Based on Matthew 21:1-11
Jesus entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday

Hosanna doesn’t mean Hooray! It means Save Now! Salvation doesn’t mean fixed like magic, problems solved without the labor of new life. Salvation means wholeness.

We need it for our families
We need it for our economy
For Christ’s church
For healthcare and education systems
For our government
For every expression of discrimination and injustice
For neighbors, strangers, ourselves, and …

This is what we need, what we always need.

Jesus, Messiah
We cry out for your saving power
Hosanna! Hosanna in the highest!

We need your wholeness and we need it now
In our sickness, our suffering
Our lamenting, our loss
Our division, our fear
Our poverty, our blindness
Our hardheartedness

You open yourself
Offer yourself
And it is given

Offer your own petitions here

Blessed is the one who comes, King of kings
Blessed is the one who comes, Lamb of God
Blessed is the one who comes, Anointed Savior

Hosanna! Save Now!
We cling to you and your cross
Make your wholeness real in us
And real in all
Amen
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For the next few months, I’m reading a chapter from the Gospels each day. This is part of the Summer in the Scriptures reading plan sponsored by the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church. Click Here for the reading plan.

You’re most welcome to read along and to join the Facebook discussion group, Summer in the Scriptures. You don’t need to be a Methodist or attend a Methodist church. All are welcome and all means all.

As part of the Facebook group, I’ve been supplying prayers based on the day’s reading. Feel free to post your prayers and observations based on the readings here or there as well.

May the grace of the Gospels, the challenge, and the call, inspire us to great faith and great good works in Jesus’ name. – Lisa <><

Prayer for Wholeness (Matthew 21) © 2020 Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia
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