Prayer Service
Sunday January 1st
Dave Brown kicks off the new year by leading us in a prayer service.
MESSAGE NOTES
Prayer
January 1, 2023
Teacher: Dave Brown
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1 John 1:8-9 NIV
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Corporate Confession
Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against your holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and apart from your grace, there is not health in us. O Lord, have mercy upon us. Spare all those who confess their faults. Restore all those who are penitent, according to your promises declared to all people in Christ Jesus our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake, that we may now live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of your holy Name. Amen.
Proclamation of Worship (Psalm 95:1-7 NIV)
Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.
Common Supplication
Father of all mercies, have mercy on us. Some of us are anxious, exhausted, angry, and sad. We need your peace that surpasses understanding to guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Be our refuge and strength; Be our very present help in times of distress.
Great Physician, we pray for the elderly, the weak, and those with chronic conditions; For the poor, the hungry, and the isolated.
Rock of Ages, we pray for the newly unstable: For those who have lost employment, family, or friends hide them in the cool shadow of your wings; Provide for them every good thing that you, as a good Father, know they need.
Indwelling Spirit, empower your people to serve; To get wisdom, live by it, and share it freely; To embody peace amid the strife of this life; To present our bodies as living sacrifices; To suffer with Christ in patient endurance.
Give us all fresh confidence that there is: No future where you are not present, No sorrow where you are not near, And no tears that you do not care about.
And so we trust you, our generous Provider. In the name of Jesus Christ we ask these things,
Amen.
Thanksgiving
Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. We thank you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life. But above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.
We thank you for all these things. In the name of your precious Son, Jesus Christ.
Amen.