Sermon Text: Matthew 25:1-13
That we will be open and alert for You
You who came and lived among us as servant of all, we rejoice in You. We rejoice in your promise that You will return and bring your realm of peace to completion. We joyfully anticipate seeing You face to face and living forever in your presence.
Give us more complete knowledge of You through the daily intimacies of scripture reading, prayer, communion with your people, and glad obedience to your commands. Enable us to be open and alert for your presence at every moment. Keep us from being diverted from living in and for your presence by the quick pleasures the world would offer us as adequate satisfactions for the deep longing of our hearts. And keep us energized by your Spirit so that we do not miss your presence because of our own laziness or presumption.
Christ Jesus, we long for the joy of your eternal presence. Keep working within us to prepare us fully for your return. Amen.
Thoughts, and prayers from Pastor David Antieau at St. Nicolai United Church of Christ
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