A prayer after singing For the Beauty of the Earth and partly based on 1 Peter 3: 13 -22.
Lord of all, to you we raise our songs of praise.
You grace our lives
with your presence and love.
You summon us to good and holy work
in the company of your people.
You grace our lives
and set us on the road to life in all its fullness.
You pick us up when we fall;
you search us out and find us when we get lost;
you turn us around
and forgive our sin
and surprise us with new beginnings.
We bring before you now those times
when we lived out of our fears
instead out of your promises.
There are times when the bad news looms so large
and there seems no way forward.
There are times when the cost of loving like you love
seems too high.
Speak Your life-giving Word to us, we pray.
Teach us to trust your promises more deeply,
to see your Way more clearly,
to love You more fully.
We ask in the name of Jesus,
the one who willingly suffered
so that we might live in hope. Amen.
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