Prayer for July 14-20, 2013
Sermon Text: Luke 10:25-37
That we may
practice costly love for our neighbors
O Christ, how eager we seem for your word until it challenges
us to love our neighbor through bold, self-giving action.
We want to limit
the field of neighborliness to that which we think we can manage: our
relatives, our friends, people who look a lot like us, people who seem to share
our values and commitments.
We often find it
difficult to care when someone who is a stranger or outsider falls victim to
brutal predators. We often find it difficult
to respond to the losses of those who are not close to us.
Compassionate God,
make us alert to the trials and losses of those who have been assaulted and
abandoned in ways that are beyond our experience and understanding. Give us hearts that open to those who have
been victimized. Give us feet and hands
that will walk and work for the healing of strangers. Enable us to release our resources in loving
and neighborly acts. Amen.
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