Eternal God, you have made the world with all of its beauty and all of its power … you have given us a place in its story. Guide us, we pray, that we might be the caretakers of beauty, and humbled before the powers of earth and universe. We’re mindful of our mistakes, O God - the harm we do the earth, and to one another … here and now, we vow anew to resist the
In the name of our LORD Jesus Christ, we give thanks for your ceaseless grace and endless mercy … we are grateful to receive the gifts of life … from the moment of our birth to the end of our days … the best of times, the worst of times, your faithfulness sustains our faith; your hope, our hope; your love, our love.
We pray for loved one and friends … we pray with deep assurance; the assurance that our prayers are heard in the halls of heaven, and well received in your heart … that every prayer, O God, is honored, every prayer is answered … prayers of faith, and prayers of panic … prayers of hope, and prayers of despair … prayers noble and wise, prayers shallow and selfish … all kinds of prayers, Dear God, and all kinds of people, in all kinds of places and times … you are the God of mercy, and always the God of Hope … the God who hears every prayer.
For our church family, O God, we give thanks … for those who’ve gone this way before us, with song and good cheer, giving in every way they could, to build this sanctuary, speak peace to the community, fund ministries and mission around the world. We are eternally in their debt, Dear God, and pay it forward for generations still to come.
In the name of our LORD Jesus Christ who taught us to pray, saying:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
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