Lord, hear our prayer:

Holy, just and eternal Father, we thank you for the truth that is in Christ, and that in him is life in all its fullness; that because of his life, death and resurrection he is our strength, our guide, our teacher and our Lord. Father, we praise you for the confidence we can have in Christ. In him we are not given a place in which we can hide from life’s problems, but the strength to face each day; you do not provide a crutch to prop up broken lives, but you give us your power to lift us, to hold us and to enable us. We thank you that Christ taught us not to trust the way of self-sufficiency, self-satisfaction or power in positive thinking. In the name of Jesus, who gives us everything.

Amen.

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