He is the Hope of the World

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. Psalm 28:7

O sovereign and almighty God, I do praise you this morning for who you are, for what you have done, for what you will do, and for what you are doing right now - no name is more worthy of praise than yours. You have created the beauty of this earth - the mountains and the seas and the skies, all glory is yours! 

Merciful God, I bring my petitions into your presence for my heart aches with sadness and pain for the heinous and violent acts we do unto one another. There are those who are so blind to who you are that their hearts are filled with hatred and rage. I pray O Lord that you take them to the pit of despair, that their eyes would be opened to the way that they hurt you even as they hurt others - let them know Jesus.

I pray, Holy Father, that the love of Christ would anchor my soul in you, that your Spirit would be my every thought and word and action. I am my brother's and sister's keeper even as you are mine. In you precious Jesus no darkness exists or can stand in the face of truth. Your will be done on earth this day, surely, even as that day will come when every knee will bow and every tongue will confess, Jesus is Lord! Hear, O Lord, my heart's cry...