Lord, hear our prayer:

Gracious Lord, we cannot praise you enough for all that you are and all that you have done for us. You have given us life and hope and joy and peace. You have given us Christ, our Saviour and Lord, and in him we can begin again. We praise you for your goodness, your joy and your holiness. We praise you that no matter what we say or do you never stop loving us and seeking to bring us home to you. We praise you for understanding us when we are at our worst and for forgiving us when we least deserve it; for breaking into our darkness and for flooding our lives with the light of your Spirit. We pray that your Holy Spirit may overflow our hearts and lives with your mercy, truth and power so that our neighbors may hear the good news and experience the love of God shed abroad in their hearts and lives. We ask this in the name of Christ.

Amen.

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