Lord, hear our prayer:

Father, we thank you for the certainty that you gave to your disciples. When they saw you die they thought everything they had longed for was all over, but they soon discovered it was all just beginning. We thank you for being the God who changes finales into overtures, transforms conclusions into introductions and turns our endings into your new beginnings. We thank you for those who have followed you not only to the ends of the earth but to the end of their lives; for those who have risked all because of the promise that we shall share in your glorious resurrection. We bring our thanks in the name of Christ Jesus, our risen 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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