Heavenly Father,
You have loved us with an everlasting love. You saw each of us in our mother’s womb and you have knit us together for your glory. Now in the fellowship of your people, your new creation impulse is at work. Thank you for including us in your communion, the communion of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
What a happy thought Lord, our sin, not in part, but the whole, is nailed to the cross and we bear it no more. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord! Thank you for the dramatic testimony of your love in the body of Jesus. We thank you for the grace to believe!
By your Spirit and not by the pride of our own strength cause your Word to be fulfilled in our generation. Build your church Lord right next to the gates of Hell. Rescue the perishing. Please restore people on our campus and in our city into the image of their Creator through the knowledge of your Son Jesus Christ. Transform us that we might become like Him together.
Oh Lord, we lift up to you the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Comfort and heal Lord from the ravages and insecurities of the pandemic. Fortify them with your wisdom and with hope.
We lift up to you the dear people of Yemen and ask that you would bring peace.
We lift up to you the dear people of Turkey and ask that you would send rain.
We lift up to you the dear people residing in Strathcona Park here in Vancouver and ask that you would open hearts and open doors so each one may be treated with dignity and granted opportunities for safe housing and flourishing community.
Oh Lord we need you and so we pray…
(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.
This prayer was part of the Origin Church Weekend Broadcast on 15 January 2021