1/18/2019 0 Comments Prayers of the People, E2CLiberating God,
Justice is so far from us today. Held prisoner by division among the leaders of our nation, your people are crying out for freedom: freedom to work with integrity, freedom to earn a living, freedom to provide for themselves and their families. Where are you in this tug of war, God? We need to know you are present and active, that you will not remain silent, that justice will shine like the light of a new day! Comforting God, Grief is increasingly near to us today. Feeling the depths of emptiness, your people are feeling forsaken. We cannot find the words to speak hope. We cannot find the words to speak life. We cannot find the words to speak joy. Instead, we are buried in our hopelessness, our lifelessness, our lack of joy. We need to know that you have bound yourself to us, that you love us deeply and are present with us in our pain. Eternal God, the present is too overwhelming to look to the future. Your people are distressed. We cannot see the brilliance of the new thing you are promising among us for the tarnished dreams of yesterday. Open our eyes to see your righteousness. Open our hearts to receive your covenant in love. Restore to us the celebration of living in your delight, that we may reflect your glory to the world.
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