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Prayer of the People

September 28, 2020 0 Comments

Heavenly Father,

Out of the depths we lift up our voice to you. It has taken a while for many of us to get here — to the heart of the matter: We need you. You are the only true God, the Creator of heaven and earth. The mountain peaks belong to you. The ocean depths belong to you. We are yours too and we long to live in your communion — the communion of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This is what we were made for.

To You, who have set the galaxies in motion, To you we call out in praise. May all glory be yours. Not to us, Lord; Not to us. But to you be all the glory. Thank you for the grace to recognize our true calling. Grant us courage for living into your purposes and grace. May we not let your words fall to ground. Instead let us treasure the gift you have given us.

We need help to love our neighbour. We need help to love each other. Revive your church Lord! May the overflow of our devotion to you be experienced in our city, in our campus, and in our homes through good deeds. May we never weary of doing good, for we trust that in due season there will be a harvest.

You see Lord. Nothing and no one escapes your view. But, we pause to lift up to you those who are being crushed. Bring hope, peace and a community of grace & truth to the Uighurs in NorthWest China, to the people seeking a place of refuge who are stuck in Lesvos, Greece, to the solitary man or woman caught in addiction in Vancouver, and to the person wrestling with anxiety by themselves.

Surely we can get below the surface of our “I’ve got it together vainness” to speak with you and each other of the matters weighing down on our souls. May your love wash over us. May your Spirit generate encouragement and refreshing service in our life together. 

We pray urgently that your church might be revived! Revive us Lord. Salvation is in no other name, so it’s in Your name that we pray 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.

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Prayer of the People, 18 September 2020

September 22, 2020 0 Comments

Heavenly Father,

We come before you singing with joy! You are our salvation. You are the one who has rescued us from captivity in the kingdom of darkness and have delivered us into the kingdom of Your Son whom you love. Now by your Spirit we are united in your communion forever — the communion of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Such love constrains us! We have new desires to fulfill your Word in our lives and to move responsively to the prompting of your Spirit. May we align our lives with you that all the earth may reveal your glory and all it’s inhabitants rejoice in you!

Oh Lord, we have no ultimate enmity with any people on the planet. Instead, our struggle is with the powers and principalities arrayed against you and your purposes. Yet our struggles seem to abound. Prejudice and fear rise up in our hearts. Forgive us Lord and create a clean heart in us. May the rejuvenating power of your Spirit enable us to take every thought captive and make it obedient to Jesus Christ.

Show us Lord how you would redeem our work so that others get a view of your goodness. Open hearts to the good news of Jesus that they may have an eternal share in your life. And all the while give us boldness to tell our story shaped by knowing You through the life and blood of Jesus. You have the Words of life so instruct us in how to speak to our generation.

It’s in Your name that we pray as so we pray as Jesus has 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.

This prayer was part of the Origin Church Weekend Broadcast, 18 September 2020.

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Prayer of the People, 11 September 2020

September 14, 2020 0 Comments

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.

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Prayer of the People, 4 September 2020

September 7, 2020 0 Comments

Heavenly Father,

We are looking to you for wisdom and for power to love well. Your perfect love casts out fear. We praise you for the Mighty power displayed in the resurrection of Jesus Christ your Son! You have defeated all the powers of death. May your Holy  Spirit enliven us for life in your communion— the communion of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Give us grace to join in the pursuit of your will by aligning our affections with the character and name of Jesus. In baptism we have been united with Him in death, burial and resurrection! Oh Lord speak to us by your Word and Spirit that we might truly live.

We are asking You to open hearts — to you and To us. Lift the veil of unbelief that we all may overcome the world through faith in Christ. Raise up workers ready to invest their lives in your Harvest that the church to come May gather.

We thank you for the purposeful and good work available to many. Yet Lord we are asking for more help and protection of the vulnerable from employers and beneficiaries  who take advantage of them. Particularly we lift to you all those involved in the food we eat: farmers, migrant workers, delivery and grocery personnel. Redeem work for the good of all. So we pray 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.

This prayer was part of the Origin Church Weekend Broadcast on 4 September 2020, Meeting God In Discipleship.

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Prayer of the People, 28 August 2020

August 31, 2020 0 Comments

Heavenly Father,

We plead with you Lord for changed hearts and enlightened minds. Our affections have been twisted and our ability to see has been darkened. We keep choosing sides on earth in order to stave off fear and to show ourselves as loyal friends, but truthfully our affections betray us. You know our idolatrous embrace is poison for the soul. 

In your grace we would run the race you have marked out for us. So, we fix our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfector of faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of your throne. Oh we see you who endured opposition from sinners like us. Grant us courage and wisdom to drop all that hinders our faithful allegiance and obedience to you.

Help us persist in faith, hope, and love. May our love for you and your church not grow cold. Cause our love for neighbours at home, at work, and at school to overflow into daily acts of kindness and extravagance. In these days Lord we need your love to cast out fear. Show us how to dismantle reflexive enmity and replace it with responsive generosity.

Forgive us Lord and fill us with your Holy Spirit.

Oh, that we would be like Jesus, the Shepherd of our Souls! So Heavenly Father, we seek you, and we pray 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.

This prayer was part of the Origin Church Weekend Broadcast on 28 August 2020.

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