Prayer of the People, 5 June 2022
Heavenly Father,
By Your costly grace we have been drawn into your communion — the communion of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Our faith has found a resting place. We rest in you. In you we are restored and refreshed.
In you we have received a new vision for life and godliness.
Yet, we must not close our eyes like Jonah on the boat to Tarshish. You keep inviting us to see with you, and join you in the realities of life. Though we may run from You, You can locate us. Where can we go from your Spirit? Though we close our eyes you can wake us. Though we speak with guile in our hearts you can accomplish your Word.
Oh, Christ Jesus, we gladly surrender ourselves to your sovereignty. Your Spirit keeps pouring His love into us and so in the fierceness of your love and justice we will live. We have set our faces with Jesus towards the cities of your calling and our cross.
Fortify our hearts with your love. Establish the work of our hands Oh Lord. By your Spirit we join in the common struggle of following Jesus and being His people in a world that does not yet welcome your Kingdom.
We lift up to you our friends at the Athens Ministry Centre in Greece. Encourage them as they create a lighthouse of love for people on the journey for refuge.
We lift up to you our friends in the Association of Christian Clubs here at UBC. Deepen the conviction of students for the brilliance of Jesus and grant them courage for trusting you in every good work. Let us enjoy the unity of your Spirit in this community.
We lift up to you our friends in 24-7 Prayer in Vancouver and across Canada. Thank you for those who keep watch in the night and in places overlooked by most of us in order to minister in your name. Supply their need and strengthen them with your love so they may persevere.
Oh Lord we love you and ask you to give us wisdom. We open our lives to you and welcome your Spirit to breathe new life, peace and joy into us. Fill us with your Spirit. Fill us with your Word. Fill us with your songs!
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.