A Prayer Thanking the Lord for Lifting Us out of the Muck

Redeeming Lord,

Help us, we pray, 

to wait patiently for you, 

to trust that you will again turn to us 

and hear our cry (Psalm 40:1).

We remember the days 

when our hearts 

were sunk and stuck

in the much

of our self-centeredness, 

self-righteousness, 

and self-servitude.

How grateful we are 

that you pulled us out 

of that miry darkness! 

In these hot days, 

as the mad blood is stirring (with a nod to Shakespeare), 

rescue us again! 

Set our feet 

upon the secure rock of your redemption. 

Set our hearts 

to singing new songs, 

songs of love and care for our neighbors, 

songs of service to our saving Lord. 

May we delight to do your will 

by sharing the “glad news of deliverance” 

not only with our lips but in our lives. 

In Jesus’ delivering name. Amen.

Read Psalm 40.