Father,

You’ve blessed us with another chance to express our uniqueness in this day, to make our mark on the world in our own unique way. Fill our hearts with light. Give us the strength to overcome the challenges that come before us. You have shown us kindness and granted us new life. New life with a renewed compassion, a fire burning within for all life on our beautiful planet Earth. This is your gift to us, Father, to share in your infinite compassion. Everything we do, we do through the life that you’ve given us. Bring us the healing we’ve been promised, O God, we are ready for it now.

We want truth. We want the goodness and integrity of life to shine forth and rise up to its place of dominance. To uphold it with our values and reinforce it with our voices, and in the process, we will not hold back. We are not playing victim anymore Father, we’re finished with that. It’s time to take back our world for The Light, and to rebuild with gusto!

We know we can do this because we have come through the cleansing fire and been tempered by your son Jesus himself, to become like steel. “After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.” (1 Peter 5:10) And we know you have a plan for each of us, as we answer your call to action, “I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service.” (1 Timothy 1:12) We hold up what is right and honest. We carry your sword of righteousness. We do this for our future, and the future of our children.

We are gathering the Sound of the People.
We are gathering the Sound of You, the Almighty God.
The People are rising up and singing!

In Jesus’ name,
In gratitude and loving service,
Amen.