Day 37 – Wednesday
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Corinthians 8:8-15
God, our Redeemer, we thank You for the
mercy and generosity that You have shown to us through Jesus, your Chosen One. With humility and awe, we thank You that
Christ divested of wealth, power, privilege and prestige in order to come among
us and enrich our lives by your boundless grace. This is a great mystery to us,
but we know that it means life for us.
Enable us, who call ourselves by the name
of Christ, to take Christ’s model of self-giving to heart. Enable us to hold
loosely to our many resources and to share or give them away gladly when
opportunities come to enrich the lives of brothers, sisters and neighbors.
Help
us to remember that our resources are yours. Help us to remember that all of us
are dependent upon You and that the resources You give are intended for
sharing. Help us to give gladly and eagerly. Help us to receive with joyful
gratitude. Give us a heart for equality so that we readily redress the vast
inequalities among us.
Help us to be satisfied with enough so
that we may give with freedom. Amen.
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