NIGHT PRAYER: Thursday 3/30

It's been almost a year since last Easter, Lord,

and as I prepare for this year's Holy Week, 

I'm wondering:

    - how did my celebrating Easter last year

        bless my life in the time since then?

    - how has the grace of your dying and rising

        helped to heal my pain, ease my suffering, 

        strengthen my faith, deepen my hope,

        lift my spirits and bring me peace?

    - how have your suffering and dying, Lord, 

        helped me live through my losses and grief?

    - how did your rising bring joy to my heart

        when I feared I might never know joy again? 

    - how has the week I call holy, Lord,

         made holy the year I've just lived?

 

Open my heart to the week ahead,

    to its prayer and peace and your Easter promise

of mercy and grace to heal and sustain me

     and peace and joy to raise me up

to life forever with you, O Lord,

    and with all who have gone before me...

Your dying and rising redeem me, Lord,

    and reconcile me to your Father:

may the grace of Holy Week heal my soul

    and refresh your Spirit within me...

 

Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake

and watch over me while I sleep

that awake, I might keep watch with you

and asleep, rest in your peace...

 

Amen.

 

Hymn of Heaven by Phil Wickham

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How I long to breathe the air of Heaven

Where pain is gone and mercy fills the streets
To look upon the One who bled to save me
And walk with Him for all eternity

 

Oh, there will be a day when all will bow before Him
There will be a day when death will be no more
Standing face to face with He who died and rose again
Holy, holy is the Lord

 

And every prayer we prayed in desperation
The songs of faith we sang through doubt and fear
In the end, we'll see that it was worth it
When He returns to wipe away our tears

 

Oh, there will be a day when all will bow before Him
There will be a day when death will be no more
Standing face to face with He who died and rose again
Holy, holy is the Lord

 

And on that day, we join the resurrection
And stand beside the heroes of the faith
With one voice, a thousand generations
Sing, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain" (2x) 

    - Forever He shall reign

 

So let it be today we shout the hymn of Heaven
With angels and the saints, we raise a mighty roar 

Sing glory to our God who gave us life beyond the grave 

Sing holy, holy is the Lord

 

So let it be today we shout the hymn of Heaven
With angels and the saints, we raise a mighty roarS

Sing glory to our God who gave us life beyond the grave 

Sing holy, holy is the Lord

Sing holy, holy is the Lord 

Holy, holy is the Lord

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