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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