Heavenly Father,
We praise you and rejoice in your communion — the communion of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Your delight and joy is evident in the beauty of your creation. We see your mystery and majesty expressed in the glories of the night sky and in the wonder of energy passing from neuron to neuron between synapses.
There is no space that has kept you from your Creation. We believe for you have revealed yourself. You have made yourself known. You have not left yourself without a witness.
Even our sin has not kept you from us. Though it ruined our view, though it kept us in darkness, you have ripped the dividing veil through the obedience of Jesus Christ and have given us grace to receive you through your Spirit.
You have triumphed over rebellion.
You have triumphed over pride.
You have triumphed over sorrow.
You have triumphed over despair.
You have triumphed over apathy.
You have triumphed over death.
At the Cross it looked like you got tripped up by death. But we are reminded that You laid down your life — for you gave Jesus authority to lay down His life and to take it up again. And so He did! And you have given us grace to call Him Lord.
Hallelujah!
Oh what love!
We live in the glory of your resurrection,
Now what shall we say? If you are for us, who can be against us? So, how long Lord? How long shall we wait?
As we wait Lord, your children are calling out to you in our struggles. We intercede today for the dear people of Sudan, Yemen, Columbia, and Venezuela. Bring peace Oh Lord, and raise up witnesses for your Son among them.
We intercede for Iran, Britain and the US, who seem to be on a collision course for conflict. We ask for peace in the whole Mediterranean region so that people may thrive in the knowledge of you.
We intercede Oh Lord for our brothers and sisters who living, serving, and pouring out their lives in the neighbourhood around Oppenheimer park here in Vancouver . We ask you for the grace to love our neighours well. May your Spirit bring more life out of the chaos.
We intercede for the dear student families we met during the Kids Activity Evenings who reside in the space between what they know and what they don’t yet know. We ask that you would give them light and wisdom to see and to be embraced by You.
We ask this in the Name of Jesus and we pray as He taught us…
( join me in the Lord’s Prayer)
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one;
for yours is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
forever.
Amen.