Prayer for young adults

Father, the temple curtain was torn in two from top to bottom when Jesus died. Matthew 27:51. The wall between You and Your people came down. You tore it. Not me. Not us. You.

For years I have kept my distance. I prayed small prayers because the big ones felt like too much. I treated coming to You like a gift I might waste if I asked for too much. I acted like there was still a wall between us.

But the curtain is gone. You tore it. From the top. At the very moment Jesus said it is finished. The way into Your presence is open because of His blood. It is not a gift I can run out of. It is a fact.

So today I come. Not afraid. Not shy. With respect, but without the old fear that I am bothering You. I bring the big ask. I bring the small one. I bring the messy one I cannot even put into words. The curtain is not coming back because I came too much. You tore it so I would come.

Let me come the way You planned. Through Jesus. With confidence. Into Your real presence. And let me stop acting like I am still stuck on the wrong side of a wall that is already gone.

Amen.