Then God said, “Let us make man in Our image, in Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. –Genesis 1:26-27
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom. –Isaiah 40:28
For by Him (Jesus) all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by Him and for Him. –Colossians 1:16
PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING
For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! –Psalm 139:13-17
CONFESSION
Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me and know my thoughts. And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! –Psalm 139:23-24
SUPPLICATION
Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we give You humble thanks for all Your goodness and kindness to us and to all whom You have made. We thank You for our creation, preservation, and the blessings of this life. We ask Your forgiveness for the many ways we have not honored You with our lips and in our lives. (Book of Common Prayer)
Give us new vision and new energy, we pray, to proclaim Your truth, especially Your magnificent creation displayed in the lives of babies, each of whom is unique and precious in Your sight. We pray that each one would also be precious to us.
We pray for a new dawn in our nation when all persons will recognize and celebrate the value of all life. We ask this in Your Name and pray as You taught us: Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done…
