Song of Songs 2:3-4,8-13

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I join with all who are praying *

to the Father, through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Opening Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, because You were dead, but are now risen, and the Father has given You a name above all names, You will defeat all powers of evil. Tear down strongholds and ideologies that resist the knowledge of God.

Remove the veil of darkness that covers the peoples. Restrain the evil that promotes violence and death. Bring deliverance from demonic oppression. Break the hold of slavery, tyranny and disease. *

Fill us with courage to preach Your word fearlessly, and to intercede for the lost faithfully. Almighty God, deliver us from evil.

- Global Day of Prayer 2009

Observe a time of silence before the Lord

(1 – 5 minutes)

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Scriptural Theme

Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.

Sing to the Lord a song of praise

(acapella, or accompanied by instruments / recorded music)

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Praying the Scripture

Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love.

Listen! My beloved! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills. My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. *

My beloved spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me. Behold! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me."

- Song of Songs 2:3-4,8-13 (New International Version)

Response to the Scripture

Arise, my dove, my fair one and come away with me. For the winter is past and the rain is over and gone!

Draw near God’s throne of grace

with the thanksgivings, prayers, & intercessions that are on your heart

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The Spirit and the Bride say *

“Come!”

Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly. *

Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.

Praise / prayer / silence / sing a new song

(follow the leading of the Holy Spirit)

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Ending Prayer

I want to unite my life to your life, my thoughts to your thoughts, my affections to your affections, my heart to your heart, my works to your works, my whole self to your self, in order to become through this union more holy and more pleasing in the sight of your Father and in order to make my life more worthy of your grace and of the reward of eternity. *

I want to join your intentions to my intentions, the holiness of your actions to mine and the excellence of your lofty virtues to the lowliness of mine.

- Jean-Pierre Me'daille

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

1 Corinthians 15:12-24

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I join with all who are praying *

to the Father, through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Opening Prayer

God in Heaven, I belong to you. I am your child. You have set me free from the bondage to sin. I consider myself dead to sin and alive to You. I present myself, my body and my mind, to you.

Your Son, my Savior Jesus Christ, has won my freedom through his death on the cross and his resurrection from the grave. *

Therefore,

I am under the authority, the dominion, of grace.

I am not a slave. I am a child, an heir.

Therefore,

I will walk in hope and freedom and self-control.

I will follow your Holy Spirit, to the best of my ability, putting to death the deeds of the flesh and seeking to walk in the obedience of a child of God. *

Grant me all the resources I will need for this day. I trust in you to hear and answer me.

- Geno Hildebrandt

Observe a time of silence before the Lord

(1 – 5 minutes)

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Scriptural Theme

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Sing to the Lord a song of praise

(acapella, or accompanied by instruments / recorded music)

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Praying the Scripture

But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.*

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.

- 1 Corinthians 15:12-24 (New International Version)

Response to the Scripture

Where O death is your victory? Where O death is your sting? Death has been swallowed up in victory - forever.

Draw near God’s throne of grace

with the thanksgivings, prayers, & intercessions that are on your heart

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The Spirit and the Bride say *

“Come!”

Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly. *

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Praise / prayer / silence / sing a new song

(follow the leading of the Holy Spirit)

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Ending Prayer

We glory in your cross, O Lord, and praise you for your mighty resurrection; *

for by virtue of your cross joy has come into our world.

God be gracious to us and bless us *

and make his face shine upon us.

Let your ways be made known on earth *

your liberating power among all nations.

Let the peoples praise you, O God *

let all the peoples praise you.

We glory in your cross, O Lord, and praise you for your mighty resurrection; *

for by virtue of your cross joy has come into our world.

Almighty God, as we stand at the foot of the cross of your Son, may we know your love for us, that in humility, love and joy we may place at his feet all that we have and all that we are; through Jesus Christ our Saviour.

- Oremus - the Labarum Collection

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

1 John 3:1-9

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Leader: We join together as one in Christ to pray ...

All: ... to the Father, through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

All: Plough deep in me, great Lord, heavenly husbandman, that my being may be a tilled field, the roots of grace spreading far and wide, until Thou alone art seen in me, Thy beauty golden like summer harvest, Thy fruitfulness as autumn plenty.

Leader: I have no master but Thee, no law but Thy will, no delight but Thyself, no wealth but that Thou givest, no good but that Thou blessest, no peace but that Thou bestowest. I am nothing but that Thou makest me. I have nothing but that I receive from Thee. I can be nothing but that grace adorns me.

