Holy God:
We call you father, and what a joy it is that the creator of all things would make us his children. You’ve given us your spirit, adopted us into your family, and given us the ability to cry out “Abba Father.” Help us to approach you with the heart of little children running into the arms of a loving and strong family. Help us to find a welcome place in your home, a refuge and an always listening ear. Help us to see the joy in your eyes when you look at us with the affection of a father.
When we get lost in the spirit of this age, when we forget we are children in your house, when we try to act grown up, puffed up, filled up with ourselves, lost an the effort to move ahead and take care of business, to get everything done that needs to be done, to et the weight of the world rest on our shoulders--remind us of who we are in your eyes. Help us to rest in you, to quit our striving and to learn to love and be loved.
Holy Father, you see your world and all its struggles. We ask you to bring peace among the nations, to bring justice to the oppressed, to bring wisdom to conflicts that cause confusion and misunderstanding, and to bring reconciliation between enemies. Each person in this world is a person you loved enough to send your son to die. And so we ask that you would do what may be impossible to people and to bring peace among your creation.
Open your heart and your word today. Help us to hear from you. Make us new. Amen.
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