Psalm 14

When Christmas just feels Mehhh...
Psalm 14 

Our Father,
We pray, with the people of God through the centuries, that salvation would come from Zion.
We pray restore the fortunes of your people.
Make us rejoice,
Make us glad.
All that we hear is the rejection of God.
All that we see is corruption,
Evil deeds,
No one doing good.
We see the oppression of people.
No one calls upon the Lord, we have all turned aside.
But you are a God who sees,
who looks down from heaven,
And you have acted to save us,
In sending your Son to save and redeem us.
Thank you for sending Jesus.
We rejoice in your salvation.
May we lovingly share it.
Amen

In Times of Trouble - Psalm 9,10

Father and King

You are on the throne of judgement

Justice, righteousness and uprightness belong to you.

You have not forgotten the oppressed.

You have heard the cry of the afflicted.

Arise o Lord and judge

Do not stand far off.

Do not hide.

Wickedness prevails.

Evil prospers.

Oppression, mischief and iniquity,

And the poor and helpless are crushed.

Arise o Lord. Do not forget.

See, help and call them to account.

You are king forever and you will do justice.

Amen

Romans 1:21-32

Father,

We knew you but

we did not glorify you;

we did not thank you;

we did not worship you.

You have handed us over to the lusts of our hearts and the passions of our bodies.

You have given us over to debased thinking

And we are full of wickedness

We call evil good and good evil

And we approve of those who act foolishly

Forgive us.

Do not abandon us.

Have mercy on us.

Amen