Prayer of Glory and Splendor

Most Gracious Heavenly Father,

We humbly come before you praising you for all things. In the Psalms we are told to ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name, to worship the Lord in the splendor of His Holiness.

Father, we do just that, worshiping you in awe of your Holiness, worshiping you to the glory due your name as creator of all things, as our loving and merciful God. We thank you for that love and that mercy and we pray for forgiveness for our many transgressions.

Lord, we thank you for your Son, our savior Jesus Christ who by his sacrifice opened the door to forgiveness and restored the path back to you. We thank you for your Holy Spirit alive and active in each of us; our counselor, our comforter.

Father, we are so blessed, yet there are needs. So this day we pray for your Church as the only true hope in this world and we pray for your church to be ever expanding and ever glorifying. We pray for our nation, its leaders, its military and its people; praying for wisdom and love and a mighty movement by your spirit. We pray for all the saints everywhere praying for a peace that surpasses all understanding, praying for unity that brings a focus on you and away from external distractions.

We pray for our youth that in this world you will help them remain steadfast in their relationship with you and that you would protect, and that you would guide. We pray for those among us who are suffering, those who face economic uncertainty, health issues or emotional issues; praying for encouragement, provision, strength, healing, and an eternal hope that rests in you.

Lord, this day we pray as Paul did in Ephesians praying that we, being rooted and established in love, 18may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19and to know this love that surpasses knowledge that we may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

So we pray that no matter the circumstance before us that we would have clarity in understanding the magnitude of your love for each of us and that we would be filled with the measure of all fullness by this love for you, your church, each other and our neighbors.

Abba Father, we love you, we trust you and pray these many things in Jesus name…Amen

Grace and Peace