June 21, 2011

Dear God,

Let my life be a testament to you.

Let me shine your light through me,

Because I cannot create light,

I can only reflect it.

As I reflect your light,

O God,

Help me to keep from refracting it so severely

That others cannot see the real source of the light itself

Because of all I have put of myself into it.

Make me a pure reflector of you.

Amen.

June 20, 2011

In our eyes, O God, it is easy to question what is going on in the world.

We think we can question your plans.

We think we can judge you.

Our sight is so finite,

Our vision is so limited,

That we cannot even begin to see the designs you make with our lives.

We cannot trust you,

Because we cannot believe that you can order this chaos.

Help us to see bigger.

Help us to feel more than we have before.

Help us to sense your glory all around us,

And help us to put all our trust in you and your goodness for us.

Amen.

June 19, 2011

God, please extend your grace,

Grace to all nations,

Grace to all people.

And, Lord, cause the church not to withhold what they know of grace

From anyone who seeks it.

Amen.

June 18, 2011

Lord God,

Give me a new song.

Let it be a song I love to sing

And a song others love to hear.

Let it be a song of love and a song of worship.

Let it be a song that celebrates the beauty of this world

And the beauty of your world.

Let it replace my old songs of greed and disrespect.

Let it be a new song

That gives you glory.

Amen.

June 17, 2011

God,

Focus your people on peace.

Help us to put and end to war,

Poverty,

Prejudice,

Hatred,

And cause us to help you bring about a world of

Peace,

Shared resources,

Understanding of others through diversity,

And true love.

Amen.

June 16, 2011

We who serve the Lord,

Serve the Lord in happiness.

This is because we know that God is the creator of all

And that our focus must be on God’s will.

When we are able to conform ourselves to God’s will,

Even if it is only fleeting,

We know that who we are and what we are doing will be blessed.

We trust in God

And ask for God’s guidance and correction.

I pray, Lord God, that I may receive your guidance

So that I can live according to your plans for me,

And so that I can swim in your blessings.

Amen.

June 15, 2011

When I look at all the things around me,

I marvel, O God, that you took the care

To create such beauty, such complicated forms of life

That interrelate and bring such wonder to the world.

From the flowers that bloom, to the bees that pollinate them,

And all the way through not only food chains,

But all kinds of chains of reliance on other species

And on the land,

Lord, all you have created is very good.

We can seek out creation’s ways of working,

But we can never place ourselves on a level with the great designer.

Thank you, God,

Amen.