Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we call upon your glorious, miraculous, wonderful name, and we ask for your presence in this session.
Thank you, God. Thank you for the strength you give us to carry on. Thank you for the wisdom you impart in us to make good choices and to comprehend and understand the world around us. Thank you for discernment and for the ability to see what’s true and to observe what’s true. Thank you for this glorious home that you give us.
We ask that you continue to open our hearts and minds to the glorious kingdom, the all of all, and to understand the separation from maybe what’s called good and evil, but where beings and people had a choice, made a choice to step away from you. And although making a free will choice, may have also made a choice for evil and for bad.
And we just ask that you show us what it is that we need to know today to draw closer to you, to understand your home, your heavenly world, your heavenly kingdom, and this world, and the role that you assign to us.
God, we thank you for all the opportunities that you’ve given us to make a difference in the world, to squelch evil, and to raise up those that are wonderful and good and righteous.
We ask for reasons to celebrate and reasons to experience joy today. We ask that there be a peace and a strength and a calm that floods over all of us in our community. And we thank you.
We glorify and praise your holy name and join with the holies in heaven, singing:
Holy, holy, holy Lord God most high,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Alleluia and Amen.