Eternal God, our Father, we claim the promise of Jesus that when we gather in His name, He is in our midst. He promise not to leave us comfortless - that He will come to us. Without Thy presence, we sing and pray in vain; the scriptures fall on null ears; and preaching leaves us in our sin.
May we not be afraid to open all of our life to Thee. May we not be afraid to see ourselves as we really are. For what we are afraid of is that life has no more meaning than we know now, no more purpose, no brighter goal to live toward. Help us to see that Thou dost chasten us in order to redeem us. Thou dost convict us in order to forgive us. Thou dost show us the horror of our lives in order to give us a vision of the new life in fellowship with Thee and all men.
Make our hearts big enough to be concerned about people other than ourselves and those closest to us. Help us to see through our sinful rationalising about the poor and the oppressed and the way of war. Keep us, O Lord, from being satisfied with halfway measures to right the wrongs of the world for Thou hast gone all the way in the gift of Thine only son to make a new heaven and a new earth. May Thy love, so amazing, so divine, prompt us to give our souls, our life, our all.
We make our prayer to Thee, our Father, in the name of Christ to Thy honor and Glory.
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