure if her current man is really the one who is tobecome her partner for life
Hear us, good Lord
Give patience to the young man who could make money so much more quickly by bending the rules
Hear us, good Lord
Be close to the young parents, both delighted and stretched to the limits by their first child
Hear us, good Lord
Give hope to the distraught mother, frightened by her anger with her crying baby
Hear us, good Lord
Call back the tempted husband, following his instincts towards another woman
Hear us, good Lord
Give self-confidence to the man in middle age, redundant, bewildered and afraid
Hear us, good Lord
Open the heart of the embittered 50-somerthing who was passed over for the bteer job
Hear us, good Lord
Give freedom and hope to the woman who retired early but is not sure whether she should be elated or depressed
Hear us, good Lord
Guard closely the lonely, the sick and the dispirited, and touch them with your deeper wholeness
Hear us, good Lord
Keep watch with those coming close to their destiny, afraid of the pain and unsure of the future
Hear us, good Lord
And so in your mercy gather to yourself every faithful believer, and those whose faith is known to you alone, and present us all, complete in Christ, to the joy of your coming Kingdom
Hear us, good Lord
Yes, hear us, good Lord.
The Intercessions Handbook, John Pritchard, London, SPCK 1997. p87
There are other volumes now available too.