All: Quarry me deep, dear Lord, and then fill me to overflowing with living water.

- The Deeps, Puritan Prayer

Observe a time of silence before the Lord

(1 – 5 minutes)

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Leader: Let us proclaim together:

All: We know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

Sing to the Lord a song of praise

(acapella, or accompanied by instruments / recorded music)

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Leader: We are praying from the first letter of the apostle John:

All: See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.

Leader: Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning.

All: The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work. No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.

- 1 John 3:1-9 (New International Version)

Leader: Lord, purify our hearts that we may look with joy on your coming.

Draw near God’s throne of grace

with the thanksgivings, prayers, & intercessions that are on your heart

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Leader: The Spirit and the Bride say,

All: “Come!”

Leader: Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly.

All: We know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

Praise / prayer / silence / sing a new song

(follow the leading of the Holy Spirit)

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Leader: Let us pray:

Leader: Father, we have become a reproach to the lost world around us. Our lack of holiness and failure to deal with sin has brought on us the contempt and ridicule of the world. How can you let your church be ridiculed? How can you stand the fact that your church lacks influence in this community?

All: O God, have mercy on us! Revive your church that we may exercise a righteous influence in the world. Cause your presence and power to be displayed in this church so that believers and unbelievers will be in awe of you. Do this, O God, for the sake of your Son, who bought and established the church with His own blood!

Leader: For the sake of Jesus and His love for the church, grant revival to your people.

- Prayercloset ministries

All: In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Psalm 32: 1-7

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Leader: We join together as one in Christ to pray ...

All: ... to the Father, through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

All: God be with us on this Thy day; to us and with us on this Thy day. Grant us forgiveness, grant us Thine own forgiveness, Thou merciful God of all.

- Celtic Daily Prayer

Observe a time of silence before the Lord

(1 – 5 minutes)

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Leader: Let us pray:

All: When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me.

Sing to the Lord a song of praise

(acapella, or accompanied by instruments / recorded music)

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Leader: We are praying from Psalm 32:

Leader: Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the LORD does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit.

All: When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD." And you forgave the guilt of my sin.

Leader: Therefore let all the faithful pray to you while you may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters will not reach them. You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.

- Psalm 32 1-7 (New International Version)

Leader: Holy God, our Father, you dwell with the humble and contrite. Give us the grace to humble our hearts so that You will come and revive them.

Draw near God’s throne of grace

with the thanksgivings, prayers, & intercessions that are on your heart

🔔

Leader: The Spirit and the Bride say,

All: “Come!”

Leader: Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly.

All: When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me.

Praise / prayer / silence / sing a new song

(follow the leading of the Holy Spirit)

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Leader: Let us pray:

All: O Lord our God, grant us grace to desire thee with our whole heart, that so desiring, we may seek and find thee, and so finding thee we may love thee; and loving thee we may hate those sins from which thou hast redeemed us, for the sake of Jesus Christ.

- the Oxford Book of Prayer

All: In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Psalm 51: 13-19

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Leader: We join together as one in Christ to pray ...

All: ... to the Father, through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Leader: Father of mercy and grace, we acknowledge that we have sinned and that our world is gripped by the power of sin.

All: Our hearts are grieved by injustice, hatred, and violence.

Leader: We are shamed by oppression, racism and bloodshed in our land. We mourn all loss of life in murder, war and terrorism.

All: Our homes are broken and our churches are divided by rebellion and pride. Our lives are polluted by selfishness, greed, idolatry and sexual sin.

Leader: We have grieved Your heart and brought shame to Your name. Have mercy on us as we repent with all our hearts.

All: God of mercy, forgive our sins, pour out Your grace and heal our land.

- Global Day of Prayer 2009

Observe a time of silence before the Lord

(1 – 5 minutes)

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Leader: Let us pray:

All: Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise.

Sing to the Lord a song of praise

(acapella, or accompanied by instruments / recorded music)

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Leader: We are praying from Psalm 51:

All: Then I will teach transgressors your ways,

So that sinners will turn back to you.

Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,

You who are God my Savior,

And my tongue will sing of your righteousness.

Open my lips, Lord,

And my mouth will declare your praise.

You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;

You do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.

My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;

A broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.

May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem.

Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,

In burnt offerings offered whole; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

- Psalm 51 13-19 (New International Version)

Leader: Lord God, indeed you love truth in the inward parts. Look with mercy on our contrite hearts and teach us wisdom.

Draw near God’s throne of grace

with the thanksgivings, prayers, & intercessions that are on your heart

🔔

Leader: The Spirit and the Bride say,

All: “Come!”

Leader: Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly.

All: Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise.

Praise / prayer / silence / sing a new song

(follow the leading of the Holy Spirit)

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Leader: Let us pray:

All: O God, who divided the sea for those leaving the land of Egypt, and commanded the streams to stand on one either side as thick walls, be pleased to free our souls from the flood of sins. May we have the strength to pass through the depth of our faults, in scorn of the adversary, O Savior of the world, who live and reign with the Eternal Father, in unity with the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

- Bangor, Ireland, 7th Century

All: In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

1 John 2:1-6

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Leader: We join together as one in Christ to pray ...

All: ... to the Father, through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

All: Plough deep in me, great Lord, heavenly husbandman, that my being may be a tilled field, the roots of grace spreading far and wide, until Thou alone art seen in me, Thy beauty golden like summer harvest, Thy fruitfulness as autumn plenty.

Leader: I have no master but Thee, no law but Thy will, no delight but Thyself, no wealth but that Thou givest, no good but that Thou blessest, no peace but that Thou bestowest. I am nothing but that Thou makest me. I have nothing but that I receive from Thee. I can be nothing but that grace adorns me.

All: Quarry me deep, dear Lord, and then fill me to overflowing with living water.

- The Deeps, Puritan Prayer

Observe a time of silence before the Lord

(1 – 5 minutes)

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Leader: Let us remember the word of the Lord:

All: We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands.

Sing to the Lord a song of praise

(acapella, or accompanied by instruments / recorded music)

🔔

Leader: We are praying from the first letter of the apostle John:

Leader: My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father -- Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

All: We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. Whoever says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.

- 1 John 2:1-6 (New International Version)

Leader: Lord, purify our hearts that we may look with joy on your coming.

Draw near God’s throne of grace

with the thanksgivings, prayers, & intercessions that are on your heart

🔔

Leader: The Spirit and the Bride say,

All: “Come!”

Leader: Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly.

All: We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands.

Praise / prayer / silence / sing a new song

(follow the leading of the Holy Spirit)

🔔

Leader: Let us pray:

Leader: Father, we have become a reproach to the lost world around us. Our lack of holiness and failure to deal with sin has brought on us the contempt and ridicule of the world. How can you let your church be ridiculed? How can you stand the fact that your church lacks influence in this community?

All: O God, have mercy on us! Revive your church that we may exercise a righteous influence in the world. Cause your presence and power to be displayed in this church so that believers and unbelievers will be in awe of you. Do this, O God, for the sake of your Son, who bought and established the church with His own blood!

Leader: For the sake of Jesus and His love for the church, grant revival to your people.

- Prayercloset ministries

All: In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Isaiah 58:10-14

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Leader: We join together as one in Christ to pray ...

All: ... to the Father, through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

All: God be with us on this Thy day; to us and with us on this Thy day. Grant us forgiveness, grant us Thine own forgiveness, Thou merciful God of all.

- Celtic Daily Prayer

Observe a time of silence before the Lord

(1 – 5 minutes)

🔔

Leader: Let us remember the word of the Lord:

All: Then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.

Sing to the Lord a song of praise

(acapella, or accompanied by instruments / recorded music)

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Leader: We are praying from the book of the prophet Isaiah:

All: If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.

Leader: The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

All: "If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob." For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

- Isaiah 58:10-14 (New International Version)

Leader: Holy God, our Father, you dwell with the humble and contrite. Give us the grace to humble our hearts so that You will come and revive them.

Draw near God’s throne of grace

with the thanksgivings, prayers, & intercessions that are on your heart

🔔

Leader: The Spirit and the Bride say,

All: “Come!”

Leader: Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly.

All: Then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.

Praise / prayer / silence / sing a new song

(follow the leading of the Holy Spirit)

🔔

Leader: Let us pray:

All: O Lord our God, grant us grace to desire thee with our whole heart, that so desiring, we may seek and find thee, and so finding thee we may love thee; and loving thee we may hate those sins from which thou hast redeemed us, for the sake of Jesus Christ.

- the Oxford Book of Prayer

All: In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Psalm 51: 7-12

🔔

Leader: We join together as one in Christ to pray ...

