Prayer
of Intercession
(based on Revelation 21)
We
have hope.
John
writes in Revelation 21:
Then I saw a new
heaven and a new earth;
for the first earth
had passed away, and the sea was no more.
And I saw the holy
city, the new Jerusalem,
coming down out of
heaven from God,
prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband.
And I heard a loud
voice from the throne saying,
‘See, the home of God
is now among the people.
He will dwell with
them;
they will be his
peoples,
and God himself will
be with them;
he will wipe every
tear from their eyes.
Death will be no
more;
mourning and crying
and pain will be no more,
for the old order of
things have passed away.’
And the one who was
seated on the throne said,
‘See, I am making all
things new.’
Also, he said,
‘Write this, for
these words are trustworthy and true.’
Then he said to me,
‘It is done! I am the
Alpha and the Omega,
the beginning and the
end.
To the thirsty I will
give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.’
We
pray for those who are lonely.
We
hope in the promise that the home of God will be among people:
that
God will dwell with us,
that
we will be his people and that God himself will be with us.
We
mention in our hearts those we know who are lonely or isolated.
Pause
Lord
you said, ‘See, I am making all things new.’
‘Amen,
make all things new!’
We
pray for those who are crying;
the
sad, the depressed and the anxious.
We
hope in the promise that God will wipe every tear from our eyes.
We
mention in our hearts those we know who are sad and who know tears.
Pause
Lord
you said, ‘See, I am making all things new.’
‘Amen,
make all things new!’
We
pray for those who are experiencing the consequences of death,
the
bereaved and those who are mourning.
We
hope in the promise that death and mourning will be no more.
We
mention in our hearts those we know
who
are affected by death and mourning
Pause
Lord
you said, ‘See, I am making all things new.’
‘Amen,
make all things new!’
We
pray for those who are in pain,
suffering
from illness either physical or mental.
We
hope in the promise that crying and pain will be no more.
We
mention in our hearts those we know who are ill or in pain.
Pause
Lord
you said, ‘See, I am making all things new.’
‘Amen,
make all things new!’
We
pray for those who are thirsty for truth, love and grace;
those
who seek God and his life with earnest hearts.
We
hope in the promise that God will give water to the thirsty without cost
from
the spring of the water of life.
We
mention in our hearts those we know who hunger and thirst for God.
Pause
Lord
you said, ‘See, I am making all things new.’
‘Amen,
make all things new!’
Lord,
your words are trustworthy and true.
You
are the Alpha and the Omega,
the
beginning and the end.
We
pray all this in the powerful and hopeful name of Jesus Christ,
Amen.
~ written by Sara Hargreaves, and posted on
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