Great are you, O Lord.
Your word is upright; all your work is done in faithfulness. This earth is full of your steadfast
love. We give praise to you, wondrous
God.
In the beginning was your Spirit. Throughout the ages, it has strengthened your
servants, guided the faithful, and overcome evil.
When we accepted you through Jesus Christ, you filled us
with your Spirit and made our lives new.
There was excitement in the ever-revealing knowledge of you. There was awe of your greatness as you
increased our wisdom. Our eyes were made
open like those of a new baby.
Remind us about the excitement of being a baby Christian.
Recreate the passion in us when we were new Christians…when
we believed all things could be done through you. We say we believe it and time takes its toll,
life takes its toll. We see evil, we
experience hardship, and we forget that you don’t make bad things happen. We just want you to fix all the evils, all
the sickness, all the trouble in the world.
Help us move past being baby Christians.
Create in us the hunger for more, the hunger to be filled
with the Spirit, the hunger to do more than let your blessings flow over
us. Create the desire to bless others
the way you have blessed us. Create the desire for the world to be made a better
place as more people know you, as more people meet Jesus Christ through us, as
we work to glorify you.
Deepen our wisdom, our knowledge of you, our faith in you.
As we hear your call and we look at ways to be your church, help
us develop our vision, make it tangible, bring it to life in the name of
Jesus. In the silence we ask your
wisdom, knowledge and faith on our leaders as they seek to help this
congregation do your will in the world around us.
Glory be to you, great and wonderful Lord.
We know that our mission is to reach the lost around us and
across the globe. We pray specifically
now for one of our own, Cody Spencer, who serves in a CMF campus ministry in
Spain. Strengthen his spiritual gifts
and let the light of Jesus Christ shine through him and his work.
And now, Lord, we pray together the prayer that Jesus prayed
and taught us:
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