Thank you Lord for your shalom and for your blessing on this Ascension Day. Thank you that we do not need to rely on having good luck in living out our faith because you have given us everything we need to be your faithful disciples.
Just as you have blessed us before ascending into heaven, lead us to be a blessing to others. Where there is hunger, may we bless others with food. Where there is despair, may we bless others with hope. Where there is grief, may we bless others with a comforting presence. Where there is conflict, may we bless others with shalom.
And even in this moment, we want to be a blessing to others with our prayers. Bless those who are on our church’s prayer list. Bless our family and friends. Bless the people who live in this community. Bless our leaders and those who are in positions of authority. Bless all who are in need of you today that they too would know that they don’t need to rely on having good luck because you are a God who cares about their every need.
Thank you for sending us Jesus who lived, who died, who rose again, who ascended to heaven, and who gave us this prayer to pray 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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