GOD of GRACE and GLORY

LORD JESUS CHRIST REIGN FOREVER.
Only DRAW us closer to YOU.

GOD of GRACE and GLORY;
We need to experience the heat of YOUR Calvary breath on our foreheads as YOU proclaim YOUR BEATITUDES upon us.

We need the oil used to anoint YOUR feet to be transferred to our hands.
That we would cease from the works of the flesh.

We need to see what Simon the Cyrenian saw in YOUR eyes as he relieved YOU of the weight of the Cross.
Surely then the scales would fall that veil our sight.

We need to hear YOU say again, "the gates of hell will not prevail against The CHURCH."
BECAUSE every violence has come in through our doors and windows.

ABBA, we have allowed so many things to come between us and TRUE WORSHIP:
Money.
The weather.
Strife.
Doubt.
The orchestrated distractions of the devil.
And the indulgence of our egos.

Now therefore we PRAY.
LORD JESUS CHRIST,
SON OF GOD,
HAVE MERCY UPON US.
And lead us back to YOU.
Bring us back into alignment with
YOUR PURPOSE,
PRINCIPLES and
PRACTICES.

BY YOUR BLOOD, HOLY REDEEMER;
WE ask that YOU Separate us from every thing
and any one
that is an offense TO THE PRAISE OF YOUR GLORY.

THIS WE ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
AMEN.

~Reverend Dr. Cecelia Williams Bryant~