Prayer based on Jeremiah 2

Father, we have a job to perform for You today. You have been faithful from the beginning. You raised up Your people, and they have gone far from You. There is no fault in You. There can be no justification for our rebellion. We have made Your church an abomination to many because of our disobedience and pride. How could we turn to idols? How could we exchange Your glory for that which does not profit? You are a fountain of godliness and life for Your people. Why have we forsaken You as You led us in the way, only to choose broken vessels of bitter and polluted waters? We turn to You again in repentance. We turn away from wild ways of filthy guilt. Cleanse us now by Your pure and powerful Spirit. Restrain our spiritual lust when we would move in the direction of strange Gods. A tree is not our Father. A stone cannot arise and save us. You are the only true Source of life for us, and Your Son is the Rock of our salvation. Gather us again from the wilderness of foolishness, for we have forgotten You for many days. We are not innocent, except in the blood of the Lamb. Our shame is obvious, but our holiness is also real through the cross of Christ.