As we humbly bow before you today, O God, we are grateful. We are grateful for your love. We are grateful for our lives. We are grateful for our blessings. We are grateful for the chance to serve you.
Help us remember, Father, that we were bought with a price. Help us remember the sacrifice of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Help us remember the scourge, the pierced side, the crown of thorns. Help us remember your beloved son as the sins of the world fell on his shoulders and crushed him…all for our sakes. We didn’t earn this gift. We can never repay this love shown to us. We can never be worthy except by the grace that comes through the burial and resurrection of our savior.
Help us remember our lives are not our own. Place these words ever before us so that we never forget. Help us remember that we are children of the King and we belong to you. Help us be aware and act with that awareness toward our fellow human beings.
Help us remember our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. You have called us to shun evil, to separate ourselves from it while we work to bless others in this world. Help us remember that our actions have consequences even when no one else sees them, because you do. Help us remember that where our minds are, so go our bodies and our spirits. Help us be aware and act with that awareness.
Help us remember that our enemies are not necessarily yours. Please bless our enemies, Lord.
While we have no problem remembering our needs and woes before you, we can often forget to praise you for your goodness. Help us remember to praise you. In the silence, hear our needs and our praises to you.
Lord, we often bring Interfaith Hospitality Network before you in our prayers. We ask that you bless them as they work to keep families together while these families struggle to move forward in their lives. We ask your special blessings on Brian Rosecrans and the board as they search for a team member to replace Patsy Glover. We also pray for Grandview's role in this ministry and ask that you raise up leaders within our church who can help IHN be even a greater blessing to our community.
And now we pray together as our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, taught us to pray:
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