Lord, hear our prayer:

We praise you for sharing our sadness and our sorrow and for understanding us when we are at the point of breaking. We thank you most of all for Jesus and that through our faith in his life, death and resurrection you have freely given us our place in the family of God. Lord, we praise you that we belong to a family that knows no barriers and rejects all divisions. We ask that you will fill us with the joy and the sense of anticipation of being members of your family with whom we will worship you for all eternity. In the name of Christ Jesus the Head of our Church universal.

Amen.

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