Gracious God, full of mystery and wonder, open our ears so that we might hear your story. Open our eyes so that we might see your glory. Open our hearts so that we might love what you love. Fill us with a holy curiosity to indulge in the mystery of your grace, and surrounded by your love, give us the courage to live the gift we have been given.
Holy Father, Father of Christ who surrounded your mystery with flesh and walked among us: help us to follow. By your Spirit let us transform Word into worship and may our worship drive us into a deepening communion with you and our brothers and sisters. We especially pray this morning for those who feel forgotten, lonely, and defined by everyone but You. Help us to draw out our brothers and sisters from despair, to let them know of your love and your desire to give us abundant, everlasting life.
Sovereign Lord, Father of all by the power of the Holy Spirit, we pray this morning for our friends who have lost their lives in the line of duty. We pray for the families of Robert James Reeves and Jonas Kelsall.
Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life. We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever, as we continue to pray saying:
Our Father, who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
Lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.