PENTECOST PRAYER
God of Comfort and Life,
you sent your Holy Spirit
in wind and fire at Pentecost,
empowering the disciples
to proclaim with boldness
your love in Christ,
giving birth to your church.
May the fire of the Spirit
purify our hearts and minds
to show forth the fruit of your Spirit.
May the fire of the Spirit
ignite our lives
with zeal for your kingdom.
May the fire of the Spirit
provoke in us a passion
to pray and proclaim your love in Christ.
May the fire of the Spirit
set our hearts on fire
with love and adoration for you, our God. Amen.
At Pentecost in Jerusalem the disciples were empowered and equipped by the Holy Spirit to go and tell the world about Jesus Christ to bring reconciliation, hope, forgiveness, purpose and pleasure to men and women, and girls and boys.
The Holy Spirit opened the ‘closed doors’, yes of the room they had shut themselves up in (John 20:19-26), but even more so, the Holy Spirit opened the ‘closed doors’ of the disciples fear and sent them courageously into the world which God works to win back through His disciples.
What a privilege! What joy to be Christ’s Body, His hands and feet, His Church! May the fire of the Spirit send us out in prayerful and empowered mission. Amen.
My Pentecost Prayer, above, comes from this fire of the Holy Spirit: Thank you Father, through Jesus Christ and in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Another Pentecost Prayer from A prayer from St. Augustine of Hippo (AD 354-430), http://imaginarydiocese.org/bishopjohn/2012/05/27/pentecost-prayer-message/
See also, My Pentecost Prayer and Pastoral Letter to the Anglican Church in Tasmania: http://imaginarydiocese.org/bishopjohn/2009/05/19/my-pentecost-prayer-and-pastoral-letter-to-the-anglican-church-in-tasmania/
