Advent Prayer

Father, let your hope arise in our hearts!
Lift our eyes up to see that you alone
are where our hope comes from.

Help us to shake off the anxiety, discouragements,
and distractions that have filled this year.

May we pause to remember that we have hope in you.
You know the end of our stories,
and we give thanks because you have promised
that it will be a victorious ending.

Give us the grace we need to wrap up this year joyfully.
We invite your Spirit into this beautiful Advent season.
Renew our sense of holy anticipation!
Let us be those who are waiting eagerly
for Jesus to come again.

More than anything,
we ask that you be glorified
in this season of expectation. Amen.