O God, thank you for the
opportunity to step over the line and put Athens first with our prayers,
presence, gifts, service, and witness. We dedicate these Capital Campaign
commitments to you, knowing that our building improvements and our community
outreach emphasis will help our church be the church that you want us to be.
Help us to savor this holy
moment so that we will be able to look back on this day and say, “I am so glad I stepped over the line for
Christ and his church on Commitment Sunday.”
Today, we remember when Jesus
stepped over the line by entering Jerusalem on a donkey. And this week, we will
watch him step over the line as he offers his life by dying on a cross. Thank
you for sending Jesus to be our Lord and Savior.
As we follow the events of
Jesus life this week, help our faith to become more real. Help us to remember
that we are real people who are real sinners, but who follow a real Savior.
Even as we focus on the our
Capital Campaign and the beginning of Holy Week, we are also mindful of people
in the southern part of our country who have lost their homes because of
flooding. Thank you that you promise to be with us through any storm we may
face in life.
We lift up to you those who
are unable to be in worship with us today, for our college students, for the
many prayer requests we are receiving from our outdoor prayer cross, for those
who may be discouraged, for those seeking direction, and for those who are
celebrating a special joy in their lives. For all of these prayer needs, we know
that you not only hear our prayers, but you are already at work in and through
us.
And now, teach us to pray
together,
“Our Father, who art in
heaven…”
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