Prayer for May 1-7, 2016
Sermon Text: Acts 6:6-15
That we may be agents of healing and wholeness for your creation
God of glory, we rejoice in the beauty and complexity of
creation! We rejoice that You called everything You made, “Very good!”
We rejoice that You have
placed us in this world and that You have given us responsibility to nurture
and care for the earth and enhance its fruitfulness.
Although you have given us
great responsibility, we remember that the earth is not our own. Forgive us for
the times when we have forgotten that the earth is yours. Forgive us for the
times when we have used creation in greedy, reckless and violent ways, and
assumed that we could act as though there were no limits upon our desires.
Transform us! Enable us to
hear your creatures as they cry for help. Enable us to be agents of your
healing and wholeness.
Enable us, now, and in the
end, to join all of creation in worshiping You as part of one grand and
glorious choir. Amen.
Note: I had agreed to preach a sermon related to the crisis of climate change. My emphasis was on care for creation. I used the story of Paul's call to Macedonia as a springboard to invite us to hear the call of creation for our help. Romans 8's word about the groaning of creation was also in the back of my mind.
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