Prayers from Zambia for your use in personal devotions or for the gathered community.
God of truth! You are worthy of higher praise than we can offer, and of purer worship than we can imagine. By your Holy Spirit, assist us in our prayers and draw us to yourself, so that what is lacking in our thoughts, actions, words and music may be supplied by your overflowing love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer of Confession
Gracious God, when we do not listen for your word in the words of others,
Forgive and renew us.
When we do not use the gifts you have bestowed on us,
Forgive and renew us.
When we do not love one another as sisters and brothers in Christ,
Forgive and renew us.
When we do not serve our neighbours in their need,
Forgive and renew us.
When we do not share the good news with those around us,
Forgive and renew us.
God calls us to serve, forgives us in Christ and renews us by the Spirit.
Thanks be to God.
God of grace, you call your Church to be a holy people to praise your name. In the power of your Spirit, fill our hearts with your love and our lives with your glory; through Jesus the Christ. Amen.
These prayers are taken from a Service of Induction for a new Minister in Lusaka. The theme of the service, ‘Fulfil Your Ministry’, draws on texts from Colossians 4:17 and John 15:14-16.
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