Loving and kind God, you want us to have a varsity faith, a
faith that overflows with worship, unity, growth, spiritual gifts, and
kindness. We want to excel in these areas, but we confess that they often feel
very elusive and difficult to live out on a consistent basis in our everyday
lives. Teach us what it means to letter in these areas and to be the people you
have called us to be.
We are recipients of your kindness in so many ways. The
cashier at the store who surprised us by
saying, “You gave me too much money,” the scout leaders who stopped by the
church and said, “Let us know how our troop can help the church,” the girl in
our church who spent the day making a cake to bring to our Wonderful Wednesday
program, the church members who met this past week to plan out how we can be
part of a water bottle give away during moving in week.
O God, your loving kindness toward us is contagious. We
don’t want to just keep it to ourselves. We want to give it away so the people
we see throughout the week will know we are Christians by our love.
We pray for people who are on our minds this day and who are
in particular need of your kindness. We pray for those who are in need of
physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual healing. Surround these persons
with your kind embrace and may they know of the love, peace, hope, and joy that
we can always find in you.
The beginning of the presidential debates reminds us that we
are a country of many different opinions, even within political parties. Help
us to be a country that respects the opinions of others while also working for
the common good, especially for those who have little or no voice in our
society.
Guide all of our world’s political leaders to seek peace and
justice for all people. Thank you for our Festival of Sharing kits that we were
able to put together this past Wednesday and for the Trimble Elementary School
food ministry to help children and families who are living in poverty. We are grateful to share in these ways that
offer your kindness to those in need.
O God, we know how good it feels when someone offers us a
cold drink when we are really thirsty. Thank you for sending us Jesus who is
the living water. Together, we join in saying the prayer he taught us, “Our
Father, who art in heaven…”
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