Lord, hear our prayer:

Father, we thank you for the hope with which you have filled our lives. We give thanks that in the coming of Christ you have given us assurance of your sovereign control of all things. We praise you for this day, when we can remember the coming of Christ to be the Saviour of the world. Thank you for the promise of his coming again as Lord of all. We are grateful for the hope with which Christ fills our lives. In our times of doubt and despair the message of his coming, his birth, life, death and resurrection, renews our hope. Thank you in his great and glorious name.

Amen.

Some minor adaptation on some prayers.
David Clowes, 500 Prayers For All Occasions © 2003 by David C Cook Publishing
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