Here’s a prayer of thanksgiving and
confession for the New Year. It was
written by Howard Carter.
New Year’s Prayer
Loving God maker of heaven and earth
We join together this morning to praise you
We enter your
gates with thanksgiving
And into your
courts with praise
You are eternal with no beginning or end
You made us, and you are working your
purposes out
in our world and our lives
Know that the Lord
is God
We praise you in this New Year
We praise you that whatever the future holds
we know that it is held in your hands.
The LORD is God he
made us and we are his
We look back at this past year
We see that you have been with us,
provided for us and lead us in your ways
We are your people
and the flock for
which you provide
We praise you for Jesus Christ
We have celebrated at Christmas that you
became one of us,
you pitched your tent in our neighborhood;
That you live amongst us
and showed us your great love and mercy,
that you gave your life for ours
paying the price for all we have done wrong,
and in being raised to life again
have given us fresh beginnings and new life
in you
For the Lord is
Good
We look forwards this New Year
Unable to see beyond the next bend or over
the horizon
Yet we prepared to follow you our times are
in your hands
The steadfast love of the lord endures forever
His faithfulness to all generations
We confess our sins to you
We have done what we should not do
and left undone what We should do
We have either thought too highly of
ourselves
and not cared enough for others
We have thought too little of ourselves
and allowed ourselves to be written off as
worthless
Forgive us LORD
As we have confessed our sins
God is faithful and just
and has forgiven us our sins
and cleansed us from all unrighteousness
We give thanks and
bless your name
Thank you that you send your spirit upon us
to lead us into all truth
and to empower us to live and witness to you.
May we be filled a fresh this new year
to follow you more closely
and share your love with the world around us
We worship the
Lord with gladness
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
~ written by Howard Carter, and posted on How in the World! http://howard-carter.blogspot.ca/2012/12/a-new-years-prayer-thanksgiving-and.html
