Monday, March 6, 2017

Prayer for March 5-11, 2017
Sermon Text: Matthew 4:1-11

That we may grow strong in the wilderness moments of our lives
     Holy One, we rejoice that when your Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness it was not to abandon him there. We rejoice that Jesus grew strong in the Spirit even as his body was weakened by deprivation. We rejoice that Jesus was so deeply attuned to your word and so thoroughly focused on your reign that he could not be diverted from absolute allegiance to You. You enabled him to see through the ploys of the tempter and to act with faithful resolve.
     We pray that your Spirit will make us strong as we are led through the various wilderness moments of our lives. May your word be such a deep spring of life within us that it wells up and quenches the tempting voice that would lure us away from You toward wealth or power or other idolatrous attachments that would undermine our ability to live faithfully within your reign of vitality, peace, justice and love. 
     We rejoice that in our weakness, we find strength and protection through the abiding presence of your Spirit. Enable us to be fully attuned to the guidance of your Word and Spirit. Amen.

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