This was written for the final morning of Spring Harvest '09, but could be used in any context where you want people to corporately commit to living out Jesus' Great Commission.
Commissioning prayer
based on Matt 28:17-20 and 10:7-8.
(said by all together)
Jesus we worship you,
And sometimes we doubt.
Yet we know all authority is yours.
So you call us to go:
to all nations,
to make disciples,
to continue your mission.
You call us to announce your Kingdom:
to heal the sick,
to raise the dead,
to cast out demons.
You call us to baptise in your name:
you are Father,
you are Son,
you are Holy Spirit.
We will follow, we will obey and teach all you have commanded,
For you are with us always,
day after day, year after year,
to the very end of the age. Amen.
© Sam Hargreaves / engageworship.org
Sam co-leads engageworship.org with his wife Sara. He completed the LST degree in Theology, Music and Worship, and now teaches in the department two days per week. He also co-leads RESOUNDworship.org, the free worship song website, and has led musical and creative worship at events like Spring Harvest, New Wine North and the Baptist Assembly alternative stream. Their book 'How would Jesus lead worship' was published by BRF in 2009.
