Eternal God our Father, how desperately we need this time with you. We have spent so little time with you in prayer and meditation that our lives are out of balance.
Everyone of us is seeking life but in seeking it our own way, we have lost the life that is life indeed. We are beset by our guilty feelings from the past and filled with a foreboding anxiety of the future. We spend so much time seeking somebody to blame for what we are. O Lord, open the floodgates of your love for us - the love that we have seen in Christ, the love that breaks the power of sin that has been canceled in forgiveness, the love that secures the future because by His resurrection, he has abolished death and brought life and immortality by light for all of us. Show us today how to lay hold by faith on this life that is life indeed, this peace that passes understanding.
And having begun, O Lord, may we not turn back nor be discouraged by the doubt and cynicism of our time. We praise you for the promise of a never ending adventure with you that your love is like the ocean. We only see little of the ocean, a few miles distance from the rocky shore, but out there, beyond our eyes horizon, there is more. We only see a little of your loving, a few rich treasures from your mighty store, but o, out there beyond life's horizon, there is more; there is more! May we be dedicated to the seeking of that more to which you are calling us!
We pray for all, seen and unseen. We don't know each other's needs- the burdens we bear, the sorrows we share, the sickness we have, the loneliness we feel, the perplexing decisions we face, the guilt of our sins. We thank you that You know and You care. You can save and You can heal. Make this a time of healing grace and empowerment for living for all of us. All this we ask in His name. Amen
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