Father in Heaven. your name is glorious. your power is endless. your grace is abundant. your mercy is extravagant. your love is boundless. you are mystery and revelation. both purest light and enshrouded King.
Your strengthen the weak of heart. You give food to the hungry. You bring site to the blind. You bring music to the deaf. You bring dancing to the lame. You bring joy to the sorrowful. You bring peace in time of war. You bring water in time of drought. You are the source of all good things!
I love you, even though I have a bad way of showing it at times.
This first hour of Easter morning I thank you first for the empty tomb! Hooray! I have a hard time putting this in words so I will simply sit in Awe of the empty tomb, and the risen Lord, Jesus Christ! Thank you for focusing on us, when we had our backs to you. Thank you for undeserved help. Thank you for tough love. Thank you for an awesome church that is seeking you! Thank you for Donnie and Erin! Thank you for their soft hearts and open arms. Thanks for helping Donnie be humble. Thank you for Erin's strength against fear. Thank you for Pastor Andy and his heart to lead children to you, it's your heart in his body! Thank you for a great AC that wants to reach Gardner. Thank you for Chris and Nate, for leading music worship. Thank you for Trent, Dan, Ben, Zach, and Alex! Thank you for Phillip, Scott, and Justin! Thank you for Caleb! Media works so great when they are there! Thank you for Brian, for his servants heart! Thank you for Jeremy, Areon, Aaron, Josh, Michael, Ben, Irene, and Joe and all the others that set up! Thank you for Vanessa, Dawn, Dawn, Noel, Minnie, Alicia, Troy, Tonya, Mellisa, and all the others that watch our kids! Thank you for the greeters! Thank you for funding us God, so we can do awesome outreach like the easter egg hunt! Thank you that so many came! Thank you that our people invited so many! Thank you that there were broken homes there that you are healing!
Father I pray for my five! D, A, J, JW, and M. Please show me how to love them as a servant. Help me overcome my shyness and to risk the things needed to bridge our worlds. Thanks for new life! I ask your blessings and guiding hand on the love wins ministry. Help it truly be a work of God inside of those dark places where you have been asked to leave and not return! Overcome the doubts of each woman and help them feel at ease with those they meet from TF! Let them know there is no judgment from us, only open arms extended in friendship. Overcome their distrust with your unmatchable love! Guide us as we try to serve you! Father let us see where love can can win elsewhere in our community! Guide as alongside the people in Gardner that are the poor, the widowed, the sick! Reveal your Kingdom in Gardner! Be with Pastor Andy, give him wisdom beyond his age! Bless him with the rest he needs to honor you in both his ministry and and his education! You have given him such great talent and potential to be a great witness! Be with Donnie! Help him relax! Easter is here, and we place it in Your hands! We can only do so much, but your Spirit is needed, so help us see it revealed to us powerfully tomorrow as we worship you! Be with Donnie's sermon as he shares tomorrow. Give Donnie wisdom as he meets new families and forges new ties in the community! You have given him a humble heart, help keep him tender to your will and voice! Be with the small groups as they meet. Help the leaders form groups that are inviting and safe places to share dangerous and messy stories! Be with all of the newer Christ Followers at TF Father! I ask that those that are on the fence, and those that haven't yet choose to follow you will take a step towards you tomorrow and away from bondage! Help us at TF to be a please where indeed no perfect people are allowed, a place where we don't abide sin, but we don't try do your job either! We relinquish the desire to convict and condemn! We put to death our pride and judgmental attitudes! Help us love openly, recklessly, and equivalently all who walk through our doors. Be with the Children and the Children's workers! Youth is such a formative age that the possibilities for you to inspire are endless and exciting! It is simply amazing the talent present in our Children's area. The creativity and joy of your children is equally amazing. Help us raise your children well!
God, we don't know everything! We don't even know what we don't know a lot of the time! We are a young church, but a church full of hope! We desire you to be glorified in our town, that each and every house can be a place that is touched by your hand though your church. Give is wisdom we beg! We confess that we don't always get things right, that we mess up. That is not your shortcoming, but ours and we ask forgiveness for those known offenses. Please forgive us as we forgive others. Help us!
