"Kingship of Christ"—Congregational Prayer For Palm Sunday

Published May 16, 2026

Updated May 16, 2026

Palm branches

This prayer originally appeared in the worship service "Good News!—Palm Sunday: Even Better Than Expected."

Prayer of Application

Holy God, 
we give you thanks for the awesome picture of the kingship of Christ 
that we see in Mark 11. 
We thank you that he is who he said he is. 
He is who the Scriptures foretold 
and the one that the crowds were right about even though they didn’t fully understand how. 
We thank you that we can cry out to you to save us
—and that you can save us 
and will save us because of the king that Jesus is. 
We pray that we would be moved to repent of our sin 
and to believe and to follow the Lord Jesus 
into a life of service for the sake of his kingdom and his glory. 
God, speed the day when King Jesus will return and make all things new. 
We pray these things in Jesus’ name. 
Amen.


Revised Common Lectionary

Year B: Lent—Liturgy of the Palms