Several of you asked if we would post the prayer Pastor Bob prayed at the beginning of the service on Sunday. May it help you enter Sabbath rest this week: Prayer to Welcome the Sabbath: Lord of Creation, create in us a new rhythm of life composed of hours that sustain rather than stress, of days that deliver rather than destroy, of time that trickles rather than tackles. Lord of Liberation By the rhythm of your truth, set us free from the bondage and baggage that break us, from the Pharaohs and fellows who fail us, from the plans and pursuits that prey upon us. Lord of Resurrection, May we be raised into the rhythm of your new life, dead to deceitful calendars, dead to fleeting friend requests, dead to the empty peace of our accomplishments. To our packed-full planners, we bid, Peace! To our over-caffeinated consciences, we say, Cease! To our suffocating selves, Lord grant release. Drowning in a sea of deadlines and death chimes, we rest in you our lifeline By your ever-restful grace, allow us to enter your Sabbath rest as your Sabbath rest enters into us. In the name of our Creator, our Liberator our Resurrection and life we pray. Amen __________________________ From Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 15:26:27 +0000
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