For our opening prayer in worship this morning I wrote (mostly) new words to the P.Appleford song Living Lord (as found in Songs of God's People, 72). It was rather radical, and somewhat old-fashioned too, but I felt inspired to lead our prayer by singing these words to the Living Lord tune.
In orthodox church traditions their worship liturgy is led by the priests in song - as indeed we heard in Bethlehem this year on the eve of the Greek Orthodox Pentecost.
So here are the words from our prayer this morning.
Lord Jesus Christ,
You have come to us,
You are one with us,
Living Lord.
Showing the way that we should live,
Giving us strength your way to live,
Walking with us each day we live,
You are Lord.
Spirit of Fire,
Deep inside of us,
Yet surrounding us,
You are God.
Filling us with your strength and power,
Leading us through each day and hour,
Speaking to us your words of power,
You’re our God.
Father of ours,
We have let you down,
But you love us still,
Father God.
Washing away our darkest sin,
Pouring your love and healing in,
Father, we worship you and sing,
We are yours.
Stewart
ReplyDeletethat is lovely - well done you. And extra well done for being brave enough to sing it!
Thanks for sharing - I havent written anything lately but maybe this week will sit down and try again.
Every blessing
Shuna x