Here’s a
prayer of thanksgiving and intercession written for Proper 29 – the last Sunday
before Advent (known as “Christ the King” or “Reign of Christ” Sunday).
It was written by Rev. Richard J. Fairchild and posted on the Kir-shalom website.
Prayer of Thanksgiving and
Intercession
Lord God
Almighty, maker of heaven and earth,
we your
people acclaim you,
we praise
you, we exalt you,
we bless
your holy name.
It is your
love that is revealed in the life and death of Jesus,
it is your
power that is seen in his resurrection,
and it is
your majesty that is made known
by his
ascension into heaven to be at your side.
Help us, O
God, to always keep your power and your authority
and your
love and your majesty in our minds
and to
never neglect the doing of your will.
Help us to
be obedient to the word you place
in our
hearts and our minds...
Lord,
hear our prayer...
Father and
Mother of us all,
we believe
that Christ Jesus should rule within our worship
and our
life together as your people.
We believe
too that he should rule over our work in the world
and within
our family life.
Indeed we
profess that he wants to be Lord of our lives,
the one who
is supreme in deciding how we should relate
to our friends
and our neighbours.
Help us
make this manifest in what we do each and every day—
in how we
make decisions about how we spend our time and our money,
in how we
employ our hands and in how we direct our feet,
in how we
speak and in how we think,
in how we
rest and in how we work...
Lord,
hear our prayer...
O God, in
his time with us
Christ has
shown his authority over wind and wave.
We pray
that he may bring peace and calm to those who lives are troubled....
We
especially pray today for (bidding prayer)…
Lord,
hear our prayer....
Thank you,
God most Holy, for hearing our prayers.
All these
things we ask of you in the name of Christ Jesus,
who lives
and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God,
both now and forevermore. Amen.
~ written by Rev. Richard Fairchild, and posted on the Kir-shalom website.
http://www.rockies.net/
