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3/14/2020 0 Comments Prayers of the People, L3A Sunday Prayer: going and coming
The road is long, Lord, and we are weary. We have journeyed to this place from different locations along different roads for different reasons. Yet here we are, .... https://revgalblogpals.org/2020/03/14/sunday-prayer-going-and-coming/
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3/11/2020 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, L3A Call to Confession
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. (Hebrews 4:15) Let us approach the throne of grace with confidence and seek God's mercy. Prayer of Confession, L3A Here we are, God, coming to meet you when no one is around, because we are afraid of the judgment we know we deserve. We long to have our thirst for you satisfied, our spirits renewed, our hope restored. Here we are, God, deciding with whom it is appropriate to engage and who it isn't, judging one another without knowing their stories, withholding love. Forgive us, we pray, and teach us to sow grace that your people everywhere will reap a harvest of joy. Assurance of God's Grace For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send God's Son to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (John 3:16-17) In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God! Since God has forgiven us in Christ, let us also forgive one another. The peace of Christ be with you. Please extend the peace of Christ to all whom you encounter this day~ 3/10/2020 0 Comments Call to Worship, L3A You are invited. Come to the well of Living Water.
Come, and drink, and thirst no more. We come, O God, thirsting for you. You are invited. Come to the One who knows you, and knows everything about you. We come, O God, our hearts humbled before you. You are invited. Come and meet the Messiah, who is also called Christ, and worship. We come, O God, worshiping in spirit and in truth. 3/7/2020 0 Comments Prayers of the People, L2AThe Spirit blows where it will,
and we do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit. Hear our prayers, Spirit of the Living God ... https://revgalblogpals.org/?p=60179 *Prayers of the People are now posted on Saturday evenings, and on odd months, can be accessed by clicking through the link to the RevGalBlogPals website. 3/4/2020 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, L2A Call to Confession
Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out. (Acts 3:19) Let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy. Prayer of Confession, L2A Here we are, God, standing in the wilderness of Lent, weighed down by the baggage we insist on carrying with us. We do not want to let go of our comfortable habits no matter how much they entrap us and keep us bound. Repentance means letting go. Repentance means turning around. Repentance means trusting you, relying on you, giving up control over our lives. Forgive us, we pray. Grant us courage to be born anew, to follow the wind of Spirit into a fresh new way of living, to hear your Word and be transformed by it. Assurance of God's Grace If anyone is in Christ, {they are} a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. (2 Corinthians 5:17) In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God! Since God has forgiven us in Christ, let us also forgive one another. The peace of Christ be with you. Please extend the peace of Christ to all whom you encounter this day~ 3/3/2020 0 Comments Call to Worship, L2A Come from the darkness into the light.
Come from unknowing to knowing. Come from condemnation into a place of grace. God is here, and you are loved. Let us worship God. 2/29/2020 0 Comments Prayers of the People, L2AYour people are famished, O God.
We are hungry for kindness and compassion. We are starving for thoughtful dialogue. We long for caring interaction. In this wilderness journey called Lent, we are facing the demons inside us, and fearful that we will not be able to stand firm ... Every other month, the Prayers of the People are written for RevGalBlogPals and posted on that site on Saturday evening. You can find the Sunday Prayer: Woes in the Wilderness posted in its entirety here: https://revgalblogpals.org/2020/02/29/sunday-prayer-woes-in-the-wilderness/ 2/26/2020 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, L1A Call to Confession
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need (Hebrews 4:15-16). Prayer of Confession, L1A Everpresent God, Forgive us. Daily we are confronted with temptation, and daily, we struggle and cave to it. In the age of Instagram, we want instant answers, instant solutions, instant gratification. Grant us the strength to wait patiently, trusting in you to guide and direct us, and listening for your Word to show us the way. In an age of divisiveness, we use your Word as a weapon against others, insisting our own interpretations are the only interpretations, but we so often do not interpret your Word through the law of love. Our motives are selfish, and we are tempted to prove our rightness over and over again by jumping from steep statements, expecting you to bear us up before the world. Teach us humility. Open our ears to listen to other voices, while keeping us attuned to your self-revelation in Christ, who was obedient all the way to the cross. We are inclined to put confidence in positions of power and authority, and to not only exercise that power and authority, but to do so abusively. Remind us that Jesus came as servant leader to show us how to share power with the marginalized and voiceless. Transform us through the wilderness of this Lenten season into people who live from the strength of Christ, in whose name we humbly pray. Assurance of God's Grace God has promised that when we confess our sin, God is gracious and merciful and will forgive our sin, removing it as far as the east is from the west, and remembering it no more. In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God! Since God has forgiven us in Christ, let us also forgive one another. The peace of Christ be with you. Please extend the peace of Christ to all whom you encounter this day. 2/25/2020 0 Comments Call to Worship, L1A Traveling through the wilderness,
God is with us. Hungry for answers, God is with us. Tempted to try to control outcomes, God is with us. Wondering if we are important enough to God for God to protect us, God is with us. Wrestling with our own sense of power, God is with us. Standing up to the demons inside us, God is with us. Let us worship God. *Liturgy based on Matthew 4:1-11. *(C) Julie Gvillo, A Place of Grace, February 2020 *A Place of Grace encourages you to share blog posts via email or social media. Permission is not granted to cut-and-paste prayers without a link back to the specific post, however you are welcome to use the material in printed publications with proper attribution. 2/19/2020 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, E7A Call to Confession
We were called to freedom, but we use our freedom as an opportunity to serve ourselves, neglecting to love our neighbor as ourselves. (Galatians 5:13-14 pp) Let us confess our sin before God and seek God's mercy. Prayer of Confession, E7A God of mercy and compassion, hear our prayers. We have neglected to do good and to share what we have. We see our siblings in Christ poorly clothed and hungry, and we wish them well with thoughtful words of blessing, but we do not DO anything to help them. We sow sparingly, looking out for our own households out of fear that there will never be enough. We curse our enemy rather than bless them, and "enemy" is broadly defined as anyone who disagrees with us, who looks different from us, whose beliefs do not match ours. Lord, in your mercy, do not hold our sin against us, but forgive our self-centered ways, and transform us into purposeful people, whose goal is to love as you call us to love, to share with abandon in a spirit of generous abundance that rains down blessing and hope that all poverty might be eradicated and life restored in all of your creation. Assurance of God's Grace The Lord is good to all, and God's mercy is over all God has made. (Psalm 145:9) In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God! Since God has forgiven us in Christ, let us forgive one another. The peace of Christ be with you. Please extend the peace of Christ to all whom you encounter this day. |
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