Sunday March 7 – Day 19 – Prayer for the Third Sunday in Lent

Sunday March 7 – Day 19 – Prayer for the Third Sunday in Lent

Amazing and forgiving Father,

We want to be made new this Lenten season.

Jesus, we cannot imagine what it would have been like to have been in the wilderness for 40 days and being tempted in the ways You experienced.  You did all of this because You love us with an everlasting love.

Open up our world to the many wonders You have in store for us, O Lord!

May we weep openly for the times we turned away from You and betrayed You.

We mourn the pain that we have caused You.

We wait on You for You to renew our strength.

May we be of good courage as we cope with the effects of the pandemic.

May we continue to trust that You will strengthen our hearts through it all.

Let us take Your word and Your teachings and imprint them on our hearts.

Let us hear the word and then do what You have called us to do.  Put our faith into action for Your glory alone.

Lord, You are good!

Lord, You are worthy of our praise!

As we worship You as a community, remind us of the need to develop disciples. Although we love getting together, and we ARE called to come together, we are also called to be sent out, and to be Your hands and feet in this hurting world.

May this new week be filled with new hope, new opportunities and new moments of peace found in You.

We praise You! We thank You! We surrender all that we are to You, O Lord!

For we ask and pray these things in the Alpha and Omega,

the Beginning and the End,

the Prince of Peace,

and the name of Saviour of the World, Jesus!

Amen.