Prayers of Adoration

            We praise You Father because it is good and fitting.  You build us up; You gather us together.  You heal the brokenhearted and the hurt. You determine the number of the stars and give them all their names.  You are great and all power is Yours.  All understanding, intelligence and wisdom are Yours.  Everything that happens is from You..  You lift up the humble and cast the wicked to the ground.

            Thank You for providing for us Father!  Thank You for the peace and prosperity we enjoy.  Please bless our government and all who are in authority so that it may last.  Please bless our worship now and make it accomplish Your purposes.  Make us know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

Amen!

Heavenly Father,

You are great and good. You are most excellent, most righteous, most loving, merciful, kind and compassionate. You are also most holy and most indignant against evil. You hate evil with perfect hatred and perfect justice.

We fell foul of Your justice and deserved wrath but You saved us by sending Your Son as a man to take Your wrath upon Himself. He came, He served, He suffered and died. You raised Him from death to life and gave Him Your name, Yahweh, most high God. He now rules with You, utterly sovereign over all creation.

You gave us Your Spirit and made us share in His death and in His new life. Thank You! You promised His life will grow in us until we are perfect. Thank You! You promised that we will be eternally satisfied in Your presence. Thank You!

Please help us live like people with this destiny. Make us believe You and do what You say. We love You Father, in Jesus Christ.

Amen.

Heavenly Father,

You alone are good. You are a consuming fire who no man can see and live. You dwell in unapproachable light yet You call us to Yourself and we are not consumed. You made a way for us through the body and blood of Your Son Jesus. We come Father because You called us and made us trust Him. He washed us clean. He put our feet on a rock. He enlightened us with Your Spirit. And He lives and reigns with You now. Jesus Christ is Lord, exercising all authority and power now and forever.

Please fill us with Your Holy Spirit and make our worship pleasing to You. Thank You Father! We love You.

Amen.

Father,

You are great and good. You have all power. All intelligence and wisdom are Yours. Truth and beauty come from You like water from a spring. You define them. Goodness is what it is because of who You are. You are so far above us we barely know what we’re talking about but You know Father. Please make us know You better. Knowing You is loving You. Knowing You fulfills our deepest need and ultimate purpose. Knowing You is true life. You give Yourself abundantly, freely and eternally. You are the main thing, the point of life and the universe. You are the center of everything.

Please fill us with Your Holy Spirit; make us sing and pray and hear Your word and really mean it. Make us know You. Make us see Your salvation. We love You Father, in Jesus name.

Amen

Father, You are glorious. The glory of creation belongs to You who thought it all up. You imagined it and planned it and brought it into being and it is all marvelous. The universe unfolds according to Your will and You work it all together for good for those who love You. Thank You for making us and putting us here. Thank You for our troubles because they are from Your loving hand and You know what You’re doing with them. You know how to make a man, how to grow us up to maturity and You do it perfectly.

The glory of Jesus Christ belongs to You. In Him You demonstrate absolute justice—perfect hatred of evil—and incredible love of Your people, love that takes the evil and justice upon its own head in order to save us. You crushed Him for our sins gave us His goodness. You gave us peace with You and glorious promises of life with You. Thank You.

You are most excellent Father; nothing else we desire is like You. Nothing else we fear is like You. Please make us desire and fear You above all things. Make us know You, the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. We love You Father. Thank You. Amen.

You are kind and gracious Father.  You are so far above us that we cannot imagine how great You are.  The vastness of space is not big enough to hold You, yet You are here with us.  You invite us in to meet You in Your word and table.  Please reveal Yourself to us Father; make us see Your glory and know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

Thank You for making us.  Thank You for saving us.  Thank You for Your great promises of future glory with You.  Amen.

Everything is Yours Father. You made the galaxies and the atoms. You invented space and time. Mater and energy are Your idea and it all exists and endures because You said so. You are the beginning and the end. Nothing surprises You, nothing escapes Your notice and nothing is hard for You to understand. History unfolds exactly as You decree, even down to our innermost thoughts and prayers.

Father, Your glory in creation is greater than we can take in but You show more glory in Jesus. In Him You came to die among us as a common criminal. In His death You show Your awesome wrath that does not let evil go unpunished and You show love that stoops to terrible humiliation to save Your people.

Thank You for this great salvation! Please fill us with Your Holy Spirit and make us know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. Amen.

Gracious Heavenly Father,

            You are a consuming fire.  You dwell in unapproachable light.  No man can see Your face and live yet You call us into Your presence and we are not consumed.  You cover us in the death of Your Son Jesus.  You made Him bear Your hot anger that we earned and gave us His perfection and access to You.  You have blessed us beyond our understanding.  You have given us true life; Your life; You have given us Yourself.  Thank you!

            You were pleased to crush Jesus for our sins but You raised Him to life again and He now rules all things forever.  Every knee will bow to Him and acknowledge Your glory in Him.

            Please bless our worship this morning and make us please You.  Fill us with Your Holy Spirit and make Your word live and thrive in us.  Amen.

Heavenly Father,  

We come to You at Your invitation through the way You provide for us, through the judicial murder of an innocent man.  You gave Your only Son to become a creature like us and then made Him fall victim to the worst evil.  You crushed Him and turned Your back on Him.  You condemned our sin in His death and then raised us up with Him when You raised Him from the dead.  Jesus Christ now lives and reigns with You and rules over all creation.  All authority is His, all glory, power and honor belong to Him.

Please fill us with Your Spirit Father and make our worship pleasing to You.  We love You Father!  God bless You!

Amen

Your word, O LORD, is eternal;
it stands firm in the heavens.

Your faithfulness continues through all generations;
you established the earth, and it endures.

Your laws endure to this day,
for all things serve you.

If your law had not been my delight,
I would have perished in my affliction.

I will never forget your precepts,
for by them you have preserved my life.

Save me, for I am yours;
I have sought out your precepts.

The wicked are waiting to destroy me,
but I will ponder your statutes.

To all perfection I see a limit;
but your commands are boundless.