A Prayer For Christ The King Sunday

A Prayer for Christ the King Sunday

Final Sunday before Advent

O Lord, we are a family crying out

For Your Kingdom to come.

You alone are God.

May Your name be praised.

Lord, our world is bleeding out,

Wounded by entrapments

Of power,

Captured by entanglements

Of the soul.

O Lord, we are a family crying out

For You on the throne,

O Prince of Peace.

You have ushered in a new Kingdom

That begins in our hearts

And grows into our world out of our souls.

O Lord, our world is bleeding out.

Help us remember that before nation or name,

Our identity lies in You—

You, who heal the brokenhearted,

You, who bind up our wounds.

O Lord, we are a family crying out.

Forgive us for the ways

Shiny objects have distracted us

From Your cross.

We give to You

The idols we’ve worshiped

As cheap replacements

For Your splendor

And Your glory

And Your wonder.

O Lord, we are a world crying out

Not just in our lack

But also in our joy—

The profound light

That comes

From the beauty

Of being in Your Kingdom.

Ephesians 1:15-23; Matthew 25:31-46