September 17, 2023
Thank you, O God, that by your hand, you lead us. This is such a blessed thought for us to remember as we worship together today.
You lead us when we are facing a defining moment in our lives. You lead us when we are uncertain and in need of direction. You lead us when we are tempted to choose sin over faithfulness. You lead us when our hearts are broken and weighed down with grief. You lead us when we are in need of healing. You lead us when on an early weekday morning, we pray for the names on our church’s prayer list.
By your hand, continue to lead each and every one of us to be the people you have called us to be.
We lift up to you the brokenness and pain that we see throughout the world, especially in places like Morocco and Libya where there has been so much destruction, loss and death as a result of an earthquake and flood waters. By your hand, continue to lead our United Methodist Committee on Relief as they respond to these places of great need.
Thank you for our time of worship this morning where we have been reminded that it was by your hand that you parted the Red Sea and rescued your people from 400 years of slavery and then led them to the Promised Land. And it is by your hand that you sent Jesus to die on the cross and rise again to free us from sin and death. We are so grateful for these defining moments in scripture that lead us to offer you our worship and praise.
By your hand, lead us now to pray these words that Jesus taught us to say together…
Our 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 forever. Amen.
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