Our Father in heaven, may your name be
honored today as holy throughout our world. May the nations come to know that
you and you alone are the living God; holy and righteous, all-powerful and
good, faithful and true forever. Hallelujah.
Thank you, Father, for the people
called by your name throughout our world who call upon you, are blessed by you,
and are blessing those around them today. Let their witness of you been seen
and heard for the testimony that it is; of you and your grace given fully in
our Lord Jesus Christ.
Lord Jesus, we who are called by your
name are your body on earth. We have been chosen by you and for you. We are not
of this world but live in it as witnesses. We have been scattered all across
this world as a sower scatters seeds, to be planted, to grow, and to bear
fruit.
You have promised, Lord, that if we
abide in you and your word abides in us, we will bear much fruit, fruit that
will remain, fruit that will glorify our Father. Holy Spirit, keep us in Christ
and his word in us today. Do in us according to your promise, we pray.
Holy Spirit, we love you and praise
you. Move upon your servants and give us wisdom. Open our eyes to see our need
for your word to surround us like the wall of Jerusalem in days of old. Reveal
to us the necessity of rebuilding the gates so that we will have good judgment
as to what to let in our minds and what to keep out. Keep us pure today.
We pray for those who are sick, who are
grieving, and who are struggling with discouragement. Be their healing, their
strength, their hope today; we pray in the name above every name, in the name
of Christ Jesus our Lord. AMEN.
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