June Prayer

Tuesday June 2 2020

Hebrews 13:8 – ‘Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.’

God of our fathers and mothers
You have reigned with Sovereign skill
In storms and stories of years past
‘It’s in looking back’ they tell us
‘That we can see and say: God has always been faithful.’
We praise you for what you’ve already done, God
And we thank you for those
Who yesterday marvelled at your work
And told us all about it
Singing confidence in you into our psyche

God of our brothers and sisters
You rule today, and you care today
In a world shaken, turned upside down
You are the only unchanging One
Forgive us for the things we’ve held too tightly
Being shaken from our grasp:
Complacency, material security, self-interested freedoms
Thank you for the green shoots of life
Growing up through coronavirus cracks:
Community, delight in the local, environmental rest, new prayerfulness
Kingdom values visible anew
Kingdom borders bulging outwards

God of our children
You hold their destiny in your hands
They are not victims of fate
But inheritors of faith
What world will you remake from the rubble?
What great new thing do you mean to bring?
May our eyes be open to what you will do in the aftermath
May our hearts and arms be opened wider to you, and one another
May our imaginations be filled with Spirit-sparked creativity
To become the Church you mean us to be tomorrow
To become the Church you call us to be today
To become the Church you’ve been planning to build since yesterday

Into this world, both ravaged and ripe
Come, Lord Jesus Christ
The same yesterday, today and forever

Amen.