Prayers for Maundy Thursday: April 17, 2014
John 13:1-38
Here are two prayers I wrote for last night's worship.
1.
God of all, forgive us! Forgive us for being slow to understand that
to follow Jesus we must serve one another.
Forgive us for overestimating our self-sufficiency and closing our
hearts to service from our sisters and brothers. Give us the attitude of Christ Jesus so that
we may both serve and be served with gladness.
Forgive us for arrogantly overestimating
the measure of our loyalty to you.
Forgive us when we betray you, deny you and abandon you. May your Spirit fill us with courage and
endurance so that we may remain faithful when our commitment
to follow Jesus is challenged by those who doubt or oppose your healing work in
the world. Amen.
2.
God of wisdom and compassion, we rejoice
that you have called us together as one body, in Christ Jesus, who is the
controlling and energizing center of our life together. We rejoice that Jesus has befriended us, and
that Jesus has given freely of himself so that we might experience the healing,
peace, fruitfulness and love that you desire for us.
We constantly keep the memory of Jesus’
service and sacrifice in our minds. And
we live and serve so that others will learn of Jesus and the significance of
his death on behalf of the whole world.
May our worship, service and witness be pleasing to you. Amen.
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