Lord, hear our prayer:

Wonderful God! How can we not thank you for your extravagant love to us in Christ? We thank you for the way you have made yourself and your purposes known. You did this, not to the high and mighty, but to those who knew they were unworthy and had done nothing to deserve your love. We are filled with joy for the way you constantly surprise us by coming to us when we least expect it; for opening our hearts and minds and lives to the truth of your presence and power. Make us, we pray, channels of your surprising grace today. In the name of the one who knows each of us by 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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