Lord, hear our prayer:

Thank you, Lord, for making us and for loving us; for putting us into the world with so many other people. We know that life need never be dull and no one need ever be lonely so long as we love one another. We thank you, Lord, for making each of us so very different, so that we might learn that your love is not just for ourselves; for sending your Son, Jesus Christ. He shared all that it means for us to live in our world, so that we might begin to know what it can mean to walk in your love. We praise you that he was ready to share our pain, our loneliness, our weaknesses, our failures and our defeats. We thank you that through his death and resurrection, he has promised us that we can enter into his victory of love. For all your gifts, for your promises and your presence with us, we thank you, Lord.

Amen.

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