Your Kingdom Come - Praying With the Church

It is a blessing to be able to pray alongside God's people through the ages. Sometimes their words are what we wanted to say, but we couldn't express it ourselves. Sometimes their words are the words that we should be praying, but we didn't even realize it. These prayers are from the “Christ the King” section of The Worship Sourcebook, one of the resources we value in our congregation’s worship.

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Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right to give our thanks and praise.

We praise you, great God,

for you are ruler of the universe

and have sent your Son to be King of kings.

We rejoice that he has triumphed over all the powers of this world

and governs the nations in justice and righteousness.

We celebrate his victory in his life, death, resurrection,

and ascension to honor and might at your side.

By your Spirit, claim our complete loyalty,

establish Christ’s rule in every land and in every heart.

Accept our homage as we offer our lives

in the service of Christ’s kingdom.

He is Lord forever and ever. Amen.

Mighty and tender God,

voice of the voiceless, power of the powerless:

we praise you for your vision of a community of wholeness,

a realm of peace, in which all hunger and thirst are nourished,

in which the stranger is welcomed, the hurting are healed,

and the captive is set free.

Guide us by your truth and love until we and all your people

make manifest your reign of justice and compassion.

We pray in the name of your anointed one, our servant-king,

to whom with you and the Spirit, one Holy God, be honor, glory, and blessing, this day and forever. Amen.