Friday 7th August - Prayer for the day

Lord our God, 

we thank you for establishing us on the firm foundation of your Word and your promise, 

your promise that expresses the great longing 

and hope in so many people's hearts. 

For they do not want their lives to remain base and

 petty but want to look toward something higher, 

rejoicing that the promise can be fulfilled for them. 

So today we too stand ready 

for the coming time you are bringing, 

and we exult in our expectation of the future. 

We rejoice in the expectation of the time when you will

 give your Spirit to us and to all those who answer your

 call and become your helpers. Amen.