Prayer for August 19-25, 2018
Sermon Text: 1 Kings 2:10-12;
3:3-14
That
we may be given discerning hearts and discerning leaders
God of all, we pray that You will give us discerning hearts so that we
may fulfill our responsibilities and respond to our neighbors with integrity,
compassion and faithfulness.
We also ask that You will give us political leaders who seek a
discerning heart in order to serve their constituencies in ways that benefit
the entire citizenry. Give us leaders who are not hungry for power and who are
not seeking to enrich themselves at the expense of the communities they serve.
Give us compassionate leaders who will lead us in caring for the most
vulnerable members of our communities. Give us leaders who will be first to
extend a hand of welcome to strangers. Give us generous leaders who will show
us how to share resources wisely. Give us leaders who will act with respect
toward all lives, even those of our declared enemies. Give us leaders who
delight in and protect the beauty of your creation and who will not treat it as
though it is ours to utilize in any way that we please.
God,
grant us leaders who will be models of disciplined attentiveness and obedience
to your word. Give us discerning hearts about such leadership. Amen
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