A prayer for Advent to help restore our focus

  Come, Lord Christ,

  to restore all that has been lost

  through struggle and fear,

  in sorrow and in pain.

  Come, Lord Christ,

  to restore the balance of hope

  for those oppressed and hungry for justice,

  overlooked and counted of little worth.

  Come, Lord Christ,

  to restore to wholeness

  the image that is tarnished

  with sin and shame,

  neglect and distraction.

  Come, Lord Christ,

  in poverty and humility

  to raise us to your eternal glory. Amen.

Source: Black, Ian. 2011. Prayers for All Occasions. London: SPCK.

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a prayer of hope

 

Father,

Hope.

It's the first word we often ponder during the Advent season and yet this year it feels strange to even think about hope with so much despair and conflict all around us.

So we lament. We cry out to You.

But in this, there is hope.

Because we wouldn't cry out to You if we didn't hope You would hear us. If we didn't hope You would fix what was broken and right what was wrong.

Lord help us see hope in a new way this Advent and Christmas season. Remind us to find hope in what You have done and what You are doing, and to find hope in the promises You have made for our future. Remind us that we are secure in our place as Your children and that our union with You is at Your gracious and loving hand. 

Remind us that our hope is not in the things of this world, but in the person of Jesus Christ who will come again. For this, we wait and hope.

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