2026-04-26 Morning Prayer

Lord Jesus Christ, we come before you

today with gratitude and thanksgiving for

your sacrifice on our behalf. Jesus, you are

a high priest forever in the order of

Melchizedek; you are not a high priest who

is unable to empathize with our weakness,

but you were tempted in every way just as

we are, but you did not sin. For this

reason, we can approach your throne with

confidence that we may receive mercy and

grace in our time of need. Father

Almighty, you have established a new

covenant and promised to put your laws

directly into our minds and write them onto

our hearts by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Lord, your word is filled with a great cloud

of witnesses who have shown us examples

of how to run with perseverance the race

marked out for us, and you Lord Jesus are

the perfect example for us to emulate. We

now will close our eyes and silently praise

and thank you for the witnesses in our lives

who have molded our faith and ask the

Holy Spirit for strength and wisdom to be a

witness to others.

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Now may the God of peace, who through

the blood of the eternal covenant brought

back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that

great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you

with everything good for doing his

will, and may he work in us what is

pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to

whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.