Prayers from the Cross of Jesus: # 7 "Into Your Hands I Commend My Spirit"

Hiraeth Community Prayers

Contemplating and meditating on the 7 Cries of Jesus on the Cross recorded in the gospels. In this prayer, a reflection on what Christ has achieved as much as what He said, and we're challenged to trust God in the most difficult of circumstances.

Far too often we let circumstances and suffering cause us to turn away from the Father. But Jesus, at the end of it all, knew into who’s hands to commend His very self.

Lord help us to do likewise

Written and read by Sammy Davies

Inspired by Luke 23:46

It isn’t easy

Choosing light when darkness surrounds

Trusting God

When life has been so hard

And yet

Here walks Jesus

Beaten

Mocked

Scorned

Entrusting Himself

Into His Father's hands

Life is a shadowy place

Through which we all traverse

Why would we not entrust ourselves to the Father too?

Choosing You, our God

Is never an easy thing to do

Suffering and circumstance

Call us, all too often, away from your care

But Jesus knew, when all was said and done

That You, our Father in Heaven

Are worth giving our lives too

So, we commit ourselves today

Rescue us from the power of those around us

Preserve us in the presence of our persecutors

Make Your face shine on us

Let us experience Your salvation

Do not let our cries go unanswered

Save for the boasting of our enemies

What lies before us

In Jesus

Is ever so sweet

Give us eyes to see through this momentary darkness

To glimpse Your wonderful light

Amen