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Father in Heaven.
your name is glorious.
your power is endless.
your grace is abundant.
your mercy is extravagant.
your love is boundless.
you are mystery and revelation.
both purest light and enshrouded King.
Your strengthen the weak of heart.
You give food to the hungry.
You bring site to the blind.
You bring music to the deaf.
You bring dancing to the lame.
You bring joy to the sorrowful.
You bring peace in time of war.
You bring water in time of drought.
You are the source of all good things!
I love you, even though I have a bad way of showing it at times.
This first hour of Easter morning I thank you first for the empty tomb! Hooray! I have a hard time putting this in words so I will simply sit in Awe of the empty tomb, and the risen Lord, Jesus Christ! Thank you for focusing on us, when we had our backs to you. Thank you for undeserved help. Thank you for tough love. Thank you for an awesome church that is seeking you! Thank you for Donnie and Erin! Thank you for their soft hearts and open arms. Thanks for helping Donnie be humble. Thank you for Erin's strength against fear. Thank you for Pastor Andy and his heart to lead children to you, it's your heart in his body! Thank you for a great AC that wants to reach Gardner. Thank you for Chris and Nate, for leading music worship. Thank you for Trent, Dan, Ben, Zach, and Alex! Thank you for Phillip, Scott, and Justin! Thank you for Caleb! Media works so great when they are there! Thank you for Brian, for his servants heart! Thank you for Jeremy, Areon, Aaron, Josh, Michael, Ben, Irene, and Joe and all the others that set up! Thank you for Vanessa, Dawn, Dawn, Noel, Minnie, Alicia, Troy, Tonya, Mellisa, and all the others that watch our kids! Thank you for the greeters! Thank you for funding us God, so we can do awesome outreach like the easter egg hunt! Thank you that so many came! Thank you that our people invited so many! Thank you that there were broken homes there that you are healing!
Father I pray for my five! D, A, J, JW, and M. Please show me how to love them as a servant. Help me overcome my shyness and to risk the things needed to bridge our worlds. Thanks for new life! I ask your blessings and guiding hand on the love wins ministry. Help it truly be a work of God inside of those dark places where you have been asked to leave and not return! Overcome the doubts of each woman and help them feel at ease with those they meet from TF! Let them know there is no judgment from us, only open arms extended in friendship. Overcome their distrust with your unmatchable love! Guide us as we try to serve you! Father let us see where love can can win elsewhere in our community! Guide as alongside the people in Gardner that are the poor, the widowed, the sick! Reveal your Kingdom in Gardner!
Be with Pastor Andy, give him wisdom beyond his age! Bless him with the rest he needs to honor you in both his ministry and and his education! You have given him such great talent and potential to be a great witness! Be with Donnie! Help him relax! Easter is here, and we place it in Your hands! We can only do so much, but your Spirit is needed, so help us see it revealed to us powerfully tomorrow as we worship you! Be with Donnie's sermon as he shares tomorrow. Give Donnie wisdom as he meets new families and forges new ties in the community! You have given him a humble heart, help keep him tender to your will and voice! Be with the small groups as they meet. Help the leaders form groups that are inviting and safe places to share dangerous and messy stories! Be with all of the newer Christ Followers at TF Father! I ask that those that are on the fence, and those that haven't yet choose to follow you will take a step towards you tomorrow and away from bondage! Help us at TF to be a please where indeed no perfect people are allowed, a place where we don't abide sin, but we don't try do your job either! We relinquish the desire to convict and condemn! We put to death our pride and judgmental attitudes! Help us love openly, recklessly, and equivalently all who walk through our doors. Be with the Children and the Children's workers! Youth is such a formative age that the possibilities for you to inspire are endless and exciting! It is simply amazing the talent present in our Children's area. The creativity and joy of your children is equally amazing. Help us raise your children well!
God, we don't know everything! We don't even know what we don't know a lot of the time! We are a young church, but a church full of hope! We desire you to be glorified in our town, that each and every house can be a place that is touched by your hand though your church. Give is wisdom we beg! We confess that we don't always get things right, that we mess up. That is not your shortcoming, but ours and we ask forgiveness for those known offenses. Please forgive us as we forgive others. Help us!
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