Christ is the Alpha of our prayers;

Annie Johnson Flint (1866-1932)

5 Verses Alpha & Omega Prayer & Intercession Trusting God's Guidance

Verse 1

Christ is the Alpha of our prayers; We know not how to pray Save as His Spirit in our hearts Shall teach us what to say.

Verse 2

Christ is the Omega of our prayer, The Father's great Amen That rounds our halting periods To sense beyond our ken.

Verse 3

But in the little space between, He let us make the links, And with our slow and stammering speech Interpret what He thinks.

Verse 4

O First and Last, take Thou the prayers Of every trusting soul, And weld them to Thine own desire To make a perfect whole.

Verse 5

Thou great Beginning of that Word We cannot speak or spell, Of the short syllable we lisp Be Thou the End as well!