Gracious God, as Your Spirit hovered over the waters and the darkness of the earth, you brought forth creation. Pour out your Spirit to the ends of the earth, that your children may return from exile as citizens of your Kingdom. Heal our divisions by your word of love and righteousness.
Perplexing, Pentecostal God, you infuse us with your Spirit, urging us to vision and dream. May the gift of your presence find voice in our lives, that our babbling may be transformed into discernment and the flickering of many tongues light an unquenchable fire of compassion and justice.
Holy Father, you who raised Jesus from the tomb, you who gave life to the valley of dry bones, make the dry, bleached bones of our lives live and breathe and grow again. Holy Spirit, blow through us. Turn the sin and sorrow within us into faith, power, and delight. 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.