Lord, hear our prayer:
We thank you for the message of Christ in the Bible and for all the stories of his miracles, his teaching, his compassion and his acceptance of all who turned to him; for the message of his life, death and resurrection and the assurance that the past has been dealt with, the future is in your hands and today is your gift to us all. We thank you for the presence and power of the Holy Spirit through whom we are given the strength and the will to begin all over again. May our lives and our lips bring you honour and glory here and everywhere in the name of Christ our King.
Amen.