All: ... to the Father, through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Leader: Father of mercy and grace, we acknowledge that we have sinned and that our world is gripped by the power of sin.

All: Our hearts are grieved by injustice, hatred, and violence.

Leader: We are shamed by oppression, racism and bloodshed in our land. We mourn all loss of life in murder, war and terrorism.

All: Our homes are broken and our churches are divided by rebellion and pride. Our lives are polluted by selfishness, greed, idolatry and sexual sin.

Leader: We have grieved Your heart and brought shame to Your name. Have mercy on us as we repent with all our hearts.

All: God of mercy, forgive our sins, pour out Your grace and heal our land.

- Global Day of Prayer 2009

Observe a time of silence before the Lord

(1 – 5 minutes)

🔔

Leader: Let us pray:

All: Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Sing to the Lord a song of praise

(acapella, or accompanied by instruments / recorded music)

🔔

Leader: We are praying from Psalm 51:

All: Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;

Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.

Create in me a pure heart, O God,

And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation

And grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

- Psalm 51 7-12 (New International Version)

Leader: Lord God, indeed you love truth in the inward parts. Look with mercy on our contrite hearts and teach us wisdom.

Draw near God’s throne of grace

with the thanksgivings, prayers, & intercessions that are on your heart

🔔

Leader: The Spirit and the Bride say,

All: “Come!”

Leader: Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly.

All: Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Praise / prayer / silence / sing a new song

(follow the leading of the Holy Spirit)

🔔

Leader: Let us pray:

All: O God, who divided the sea for those leaving the land of Egypt, and commanded the streams to stand on one either side as thick walls, be pleased to free our souls from the flood of sins. May we have the strength to pass through the depth of our faults, in scorn of the adversary, O Savior of the world, who live and reign with the Eternal Father, in unity with the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

- Bangor, Ireland, 7th Century

All: In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

1 John 1:5-9

🔔

Leader: We join together as one in Christ to pray ...

All: ... to the Father, through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

All: Plough deep in me, great Lord, heavenly husbandman, that my being may be a tilled field, the roots of grace spreading far and wide, until Thou alone art seen in me, Thy beauty golden like summer harvest, Thy fruitfulness as autumn plenty.

Leader: I have no master but Thee, no law but Thy will, no delight but Thyself, no wealth but that Thou givest, no good but that Thou blessest, no peace but that Thou bestowest. I am nothing but that Thou makest me. I have nothing but that I receive from Thee. I can be nothing but that grace adorns me.

All: Quarry me deep, dear Lord, and then fill me to overflowing with living water.

- The Deeps, Puritan Prayer

Observe a time of silence before the Lord

(1 – 5 minutes)

🔔

Leader: Let us remember the word of the Lord:

All: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

Sing to the Lord a song of praise

(acapella, or accompanied by instruments / recorded music)

🔔

Leader: We are praying from the first letter of the apostle John:

All: This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

Leader: If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.

- 1 John 1:5-9 (New International Version)

Leader: Lord, purify our hearts that we may look with joy on your coming.

Draw near God’s throne of grace

with the thanksgivings, prayers, & intercessions that are on your heart

🔔

Leader: The Spirit and the Bride say,

All: “Come!”

Leader: Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly.

All: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

Praise / prayer / silence / sing a new song

(follow the leading of the Holy Spirit)

🔔

Leader: Let us pray:

Leader: Father, we have become a reproach to the lost world around us. Our lack of holiness and failure to deal with sin has brought on us the contempt and ridicule of the world. How can you let your church be ridiculed? How can you stand the fact that your church lacks influence in this community?

All: O God, have mercy on us! Revive your church that we may exercise a righteous influence in the world. Cause your presence and power to be displayed in this church so that believers and unbelievers will be in awe of you. Do this, O God, for the sake of your Son, who bought and established the church with His own blood!

Leader: For the sake of Jesus and His love for the church, grant revival to your people.

- Prayercloset ministries

All: In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Isaiah 58:6-8

🔔

Leader: We join together as one in Christ to pray ...

All: ... to the Father, through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

All: God be with us on this Thy day; to us and with us on this Thy day. Grant us forgiveness, grant us Thine own forgiveness, Thou merciful God of all.

- Celtic Daily Prayer

Observe a time of silence before the Lord

(1 – 5 minutes)

🔔

Leader: Let us remember the word of the Lord:

All: Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke?

