Every day is a party with Jesus

O LORD, our strength and our fortress, our refuge in the day of distress, we come to You together today. Idols made by human hands are no gods at all. They cannot send rain or save a single soul. Search our hearts and show us what we lean on in place of You: money, comfort, approval, screens, our own plans. Like the believers in Thessalonica, help us turn to You from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait with joy for Your Son from heaven.

We confess with Jeremiah, "We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD... indeed, we have sinned against You." Thank You that You do not leave us there. Make Your words our joy and our heart's delight. Give us wise hearts that receive Your commandments, and help us walk in integrity, so that we walk securely.

Let our mouths be a fountain of life in our homes, schools and workplaces. Where hatred stirs up dissension, teach us the love that covers all transgressions. Fill our church family with work of faith, labor of love, and enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, so that the message of the Lord rings out from us to our neighbors and to the ends of the earth.

Thank You for Jesus, raised from the dead, our deliverer from the coming wrath. We put our hope in You, for You have done all these things. In Jesus' name we pray.

Amen.