Prayers for Worship September 2009

PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP September 6, 2009
Greeting
As high as the heavens are above the earth,
o high are God’s ways above our ways,
and God’s thoughts above our thoughts.

Come into the House of God and open yourself up to
His ways and
His thoughts.

“Ephphatha” — it means “be open.”
Come, be open to the Word of God.

Penitential Prayer
Lord, we have not been an open People. We have
not been open to the life-enriching possibilities

of forgiving another’s sin
of filling another’s need
of understanding another’s misdeed
of sharing another’s grief
of bearing another’s burden.

Lord, for being cautious, for being afraid, for
holding back, for looking down on, we beg Your
merciful forgiveness.

Blessing
Sing praise to the Lord!

For He has opened up my life
and filled it with meaning.
He has opened up my heart
and saturated it…