Lord God,
We turn
aside amidst all that is going on in our world and life.
We stop and
we come to praise you for the wonderful God you are.
We turn
again to you and thank you for all you have done.
We
acknowledge that when we were in need we cried out to you
and you did
not remain silent or unmoved
Rather you
heard our prayers and you responded
On that big
scale, you turned to us amidst our darkness and lost-ness
You
responded by sending your son Jesus, the word became flesh
Jesus who
proclaimed good news and abundant life
Who shone
your light in our world
Healed the
sick, welcomed the wanderer, called for love of the least
Who endured
the worst of our inhumanity, by being killed on a cross
But what a
turn up for the books, death could not hold him captive
Three days
later you raised him to life again
What an
amazing turn around for us
In his
unjust death we have found mercy and forgiveness
In his
resurrection, we have found a newness and abundance of life
We were cut
off from you God, we were distant and disinterested
But you have
drawn near and are gathering us back to you
We were
alone estranged from you and from one another
But you have
reconciled us and drawn us together as your people
We felt
helpless to change ourselves and our world
But you sent
a helper, your Holy Spirit to dwell in us
To lead and
guide us, remind us of Jesus words and his presence
And enable
and empower not just change but transformation.
We thank you
for responding to us
For all the
ways that you have turned it all around
from trapped
and chained in sin and wrongdoing
To
forgiveness and freedom, the slate being wiped clean
From always
searching for meaning and purpose
To finding
life’s fullness in serving and caring for others
From feeling
hopeless and despondent in the face of life hardness
To being hope
filled, with expectant joy because you are with us
From being
battered and bruised and dinged up in our very souls
To have our
wounds bound up and in the process of being made whole
From
thinking it was all our by right, or life wasn’t fair
To being
thankful for all your provision and care
What a turn
around, our awesome lord
And we turn,
to look at where we are now
It’s not all
just history and high ideal theology
But its real
right here and now
So we
confess our sins, the things we’ve done wrong
We confess
our sin, the good we have left undone
And we ask
you to forgive us and make us clean
We pray
you’d fill us again with your spirit
That you
would continue to turn us around
You would
make us more like Jesus
That we
would love as he loves
That we may
be agents of your kingdom, Witnesses to our Lord
That in all
we do and, we may live to bring you glory
Our loving
God, father son and Holy Spirit
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