Exiles returning, rebuilding the temple and their lives; recapturing the lost identity as the chosen people of God. Standing as one, they repent of wrong and remember their story: Abraham's covenant, Joseph's provision, enslavement in Egypt, Moses' miracle deliverance, Joshua's victorious campaigns, and so much more. Memory marks sin's losses and gracious gifts. Lord, for …
Sunday Prayer 38
You are holy, holy, holy, Lord, the God of strength and righteousness. Isaiah the prophet fell down before You, undone by his sin in Your presence. So, too, we fall before You in humbled awe, taking Simon Peter's words into our mouths: "Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful." Sodom and Gomorrah fell down …
Sunday Prayer 37
Lord, my God, King of all nations and of my heart, who rules from the heights of Amman to the plains of Kansas whose power shaped the Swiss Alps and the Land of a Thousand Hills, Come, my King, and take Your rightful place as the Regent of my soul. May my days center on …
Sunday Prayer 36
Lord of love, slow me and keep me within Your bonds of covenant love. Although I am prone to wander, weave the cords of commitment and gilding of grace into my soul. From start to finish, mold me and shape me for You. Lord of light, who called me from night's shades into the dawn …
Sunday Prayer 35
in darkness the day begins, lingering formless and void before dawn. come, Holy Spirit, come. hover over the face of this day, drawing divine life forth. generate good things from morning gloom that Your light might shine abroad in our hearts all day. speak, Jesus the Word, speak. show the way into this day for …
