Our Father in heaven!
What sheer privilege it is to be able to call
you father and know it to be true.
We plead for stamina and patient endurance for
the task of mission.
We long for courage to persevere faithfully
in the face of opposition.
May the gospel so burn in us that it keeps
us steadfast and fills us with joy,
So that others may also know your fatherhood.
Amen
Can Religion Save?
Our Father,
You are the God of greatness
And we are far from you.
We don’t think there is anything wrong.
Our city is facing hell.
Our loved ones are facing hell.
O help us to believe in the Lord Jesus!
May we be full on in with Christ,
Not just intellectually connected,
Nor sentimentally religious,
But full on in with Jesus our Lord and our
saviour.
Thank you for doing all that was necessary
to save us.
Amen
Father open our ears and our hearts.
Like Lydia may we pay attention to the
apostolic word.
May we be baptised trusting your word to us.
May our lives be filled with fruit.
May we desire to see others saved.
May we not shun suffering.
But instead embrace it
As we overflow with kindness and grace.
Taking what comes our way.
For your glory alone.
Amen
Father Almighty
We long that our hearts might be changed
That our wills might desire you
That our thoughts might be pure
That our actions be godly.
O change us we pray!
Thank you that Christ did not come to change
the externals alone but also to change our hearts.
Holy Spirit accelerate your work in us that
we might truly love you even as we long for that day of culmination.
Amen
Our Father,
We have crucified the king;
But we do not feel the weight of our offence.
We have not recognised his majesty.
We have not expected his return.
Father have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us.
Spirit have mercy on us.
We declare that Jesus is our king.
May he be truth to us.
Take our thoughts captive under your rule.
May our speech be seasoned by his
authority.
May our hearts be submissive to him alone.
Amen.
