Heavenly Father,
We praise you — for you are the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Through the ages you have displayed your glory in Creation. Now you also show your glory in the life of your church redeemed through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ your Son. May we rejoice in Him and may your joy well up in us as we partake in your communion — the communion of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Your Word testifies of your power and has generated within us a yearning to see your kingdom come in our day. By your Spirit we groan with creation and cry out, Abba, Father. Come Lord and fulfill your purposes in us. Keep working Lord! May we look more and more like Jesus everyday. Your purposes will prevail!
But Lord, How long?
We lift up to you the refugees stranded on the Island of Lesbos who are suffering through the terrible conditions and the recent fires at camp Moria. Comfort them Lord and please open doors of safe passage to places of refuge.
We lift up to you the people on the West Coast of the United States who have been suffering through terrible heat and fires. We ask you to bring relief Lord and comfort to those who have lost loved ones and the safety of their homes.
We lift up to you — your church under pressure and persecution across the globe. Fortify them by your Spirit with faith and with courage to love. Send your agents of ministry and refreshment to them O Lord and may your good news be made known by the witness of your people.
We lift up to you friends and family, and our neighbours, who so desire to overcome the world, but seek to do it without faith in you. Their purposes are their own, yet we rejoice in how your common grace has aligned many with the good values of your Kingdom. We pray Lord that they would get to know you, so that through faith in You they will truly overcome. And we pray that we might be truly aligned— heart, mind, soul, and strength with you, so we pray Lord, as Jesus taught us: (Please join me in the Lord’s Prayer.)
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one;
for yours is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
forever.
Amen.
The prayer of the people is part of th Origin Church Online Broadcast on 11 September 2020.