Prayer of the People, 19 March 2021
Heavenly Father,
You are Lord of lords and King of kings. No one in all Creation can thwart your plans and purposes. Whether we feel stuck in the past or insecure about the future, you are one who remains the same. You have been our refuge and you will be our refuge. Today, we abide in you and entrust our lives to you.
You have welcomed us through the life of Jesus Christ and the gracious gift of the Spirit into this grace in which we stand. Now we pray that your grace would work powerfully among us.
Protect us from the evil one.
Forgive our hidden faults.
And let not wilful sin rule over us.
Revive us Lord! Transform us by your Word and empower us by your Spirit that we might maintain the peculiar distinctives of holiness into which you have called us. Fill us with wisdom that we might yet remain warm and present to each other in this anxious world.
We lift up to you the people of Syria who have suffered dehumanizing atrocities and hate in the last ten years. We plead with you for peace and for the transformation of even on person who has become hard-hearted. Violence stalks its victims through the dark places and even in broad daylight in order to traumatize them. The neighbours are weary and compassion for the refugee has grown cold. Help us Lord. How long Lord? Fortify your church to be lovingly present and to boldly confess your good news to poor and to the powerful.
We lift up to you our campus community and pray that every ministry and church would thrive according to your call. We reside in a place of many words, many plans, and many hopeful masters of their own destinies; pride has cast its spell. So Come Lord Jesus, Come and set the captives free.
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 of the people was part of the Origin Church Weekend Broadcast on 19 March 2021.