Prayer 1

God almighty, God Most High, the Eternal God, and the Ancient of Days, I kneel before your throne with gratitude and petitions to ask of you. Every day you bless me with your grace. And by that grace, you bless me with food, clothing, a warm home in the winter, a cool home in the summer, my family, medicine, my jobs, your Word, and the church. I thank you for all these gifts of your grace. But I thank you most of all for the ultimate gift of grace: the gift of your son Jesus.

Nevertheless, there are many times when I don’t show you the appreciation you deserve for the grace you show me, and I sin against you. Lord, please forgive me of all our shortcomings.

Help me to remember all the grace you’ve shown me and allow it to motivate me to live a righteous life. I ask that you would show grace to the sick by comforting their hearts and delivering them from their illnesses. And I ask that you would help me to remember to share the good news of your grace with those who are lost. By your grace, let my congregation grow and become a powerful force for good in my community and beyond.    

And when I come towards the end of my Christian journey, I ask that you would bring my journey to its climax by resurrecting me from the grave and bringing me into an eternal home with you. All of this I ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.