Prayers of Adoration

Gracious Heavenly Father,

You created us and gave us paradise but we were not content.  We took the one thing You did not give us and so we ruined ourselves.  We made ourselves unfit to live, much less to live in a perfect place.  But You had mercy on us and gave us Your only Son to die in our place.  He paid the penalty for our sins.  You included us in His death and in His resurrection so that we now live in Him.  You gave us hope, joy and peace.  You made us start to become good.

Thank You Father!  Thank you for all that You have given us and for all that You have not given us.  Please make us receive in faith both the abundance You shower upon us and the pain and unsatisfactoriness we must face.  Please reveal Yourself to us and glorify Jesus in our presence.  Make us know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.  Amen.

Gracious Heavenly Father, 

You made us good but we rebelled and ruined ourselves.  You created us to love You and our neighbor but we made ourselves hate You and each other.  We were dead in sin but You sent Your Son to save us.  We were vile but You put our sin on Jesus and crushed Him.  You raised Him from the dead.  You made us believe and put His life in us.

Thank You Father.  You are the God who hates evil with perfect hatred.  You are the God who takes that hatred upon Himself in order to save us. 

Please fill us with Your Spirit and make our worship pleasing to You.  We love You Father, in Jesus’ name.  Amen.