Prayer for August 7-13, 2016
Sermon Text: Hebrews 11:1-16
That You will deepen our hope
for your full reign
O God, give us confidence in
your many promises. Give us assurance that what You have said You will do. Fill
our hearts with hope in your presence and in your faithful action that is
creating a realm of justice, peace, and love that is not easily visible to us
now.
Enable us, as your holy
people, to offer ourselves to You as gladly and completely as You have given
yourself to us. Enable us to please You by faithful action. Enable us to be
agents of restoration of the world that You made and love so deeply.
Give us enough faith that we
will venture to unknown places in order to experience the abundant life You
desire for your children. Let new life emerge from that which is as good as
dead in us and among us.
We rejoice in all that we
have seen and received as fulfillment of your saving promises. But we await,
with anticipation and hope, the city that You are preparing, the New Jerusalem
that You will establish among us by your power, your mercy, and your love.
We trust You, the Beginning
and End of all things. Amen.
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