Prayer for March 31-April 6, 2019
Sermon Text: Luke 15:1-32
That we may come to our senses and find our place in your household
God, we have found so many ways to reject
You and act dishonorably toward You. Though You have provided everything for
our well-being within your household, we have acted as though we were
foreigners and strangers to You.
Some of us have greedily sought what we
could wrest from You and unwisely squandered your resources on self-destructive
excess. We have wandered far. We have lost ourselves as we have lost our
connection to You and to the household that nurtured us. We have found
ourselves in a morass of meaninglessness and discontent.
Some of us have stayed close, but we have
participated bitterly in the life-giving work of the household. And we have
seethed with anger when You have celebrated the return of those who wandered
far and squandered your resources.
Help those of us who are still wandering,
and those of us who labor in bitterness and seethe with anger, to come to our
senses and return to your household where every lost one is celebrated when
they return home. Amen.
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