Opening Prayer, March 2, 2008
Offered by Pastor Doug Scalise
Holy Spirit of God, abide with us as we worship you this morning;
inspire all our thoughts; fill our imaginations; guide all our decisions;
open our hearts and minds to your leading.
At this moment and through this whole day, be with us in our silence and
in our speech, in our busyness and in our leisure, in companionship with
others and in solitude, in the freshness of the morning and in the weariness
of the evening; and
give us grace at all times humbly to rejoice in your mysterious
companionship as we journey through all the seasons of life.
We ask this in the name of your precious Son Jesus who invited us to
pray:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not
into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory forever. Amen
