Sermon Text: Acts 27:18-28:10
That we may show generous kindness without hesitation and with deep gladness
God of mercy, we have been met with kindness in so many places and have been shown kindness in so many ways. Our most challenging moments, those in which our lives have seemed shipwrecked and splintered, have often been the ones in which we have most clearly seen your mercy shown to us through the gracious generosity of others.
We rejoice in your goodness. And we rejoice in the goodness that You have inspired.
Enable us—as we remember the many kindnesses that have been shown to us—to practice generous kindness without hesitation and with deep gladness. May others rejoice in You because of the kindness that we show to them. Amen.
NOTE: This prayer was not used in our worship for the week, but was based on the text for our Service of Prayer for Christian Unity that was based on materials from the Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute.
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