Sermon Text: Philippians 4:1-9
Faithful One, enable us to stand firm in
faith, to trust You with tenacity and courage in the midst of troubling and
even terrifying circumstances. Enable us to trust You and rely on your grace so
consistently that we are able to live lives that are largely free of anxiety.
Let praise and rejoicing well up in our
hearts, fill our minds, and flow from our lips daily. Enable us to pray with
thanksgiving in every circumstance. Fill us with your peace that passes
understanding, and let peace and rejoicing reinforce each other in a deepening
cycle.
Enable us to contemplate all that is “excellent or praiseworthy,” but not by blinding ourselves to the painful realities of sin and injustice. Help us help each other to reconcile fractured relationships between individuals and among larger human groups. Enable us to be peacemakers, recognizing that we cannot experience the deepest depths of your peace while relationships are unreconciled and injustice is rife.
We seek your peace, but not only for ourselves. Help us! Amen.
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