Prayer based on John 11

Sovereign Lord, we struggle with our mortality in this dark world. The ones we love live and they die. Grant us faith to believe in the resurrection. Your Son is the Resurrection. On the last day He will awaken those who sleep in Him. Their souls are alive and awake with You even now. Whatever Your Son asks of You, You will surely give Him. He is our life. Grant us more and more life in Him day by day. Comfort us in our grief and loss. Console us in a day of distress. Remind us of the truth. Though we weep, Your Son is the Resurrection. He loves us. May we not grieve Your Holy Spirit today with unbelief. Grant us a fuller assurance. We do believe, but we seem to forget about the power of the resurrection. You sent Your Son to save us. He will come again to call our resting bodies from the grave. He will not be stopped. It was most necessary for this one Man to die, so that we might live as Your people. We are Your children who were scattered abroad, but now we are being gathered together into Your church. Grant us a great delight in our worship together, as we anticipate the glory of the coming Day.