Almighty God,
In your graciousness, and by your Holy Spirit, you bless us with this time and place of rest and renewal in your son Jesus Christ. You bless us by inviting us to pour out our hearts and minds. Hear our prayer Lord through your Son. Grant us the comfort that you are sovereign and that in you we find hope, mercy, grace, peace and love.
Lord,
In this busy world, we have so many worries and struggles we try to handle and overcome on our own. The heavy burden of the world’s obligations. The world’s confusing and conflicting expectations. All of the needs and temptations and hurts and frustrations and heartache and restlessness we find ourselves in. We can feel alone. We can feel lost. We can feel unseen. We all long to be seen.
But you see us. You are the God who sees. You know exactly where we are and you come to us in the midst of our struggles. You come to us through your Word here this morning. You come to us through your body and blood here this morning. You come to us through the indwelling of your Spirit and the light you shine through our brothers and sisters.
King Jesus,
See us, interrupt our restlessness and give us rest. See us, invade and fulfill our needs as only you can. See us in our afflictions, and turn us to the cross where you took all of our hurts, frustrations, failure, sin and heartache as your own.
See us, and shower us with your grace and your mercy and your peace.
In the name of the God who sees, in the name of Jesus Christ the King of Kings,
AMEN.