Friday, March 24, 2017

WISE STEWARDS: LENTEN PRAYERS 2017

Day 21 – Friday
Mark 6:30-42 (parallels: Matthew 14:13-21; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-15)

     God of Abundance, You who have provided so generously for us, deepen our trust in You. Help us neither to be apathetic toward nor daunted by the deep, persistent needs that we see around us. Help us not to resist when You call us to invest our resources to meet the needs of others.
     Help us to remember that You have resources that are not evident to us, and that You are able to release resources, in unforeseen ways, to respond to the real needs of people who hunger, thirst, seek clothing or shelter, and cry out in desperation for healing, rescue or liberation.  
     Fill us with your compassion. Liberate us from our limited vision that sees scarcity instead of opportunity. Enable us to serve others with gladness. Take our resources and multiply them in ways that serve your purpose of blessing, nourishing, strengthening and renewing many people. We ask in the name of Jesus who fed multitudes. Amen.

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