EXCHANGES ON THE WAY: LENTEN PRAYERS
Day 7: Second Wednesday
Mark 9:1-13 (especially verses 4-6)
God of all people, we rejoice that in Jesus You have fulfilled all of your instructions, warnings and promises to Israel. You have brought forth an Israelite who obeys your word and lives out your promises in utter devotion to You. You have shown your people a new way of being human: fully devoted, full of compassion and justice, truthful to the core of his being, and endowed with your Spirit.
We rejoice that your fidelity to Israel has overflowed with hope and new life for peoples far beyond the scope of Israel's boundaries. We rejoice that we have heard the good news about Christ Jesus, and in that hearing, and in the lives of holy ones whom You have nurtured in your love, have glimpsed the radiance of Christ's glory, which is your own glory.
God, though we long for a fuller vision of your glory, even what we have seen has been enough to drive us to our knees in terror and trembling. You have evoked an awareness of our sinfulness* and cries for forgiveness.
Thank You for hearing our cry. May we be representatives of your reign and your glory today. Amen.
Isaiah 6:5
Thoughts, and prayers from Pastor David Antieau at St. Nicolai United Church of Christ
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