In the Psalms we read: Hear my prayer, O LORD, let my cry come to you! Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress! Incline your ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call!
Father, as our church has worked through the Psalms we are learning that we can lament, we can cry out, we can come to you with troubled and angry hearts and Father we (I) come with a troubled and angry heart. Father, there is so much going on in this broken world, the news is disturbing, divisive, distressing, and depressing. News of nuclear tensions, news of hate and racism, news of such division: but the one thing the news does is point out how much we need you.
So Father, we come this morning crying out to you, crying out for your healing, for your mercy, for your steadfast love to conquer all. We pray that your love would reach into hearts around the world and transform, that there might be revival, that there might be repentance (turning to you) that there might be true reconciliation and that people would love one another just a Christ has loved us. Father, embolden us as believers that we may answer the message of racism, hate and violence with the message of love and service in Christ. Father, we pray answer us speedily.
In Romans Paul prays: May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Father we believe; fill us with joy and peace, let us abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit and thank you that no matter our troubles, no matter the troubles of this world, we have a place to turn, a place where we can hope and trust, a place that we can be filled with joy and peace, a place that we can rest; and that place is in the mighty arms of Christ.
Abba Father, we love you and pray these many things in the most wonderful and beautiful name of Jesus...
Amen and Amen!
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