A Prayer of Love This Christmas
Merry Christmas, Union family! Today, I offer this prayer of love for us to pray together as a church family. Jesus is what God's love looks like lived out. May your hearts be filled with his love today as we prayerfully celebrate his birth. Jesus loves you, Union Family, and I do too!
Lord of love, we come before you this Christmas with hearts full of wonder and gratitude. Today, we celebrate Jesus and the good gift of your great Son. We celebrate that love came down to dwell among us, humble, vulnerable, and real. You did not stay distant, God, but you came close, showing us what love looks like lived out through your only Son, Jesus.
Thank You for a love that does not depend on us earning it, but instead freely flows from your heart to ours. It is a love that forgives when we fall short, heals what is broken, and draws us into your loving arms, no matter where we've been or what we've done.
Help us remember that the baby in the manger is a clear sign of your love. Yours is a love that breaks barriers, heals divisions, and brings hope to the whole world. As we celebrate Christmas, fill us with your love so that it overflows into the lives of those around us. Teach us to love as you love. Help us to see others as you see them and to carry the light of your love into a world that so desperately needs it.
This Christmas, we give thanks for the gift of Jesus, the One who taught us that love is patient, kind, and never-ending. May his love guide us today and always.
In the name of Christ, we pray, Amen.