You have brought us together and raised us up into Your presence.  Please show us Your Glory.  Make us know You, the only True God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.  Please make our worship pleasing to You.

Father, You have blinded this world and made it walk in futility and emptiness.  You have made its wise men fools who glory in their damnation.   Thank You that you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.  Thank You that You are bringing in a new age where righteousness and the knowledge of God abound.  Thank You for including us.  Thy kingdom come Father, in Jesus’ name.  Amen.

Heavenly Father,

You are holy; You are awesome beyond understanding.  You are the Rock upholding all things.  You created all things and sustain them by the power of Your voice.  You make atoms and galaxies dance in obedience to Your command.  You control everything everywhere all the time.

You made it all good but there is now evil in the world and in us.  This also is part of Your plan.  You took the evil upon Yourself in Your Son Jesus.  You had Him judicially murdered by corrupt human courts.  You crushed Him and showed Your wrath toward evil and Your love toward Your people.

You raised Him to life again and provided a destiny for us.  You will finally make us good.  We will not be weak or stupid or foolish any more.  We will not be mean or hateful.  You will finally make us fully ourselves, reflecting Your glory perfectly, perfectly united to You and to each other.  We will know You and knowing You is real life.

Thank You Father.  Please build up our faith and strengthen Your word in us.  Please receive our worship in Jesus’ name.  Amen.

You are a consuming Fire whom no man can see and live.  You speak the word that makes the universe.  You speak the word that divides soul and spirit, that kills and gives new life.  You are the God and Father of Jesus Christ, whom You sent to die here for our sins.  You raised Him to life again and seated Him with You in absolute control over everything. 

You raised us with Him too Father.  You made us enter Your presence through His blood and body and now we know You Father, dimly.  Please make us know You more and more.  Make us love You with all that is in us and make Jesus’ name glorious in all the world.  Thank You Father!

Amen.

You are great and good.  All beauty, goodness and truth are in You and You are sovereign over all You have made. You rule nature, nations and all men.  You make all things beautiful in their time.  You work all things together for good.

You have locked all men in futility with no escape other than Yourself and You gave Yourself in Jesus, Your only Son.  He died in our place and You raised Him back to the highest place.  He now lives and reigns with You and will come again to judge the world.  He will end the futility and establish justice. 

Thank You that we will not have to face justice in our own righteousness but will stand completely covered in His.  Thank You for this great salvation.

Please fill us with Your Spirit Father and make us worship You rightly.  Make us know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.  Amen.

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.

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.