After pentecost, where I experienced many people asking to be filled afresh with God's Holy Spirit, and God answering, both at St Peter's in our morning service and in the evening at a Pentecost gathering across our Presbytery (the regional way us Presbyterians organise our church government), I just felt it was right to write a prayer giving thanks to God for keeping his promises. To Thank God for sending Jesus and the Holy Spirit... both then and there as a historical reality and here and know in a real and fresh way. Also as I'm preaching on Luke 10:1-24 I felt that it was important to keep asking for God's spirit to be with us as Jesus asks us pray for and go work in the harvestfeilds he has called us to.
I'm aware that at the moment I seem to be writting prayers that are full of Church languge and sometimes I wonder if they are as real and honest as they need to be... Having just recently listened to a conversation between Bono and Eugene Peterson on the psalms... Thsi week however the metaphors i've mixed from scripture and the words of theology seem to fit and hopefully don't stop the joy of having a fresh encounter with Gods Holy Spirit come through. I'm just a learner so I'll keep on working at it.
Lord God,
We thank you
that you keep your promises,
You sent your
son into this world
That all who believes in him would not perish
but have eternal life
That you
would make a way for us to be reconciled with you
Through Jesus
death and resurrection we have received forgiveness of sin
You have
drawn near to us: who were far off
We did not
know your grace but now we have received your grace
Living God
We thank you
that you keep your promise
Christ
promised to be with us unto the end of the age
You promised
to pour out your spirit on all people
Men and
women, rich and poor, old and young
You promised
to send power from on high
To lead us
into all truth and be our guide
We thank you
for sending your Holy Spirit
God with and
within us
We thank you
that you keep your promise
That it wasn’t
just way back then and way over there
But that as
we ask, seek and knock you pour your spirit on us today
That you
fill us afresh, and nurture Christ like fruit as we walk with you
You enable
us to witness to Jesus in our time and place
You equip us
to live and love and serve as your people right here
You give us
peace and joy that the world can’t take away
Lord of the harvest
field
We thank you
that you keep your promises
Send out
more workers into your harvest field
As you’ve
filled us with your spirit cause us to go
Lead us in
every word and action to proclaim Christs love
To shine
your light in the darkness
Voice and
show your justice and righteousness
That you, o
God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit may be
praised
Amen
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