Lord, hear our prayer:

Father, we thank you for your love which will never be lost and never be defeated; for your grace and mercy that will never end; for Jesus’ total knowledge of you and what we are and what we are capable of. We thank you that though our commitment is unreliable, you still call us to follow Christ and know him as Savior; that though you are not fooled by our empty promises of obedience and trust, you continue to call us to carry a cross and accept him as Lord. We thank you that through carrying his cross to his death and thus to his 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 in Jesus’ 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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