Lord, hear our prayer:

Lord, we praise you that you created the world to reflect your love and truth and that everything in the world relies on you for its life. We praise you that when we turned away from you in our self-centeredness and self-sufficiency you did not reject us or turn your back on all that you had made. We praise you that your love for your creation never ends and that it has no limits. We praise you that your love reaches out to seek and to save a lost world and broken lives; that in Christ you have demonstrated your mercy and your understanding of who and what we are and what we are not. In the name of Christ Jesus our Lord, we praise you.

Amen.

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