Heavenly
Father,
Today we come together to remember your Son, the Lord Jesus, whom we call Messiah, or Christ. In the past, people have come with sacrifices to give to you, both to bring you glory, and as an offering to redress their failings before you. The blood of many animals was spilt in an effort to cover over our rebellion, as humans made in your image, but unwilling and unable to meet your standard of perfection. We remember today as the day when, in your mercy, _you_ made a sacrifice for _us_. You sent your son to earth, God in the form of a man, perfect in every way, perfect in the way we never can be on our own. You sent your perfect son, knowing that he would die, knowing that we humans would kill him. You sent your son to sacrifice his perfect life, as a sacrifice for us, once for all, a sacrifice that never needs to be repeated.
We come together today to bring you glory for your grace to us, in sending Jesus to die in our place. We committed the wrongs, but Jesus paid the punishment. we come together to thank you for that gift, which now allows us to come to you without fear of punishment, but instead to come as sons and daughters adopted into your heavenly family. Thank you, our father, for loving us, and for wanting us to be in your family with you in heaven forever. May you be glorified for your kindness to us, and may we respond to you with love, acceptance and obedience.
We thank you that we are given hope, knowing that Jesus did not remain in the grave, but you raised him to life on the third day, showing us that you have power over death, and that we need not fear it now. We thank you that you have taken the sting out of death, that we can be assured that we, as your people, will rise to be with you, just as Jesus did. Help us to live the way you want us to live, and to be prepared to give all that we have to you, just as you gave the life of your son for us. By his authority we pray all this,
Amen
Today we come together to remember your Son, the Lord Jesus, whom we call Messiah, or Christ. In the past, people have come with sacrifices to give to you, both to bring you glory, and as an offering to redress their failings before you. The blood of many animals was spilt in an effort to cover over our rebellion, as humans made in your image, but unwilling and unable to meet your standard of perfection. We remember today as the day when, in your mercy, _you_ made a sacrifice for _us_. You sent your son to earth, God in the form of a man, perfect in every way, perfect in the way we never can be on our own. You sent your perfect son, knowing that he would die, knowing that we humans would kill him. You sent your son to sacrifice his perfect life, as a sacrifice for us, once for all, a sacrifice that never needs to be repeated.
We come together today to bring you glory for your grace to us, in sending Jesus to die in our place. We committed the wrongs, but Jesus paid the punishment. we come together to thank you for that gift, which now allows us to come to you without fear of punishment, but instead to come as sons and daughters adopted into your heavenly family. Thank you, our father, for loving us, and for wanting us to be in your family with you in heaven forever. May you be glorified for your kindness to us, and may we respond to you with love, acceptance and obedience.
We thank you that we are given hope, knowing that Jesus did not remain in the grave, but you raised him to life on the third day, showing us that you have power over death, and that we need not fear it now. We thank you that you have taken the sting out of death, that we can be assured that we, as your people, will rise to be with you, just as Jesus did. Help us to live the way you want us to live, and to be prepared to give all that we have to you, just as you gave the life of your son for us. By his authority we pray all this,
Amen
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