Prayer for July 30-August 5, 2017
Sermon Text: Genesis 29:1-28
That
we may receive your gifts with open hands and thankful hearts
God, our Guide, through the scriptures we see that You are concerned
with every dimension of the lives of your covenant partners, and that You are
constantly leading and shaping lives for fruitfulness and fidelity, even when
your people have acted in deceitful or fearful ways.
We have acted in deceitful and fearful ways far too often. But You have
led us to places of new life and new hope in spite of our actions. You have led
us to places where love wells up from the depths of our being; where our
deceitful ways meet their match and turn our faces to You in trust; where
energetic work challenges us and generates resources that sustain us.
Teach us not to manipulate others for our advantage, but to wait upon You
so that we may receive your many gifts with open hands and thankful hearts. We
trust in your guidance and provision!
Amen.
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