Prayer for August 19-25, 2012
Sermon Texts: 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14; Psalm 111; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58
That your wisdom
will energize all of our responses
God of wisdom, we rejoice that You give wisdom when your
people seek You in humility. We rejoice
that You enable us to discern right and wrong and act with justice.
But we are
cautioned by Solomon’s story—for we have seen that wisdom must be practiced to
be retained. We have seen that wisdom is
easily forsaken for prudence that is idolatrous and enslaving. We have seen that wisdom and justice are
easily abandoned for the political advantages of oppression and exploitation of
neighbors. We have seen that when wise
contentment is forgotten, it produces anxiety that fearfully seizes and
clutches resources.
God, we desire
your wisdom. Enable us to practice
wisdom in faithful ways—that deepen trust and liberate from idolatry; that
energize just practices; that deepen our satisifaction with your many gifts; that
enable us to practice generosity without anxiety.
We know that not
many of us were wise when You called and named us your own. Grant us your wisdom for fruitful living that
blesses our neighbors. Amen.
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