Holy Spirit,
You have descended time and time again
both to confuse and elevate language.
Many of the books and articles I've read on prayer open with the author confessing their struggles to pray. I'm afraid this article is no different. But mine are hardly unique. Christians all have a nagging feeling we should pray and a still more nagging feeling we should do it well…
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Merciful God, we confess how easy it is
for us to begin to adopt the attitudes
and actions of the world around us;
to let our lives be shaped only by
culture rather than by your call.
Lord, in Your mercy, hear and forgive.
Blessed Creator, You have promised those You love rest;
Give us restoring rest needed for life’s toil;
Let Your Spirit make our time of rest
a blessed temple of Christ’s holy presence.
Merciful Father,
May Your love permeate our lives today.
May it flow freely from our hearts,
our mouths, and our thumbs,
Almighty God, hear our cries; cries of despair perhaps barely even audible, cries of pain so loud they echo.
Lord, as You wept over Jerusalem, we know even now Your heart breaks over the brokenness of sin and injustice caused. May it break our hearts as well.
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Text by Chad Bird
Arranged and performed by Blake Flattley
