Beulah UMC & Oak Grove UMC
You washed our feet. You died on the cross for us.
Lord Jesus, as we prepare to come forward tonight to receive the Sacrament of Holy Communion, we come in humility because like those first disciples, we have also betrayed, denied, and forsaken you more times than we care to admit. But you know this about us and yet you still stooped to wash our feet and you were willing to die on the cross for our sins.
No wonder that the hymn writer, Isaac Watts wrote, “Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.” Your love is so amazing. And so, we thank you for these symbols of our faith here in worship, the basin and the towel, the bread and the cup, and of course your wondrous cross. These symbols show us just how much you love us.
During this Maundy Thursday service, we also lift up to you those who are on our hearts and minds, those who are facing health challenges, facing difficult decisions, grieving the loss of a loved one, in need of guidance and direction. May they each know that you are present with them just as much as you are present with us this night. We pray for your healing, comforting, guiding, and saving love to surround all of these needs as well as the concerns of our community and world.
We now join together in praying the prayer that you taught your disciples and now teach us to say…
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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