For Encouragement through Worship
Heavenly Father,
Sundays are sacred. As the Last Day draws closer, you invite us to gather together with believers around your Word more and more. In our time of worship this morning with our church family, remind us of the many ways you bless your church as it gathers for worship. Encourage us through the presence and participation of others – especially those who make significant sacrifices just to come to church each week.
Use us also to be a source of encouragement to others. Help us in worship and the fellowship that follows to see and become aware of the needs of our brothers and sisters in Christ, and move us to do what we can to meet those needs. Bind us together with a love for each other that is spurred on by your great love for us. Let us not forsake gathering together regularly, and bless us through your Word and through the body of Christ, our fellow believers.
In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.