This prayer is based on the fact that God is a God who chooses to reveal himself to us. Through creation through history and the Scriptures ultimately through Jesus Christ and then in our lives continues to reveal himself through the witness of faithful men and women lead by the Holy Spirit.
Loving Father
Full of mercy and grace
We come together this morning to acknowledge your awesome power and the great things you have done for us.
You are eternal and almighty and you know everything
You were beyond our ability to comprehend
So we praise you that we can know you because you have revealed yourself to us
You have shown us something of your self through your creation
You have shown us who you are through the scriptures
Spirit breathed words through the hand of human beings
You became one of us in your son Jesus Christ
And we beheld you up close and personal
You shared the best and worst of our human condition
You cared for the poor healed the sick spoke of your just kingdom
In your death and resurrection you transformed our lives
You forgave our sin and broke down the barrier between us
You invited us to live in a relationship with you both here and with you in eternity
You send your spirit to dwell with in us and lead us into all truth
Loving and faithful God we are so thankful for how you have shown yourself to us called us to draw near and know your love
We want to thank you this morning for all the people down through the ages and in our own time and our own lives who have shared the good news of Jesus Christ with us.
We thank you for those who have died for their faith in Jesus Christ
Paying the ultimate sacrifice for their witness
Men and women who have lived out and told about your great love
Parents who have kept the faith and passed it on to us
Friends who have been willing to tell about the wellspring they have found in you
Sunday school teachers, youth leaders, even preachers
Ordinary people who have shown your love and inspired us
Thank you lord Jesus for these people that have introduced us to you and encouraged us to keep walking our pilgrim path
AS Hebrews says surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses we want to press on fixing our eyes on you and run the race set before us throw off everything that would hinder us.
WE pray that you would forgive us for the things we have done wrong
For seeking our own good and our own comfort more than your ways and your kingdom
We do not love others, as you love us
We have been silent and inactive in the face of injustice and poverty
We keep the good news to ourselves
We have done what we should not have done and left undone much of the good you call us to do.
Thank you for the truth O Lord that if we confess our sin then God is faith and just and will forgive us our sin and cleanse us from all unrighteousness”
Lord God thank you for your mercy and grace for your forgiveness
That as we have confessed our sin you have been faithful and just and forgiven us
That we have been reconciled with you
Lord God fill us afresh with your spirit that we may know you more
That we maybe empowered to witness to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
To the glory of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Amen
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