Empower us to move from darkness to light, from sin to new life. Enable us to behold the world as You created it to be, as You created us to be. Help us to recognize our sin for what it is. Shine among us in such a way that the darkness without and within may be pushed back, such that we might truly see what is really real. Light of Christ, awaken us this hour to the glory of Your presence in our midst. May the echoes of Your celebration reverberate in our midst this hour, transforming our worship from a mournful plea to a joyful song.
Be patient with us, and teach us how to wait. King of Love, seek and find us as we are, not as we pretend. But, because of You, there is room for us at the great Love Feast. Were it not for You, O great seeker of our souls, patient parent to our childhood, joyful host to our homecoming Were it not for You, O Lord, we would be lost forever. We confess from the very beginning of this worship that we are lost. The truth is, God, that when we lift our heads above our path, we all too often discover ourselves lost in a maze of choices. King of Love, we come to You as we are, not as we pretend to be.
O great One in Three, Holy Trinity, this hour, set us free to worship. O Christ, who was crucified and is now risen from the dead In Your greatness, lift us up that we might aspire to greater things.Īs a shepherd, call us to be Your servants.Īs a King, call us to be Your royal priesthood. In Your lowliness, strip from us our selfish pride which only destroys us. Restorative skill, but upon You, in Jesus Christ. For this Temple of Your Spirit is built not upon our own abilities, knowledge, or Touch us this day, O Lord, sinners that we are, that we might become Your saints, Your body, Your children, Your church. We do not ask this day for dazzling displays of strength, electric exercises of intellectual prowess, or marvelous manifestations of miracles. O God, we trust in Your power, even as it is often found in weakness in Your wisdom, even as it is expressed in seeming foolishness in Your wholeness, even as it comes to us amid brokenness. We pray this because of, and in the name of Jesus Christ. Help us not to check our minds or our hearts at the door, but enable us to bring all that we are to You, so that we might experience Your touch upon all aspects of our life. Be with us, Lord, as we are gathered here to worship You. But we could not trust if we did not know that You are always near. O God, we trust in Your power to create, to sustain, to enable. We pray all this in the name of the One who calmed the raging sea. O still, small voice, speak to us this hour, that we might become makers of Your peace in our homes, in our communities, in our world. O Lord who answers out of the whirlwind of everyday life, breathe in us Your Holy Spirit to strengthen, comfort, and guide us in the midst of the storm. O God who is greater than the most powerful forces in this world, enable us to be still and know that You are God. All this we pray in the name of, and because of, Jesus our Christ. O God who fed the multitudes with but a few loaves and some fish, feed us now with the abundance of what You freely offer, that we might overflow with Your goodness right where we live. May Your new creation in us shed light upon our everyday walk.
We bring with us our daily concerns, as well as our more eternal questions. May Your truth touch not just our intellects, but also our deeper yearnings of heart and soul. O God who makes all things new, speak to us as whole people today. We have gathered as believers, and as those who are honestly seeking the truth. O God, our resurrection and life, the promise of Your new life in Christ is like a breath of fresh air in a dry and thirsty land. After all, He's not looking at your words, He's looking at your heart! We encourage you, however, to not merelyĬopy-and-paste the prayers as they are here. If you so desire, feel free to use any of these prayers as a starting pointįor framing your own prayers. This page contains short, inspirational/devotional invocationsĭesigned to help draw us into an attitude of worship and personal reflection.