Day 38 – Thursday
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Corinthians 9:1-15
God, our Provider, we rejoice that You
have provided so generously for us. You have given many of us much more than we
need. With your generous gifts, You also give us many opportunities to act with
glad generosity.
Open our hearts! Open our eyes! Shape our
wills! Unclench our hands! Fill us with deep gratitude and joy. Help us to see
the opportunities for sharing that You place before us. Enable us to scatter
gifts freely among people who are poor and in need.
Forgive us when we forget that You have
enriched us so that we “can be generous on every occasion.” Forgive us when we
anxiously clutch what You have given to us and when we give in miserly ways.
Enable us to “abound in every good work.”
Help us to do so without seeking the approval or acclaim of others. May your
people be encouraged and strengthened when we act with generosity, and may You
receive all of the glory and all of the thanks. We ask in the name of Jesus who
gave everything for us. Amen.
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