Prayer: My soul magnifies the Lord

Prayers of Adoration, Confession and
Thanksgiving for Advent by John Birch

ADORATION

My soul magnifies the Lord!
All is ready
Stable prepared
Shepherds working
Magi journeying
Gifts are chosen.
My soul magnifies the Lord!

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CONFESSION

Gracious God, you have done so much for us
and we so little in return.
You ask for humility
and we are often a proud people.
You ask for willingness
and we are often a stubborn people.
You ask for repentance
and we are often a deaf people.

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THANKSGIVING

Creator and Redeemer,
you did not plant the seed of this earth
into the universe as if by chance,
it was your hand that placed it here,
your plan to grow it here.
You did not populate this earth
with a people made in your image
purely by chance,

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John Birch