Lord, hear our prayer:

Lord, in Christ you provide the love and the power to begin again, especially after stumbling or wandering astray. We thank you that you understand our complaints, our anguish, our fears and our frustrations. We praise you for holding us when we are hurting, correcting us when we go wrong and welcoming us home whenever we turn to you for renewal; that though you do not send our suffering, you use it to touch, change and make our lives whole. We pray, keep our faith focused on Christ and fill us with your Holy Spirit, that we may give you all the glory. In His name we ask these things.

Amen.

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