prayer of faith

Heavenly Father,
     Your love for us exceeds any bounds that we may have.  We are undeserving of, yet stand ready to receive your love, grace, and mercy.  We know that your promises are true.  We know that you don't say anything that you don't mean.  You promised that you would never leave, nor forsake us, and we thank you so much that we aren't left alone.  This world is full of moments and events that we can neither control, nor predict.  We only hold on to your unchanging hand knowing that we will make it through because you are the author and finisher of our faith.  This past week many people created fear because of an event that would last only a moment in time.  We just held on to your hand with our faith.  We stood strong knowing that you would get us through.  The "how" was not important.  We just lifted our eyes to you.  Lord, we thank you that we aren't left alone in times of fear, panic, pain, helplessness, hopelessness, or uncertainity.  We thank you that when others run about in confusion, we who are your children, stand together with you in faith.  We thank you that we are able to see the blessing in all things, because you are there with us.  We begin to understand how to "rejoice in the Lord always" because in you our hope lives on.  Our lives are not controlled by man, because in and through You we always find victory.  We are the blessed.  We are the saved.  We are those who are delivered from sin and death.  We are delivered from the kingdom of hell.  We are delivered from the hands of the one who would seek to destroy us.  Therefore we are the ones who, through our personal relationship with you, have found glorious eternal life.  Let us not be stymied by the truth of the world.  Let us be transformed by the glorious truth of your word.  In Jesus name.  Amen.