Lord, hear our prayer:

Father, we praise you for the bundle of experiences that we call life. We thank you that you never intended us to journey through life in isolation. You created us to be open to you and to each other. From the first it was your intention that we should live in trust and fellowship with each other. We know that you have planted within us a restlessness that will not be satisfied by our selfish greed and our arrogant individualism. We are aware of our sense of corporate dependence and our need of you and of each other. We thank you for the unity you give us in your Spirit and the Spirit of Christ in who’s name we pray.

Amen.

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