Prayer for 2020

​Dear Heavenly Father, We give thanks for Your steadfast love and Your generosity in spite of our sinfulness. Your compassion for us, and the sacrifice of Your only Son upon the cross is an ever-present reminder of Your love and our sinfulness. We give thanks for Your constant care, for the food that we eat and the air that we breathe. Especially do we praise You for the spiritual life You have breathed in us when we clothed ourselves with Christ. We offer our thanksgiving for the faithful who have gone before us and those who will come after. Thank you for allowing us to enter the year 2020. As believers we ask you to help us develop an even greater intimacy with You at the helm of our lives. Help us to let go of any grudges we might have against anyone so our personal service and worship to You will be pure and You will receive the glory You deserve. We pray that if any of us are holding on to stuff that hinders our spiritual walk that we will be willing to drop whatever it is, whether it is an action or an attitude that is not in line with the Spirit of Christ. We thank you for your mercy and grace you extend to us through Christ Jesus. We pray that a spirit of forgiveness will prevail in our lives and any wounds from our sins or the sins of others will be forgiven as we seek to forgive, as you forgive us. We also ask You to raise people up in our fellowship to serve in ways they were unable or perhaps unwilling to serve in previous years. Help us spur one another on toward love and good works.  In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen. 

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Clark Tatum