Opening Prayers/Prayers of Adoration on Sanctification
Holy and Gracious God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We give you thanks for the gift of life,
for the gift of Jesus our Savior,
for the gift of the Holy Spirit, and
for the gift of this sacrament that nourishes our souls.
Like a potter at the wheel you created us,
shaping us in secret in the hidden depths.
You read our inmost thoughts and desires
and you keep your hand upon us always,
reshaping us as seems good to you
whenever we allow ourselves to become
misshapen, pressed into the world’s mold.
Lord, lead us through the trials;
the suffering and sorrow,
the challenges and struggles,
the tired times and dark places.
And use those experiences to make us
more like Jesus.
God—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—You are ever the same
in Your grace and truth, Your power and love;
Yet, You always challenge us to grow, change
and become more like Jesus.
We’re not yet what we want to be, what we hope to be
and what we will be –
but thanks be to You, we’re no longer what we used to be.
And we thank you for the hope of change—
for without it, we would shrivel up and die.
It’s that hope which calls us to pray
for those who are sick or injured, those challenged physically,
emotionally, mentally or spiritually – and to ask You
to heal them, to restore them, to make them whole
Words and Ways
Your words and ways are
Perfect
Sure
Right
Clear
Your words and ways are
Pure
True
Righteous
Every one
Their value, beyond price
Their goodness, beyond delight
Their counsel, enduring blessing
Place in me a longing
To desire them
Become them
Every one
Words and Ways © 2021 Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia, www.revlisad.com
– our Creator, Redeemer and Comforter:
When we don’t know the way – You show us the way; and
When we can’t find a way – You make a way.
Thank you!
Thank you for Your gift of a Savior –
not a savior who stays distant and aloof,
but one who enters the warp and woof of our existence
as Emmanuel – God with us; and
who then sanctifies every place and time in which we live.
Opening Prayer for Transfiguration Sunday
Radiant Christ,
You are Mystery
You are Holy
You are God
Give us eyes to see you and your glory
Eyes to see your sustaining and saving
Eyes to see your future and your now
Eyes to see and to follow. Amen
Radiant Christ © 2021 by Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia, www.revlisad.com