Sing to the Lord a song of praise

(acapella, or accompanied by instruments / recorded music)

🔔

Leader: We are praying from the book of the prophet Isaiah:

All: "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter -- when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Leader: Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I."

- Isaiah 58:6-8 (New International Version)

Leader: Holy God, our Father, you dwell with the humble and contrite. Give us the grace to humble our hearts so that You will come and revive them.

Draw near God’s throne of grace

with the thanksgivings, prayers, & intercessions that are on your heart

🔔

Leader: The Spirit and the Bride say,

All: “Come!”

Leader: Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly.

All: Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke?

Praise / prayer / silence / sing a new song

(follow the leading of the Holy Spirit)

🔔

Leader: Let us pray:

All: O Lord our God, grant us grace to desire thee with our whole heart, that so desiring, we may seek and find thee, and so finding thee we may love thee; and loving thee we may hate those sins from which thou hast redeemed us, for the sake of Jesus Christ.

- the Oxford Book of Prayer

All: In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Psalm 51: 1-6

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Leader: We join together as one in Christ to pray ...

All: ... to the Father, through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Leader: Father of mercy and grace, we acknowledge that we have sinned and that our world is gripped by the power of sin.

All: Our hearts are grieved by injustice, hatred, and violence.

Leader: We are shamed by oppression, racism and bloodshed in our land. We mourn all loss of life in murder, war and terrorism.

All: Our homes are broken and our churches are divided by rebellion and pride. Our lives are polluted by selfishness, greed, idolatry and sexual sin.

Leader: We have grieved Your heart and brought shame to Your name. Have mercy on us as we repent with all our hearts.

All: God of mercy, forgive our sins, pour out Your grace and heal our land.

- Global Day of Prayer 2009

Observe a time of silence before the Lord

(1 – 5 minutes)

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Leader: Let us pray:

All: Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

Sing to the Lord a song of praise

(acapella, or accompanied by instruments / recorded music)

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Leader: We are praying from Psalm 51:

All: Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love;

According to your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight;

So you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.

Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

Surely you desire truth in the inner parts;

You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

- Psalm 51 1-6 (New International Version)

Leader: Lord God, indeed you love truth in the inward parts. Look with mercy on our contrite hearts and teach us wisdom.

Draw near God’s throne of grace

with the thanksgivings, prayers, & intercessions that are on your heart

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Leader: The Spirit and the Bride say,

All: “Come!”

Leader: Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly.

All: Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

Praise / prayer / silence / sing a new song

(follow the leading of the Holy Spirit)

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Leader: Let us pray:

All: O God, who divided the sea for those leaving the land of Egypt, and commanded the streams to stand on one either side as thick walls, be pleased to free our souls from the flood of sins. May we have the strength to pass through the depth of our faults, in scorn of the adversary, O Savior of the world, who live and reign with the Eternal Father, in unity with the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

- Bangor, Ireland, 7th Century

All: In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Luke 1:67-80

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Leader: We join together as one in Christ to pray ...

All: ... to the Father, through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

All: Plough deep in me, great Lord, heavenly husbandman, that my being may be a tilled field, the roots of grace spreading far and wide, until Thou alone art seen in me, Thy beauty golden like summer harvest, Thy fruitfulness as autumn plenty.

Leader: I have no master but Thee, no law but Thy will, no delight but Thyself, no wealth but that Thou givest, no good but that Thou blessest, no peace but that Thou bestowest. I am nothing but that Thou makest me. I have nothing but that I receive from Thee. I can be nothing but that grace adorns me.

All: Quarry me deep, dear Lord, and then fill me to overflowing with living water.

- The Deeps, Puritan Prayer

Observe a time of silence before the Lord

(1 – 5 minutes)

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Leader: Let us remember the word of the Lord:

All: You will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, to give his people the knowledge of salvation.

Sing to the Lord a song of praise

(acapella, or accompanied by instruments / recorded music)

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Leader: We are praying from the gospel of Luke:

All: "Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),

Leader: Salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us -- to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant, the oath he swore to our father Abraham: to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

All: And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace."

- Luke 1:67-80 (New International Version)

Leader: Lord, purify our hearts that we may look with joy on your coming.

Draw near God’s throne of grace

with the thanksgivings, prayers, & intercessions that are on your heart

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Leader: The Spirit and the Bride say,

All: “Come!”

Leader: Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly.

All: You will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, to give his people the knowledge of salvation.

