Service of Prayer for Christian Unity
January 24, 2016
Prayer of Thanksgiving:
God of all creation, we rejoice that You
have drawn us together, as your people, and that You provide many resources in
order to help us live out our unity in Christ.
We thank you for the communion of bread and wine that reminds us of the
sacrifice of Jesus that set us in a new covenant relationship with You, as your
people.
We thank You for the presence
and gifts of your Spirit, who enables us to say that Jesus is our Sovereign,
and who wisely distributes many gifts of service among us through which You
work as we serve each other in obedience to You.
We rejoice, in awe, that You have created
unity that transcends ethnic, economic and other ways of defining ourselves as
different from one another.
We rejoice
that in our unity none of us is responsible for doing everything, but that each
has an important role that builds up all of the others.
We thank You for wise leaders who have guided
us into the unity that You desire for us.
And we rejoice that You have filled
us with a desire to act in the most excellent way: by loving each other and
loving your world, with deep, enduring and tenacious love.
We rejoice in You and praise You with hearts
full of gratitude for your provision for the unity of all creation in your
Anointed One. Amen.
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