12/11/2024 Daily Pause to Pray and Praise

Prayer Focus Theme: “Hope in God”
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GREETINGS
AFFIRMATION
Hope in the Lord! Be strong! Let your heart take courage! Hope in the Lord! (Ps. 27: 14).
LIGHTING OF THE FIRST ADVENT CANDLE, as so moved
PSALM (#33) PRAYER
You brought all things into being and know the secrets of the furthest galaxies as well as those within the hidden universe of the human heart. May we always hope in your faithful love, which surrounds us all our days. Amen.
SCRIPTURES
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Zechariah 9: 9-12
SILENT REFLECTIONS ON SCRIPTURES
REFLECTIONS
By Various Authors on pages 26 - 30 in A GUIDE TO PRAYER FOR ALL WHO WALK WITH GOD, etc.
PRAYERS FOR THE WORLD, FOR OTHERS, FOR OURSELVES
Comment below with your intentions, joys and concerns so we might pray with you now and afterward
LORD'S / OUR FATHER PRAYER
(in the version or language as you know)
Our God/Father, Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done,
on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power,
and the glory, for ever. Amen.
OFFERING OF SELF TO GOD
Lord of all hopeful horizons, in your word of promise to our father, Abraham, and in the promise of your Word incarnate and Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, you have given us solid ground on which to build our lives. We offer you the hotels and struggles of our days in faith that by your grace they will become sources of hope and peace for others who seek to walk in your ways. Amen.
BLESSING
May the God of hope fill [us] with all love, joy and peace in faith so that [we] overflow with hope and peace by the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Content adapted by Rev. Wen-Ling Lai from “Hope in God” pp 25 - 30 in A Guide to Prayer for All Who Walk with God edited by Rueben P. Job, Norman Shawchuck, John S. Mogabgab, published by Upper Room Books (2013).
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