Praise / prayer / silence / sing a new song

(follow the leading of the Holy Spirit)

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Leader: Let us pray:

Leader: Father, we have become a reproach to the lost world around us. Our lack of holiness and failure to deal with sin has brought on us the contempt and ridicule of the world. How can you let your church be ridiculed? How can you stand the fact that your church lacks influence in this community?

All: O God, have mercy on us! Revive your church that we may exercise a righteous influence in the world. Cause your presence and power to be displayed in this church so that believers and unbelievers will be in awe of you. Do this, O God, for the sake of your Son, who bought and established the church with His own blood!

Leader: For the sake of Jesus and His love for the church, grant revival to your people.

- Prayercloset ministries

All: In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Isaiah 57:14-21

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Leader: We join together as one in Christ to pray ...

All: ... to the Father, through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

All: God be with us on this Thy day; to us and with us on this Thy day. Grant us forgiveness, grant us Thine own forgiveness, Thou merciful God of all.

- Celtic Daily Prayer

Observe a time of silence before the Lord

(1 – 5 minutes)

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Leader: Let us proclaim together:

All: Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.

Sing to the Lord a song of praise

(acapella, or accompanied by instruments / recorded music)

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Leader: We are praying from the book of the prophet Isaiah:

Leader: "Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people." For this is what the high and exalted One says -- he who lives forever, whose name is holy:

All: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite. I will not accuse them forever, nor will I always be angry, for then they would faint away because of me -- the very people I have created. I was enraged by their sinful greed; I punished them, and hid my face in anger, yet they kept on in their willful ways. I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel's mourners, creating praise on their lips.

Leader: Peace, peace, to those far and near," says the Lord. "And I will heal them." But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud. "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."

- Isaiah 57:14-21 (New International Version)

Leader: Holy God, our Father, you dwell with the humble and contrite. Give us the grace to humble our hearts so that You will come and revive them.

Draw near God’s throne of grace

with the thanksgivings, prayers, & intercessions that are on your heart

🔔

Leader: The Spirit and the Bride say,

All: “Come!”

Leader: Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly.

All: Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.

Praise / prayer / silence / sing a new song

(follow the leading of the Holy Spirit)

🔔

Leader: Let us pray:

All: O Lord our God, grant us grace to desire thee with our whole heart, that so desiring, we may seek and find thee, and so finding thee we may love thee; and loving thee we may hate those sins from which thou hast redeemed us, for the sake of Jesus Christ.

- the Oxford Book of Prayer

All: In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Isaiah 40:3-5

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Leader: We join together as one in Christ to pray ...

All: ... to the Father, through the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Leader: Father of mercy and grace, we acknowledge that we have sinned and that our world is gripped by the power of sin.

All: Our hearts are grieved by injustice, hatred, and violence.

Leader: We are shamed by oppression, racism and bloodshed in our land. We mourn all loss of life in murder, war and terrorism.

All: Our homes are broken and our churches are divided by rebellion and pride. Our lives are polluted by selfishness, greed, idolatry and sexual sin.

Leader: We have grieved Your heart and brought shame to Your name. Have mercy on us as we repent with all our hearts.

All: God of mercy, forgive our sins, pour out Your grace and heal our land.

- Global Day of Prayer 2009

Observe a time of silence before the Lord

(1 – 5 minutes)

🔔

Leader: Let us proclaim together:

All: Prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Sing to the Lord a song of praise

(acapella, or accompanied by instruments / recorded music)

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Leader: We are praying from the book of the prophet Isaiah:

All: A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it together. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

- Isaiah 40:3-5 (New International Version)

Leader: Lord God, indeed you love truth in the inward parts. Look with mercy on our contrite hearts and teach us wisdom.

Draw near God’s throne of grace

with the thanksgivings, prayers, & intercessions that are on your heart

🔔

Leader: The Spirit and the Bride say,

All: “Come!”

Leader: Even so, Lord Jesus, come quickly.

All: Prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Praise / prayer / silence / sing a new song

(follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit)

🔔

Leader: Let us pray:

All: O God, who divided the sea for those leaving the land of Egypt, and commanded the streams to stand on one either side as thick walls, be pleased to free our souls from the flood of sins. May we have the strength to pass through the depth of our faults, in scorn of the adversary, O Savior of the world, who live and reign with the Eternal Father, in unity with the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

- Bangor, Ireland, 7th Century

All: In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.