A Prayer for the New Year

As we usher in and enter a new year, here is a prayer for those who call Canyon Ridge home.

We the church, Your church

Arrive now in Your presence,

Anticipating the move of your hand

Awaken us, Holy Spirit

Spirit of the living God, awaken us, breathe among us, move in us.

All of our adoration and our affection

Our inward thoughts and our outward action

Our practice of presence

All just to be with you, Jesus, now and forever

 

All of our care and our conviction

Our full joy and our transformation

Our individual story and our congregation

All just to be with you, Jesus, now and forever

 

Standing shoulder to shoulder, walking in your direction

Sitting knee to knee, praying for your compassion

Serving feet to feet, following your mission

May we become more like you, Jesus.

 

From yesterday, we perceive who you have always been 

For today, we receive all of who you are

Forevermore, we believe for who you say you will always be 

May we become more aware of you, Jesus.

 

When we encounter others, would your spirit encounter us

When we speak with others, would your voice speak through us

When we show up among others, would you show up with us.

May we become more like you, Jesus.

 

Would you meet us and call us in our homes with hospitality

Would you shape us and form us in our communities with humility

Would you teach us and send us out into the world with multiplicity 

For Your Kingdom come, your will be done

 

Would we be willing to be interrupted for your glory

Would we be ready to be disrupted for your peace

Would we be able to be reconstructed for what you’re doing

Give All Glory To God

 

As we go and walk and live

Right now in this moment, with every movement and breath 

Give us eyes to see who you see

Give us ears to hear what you say

Give us hands to hold what you give

Give All Thanks To God

 

May the places we go, the people we meet

The times we count, the breaths we breathe

The stories we tell, the moments we seize

Give All Glory To God