EXCHANGES ON THE WAY: LENTEN PRAYERS
Day 26: Fifth Thursday
Mark 12:13-17
Wise Teacher, how often You answered those who questioned or challenged You with words that still required discernment for action. As we try to follow You in faithfulness, we still find that discernment is required for many of our choices. We count on the guidance of your Spirit to help us.
We find questions of loyalty to our various governments particularly tricky. What commitment and loyalty do they deserve from us? Some imagine that they deserve our deepest commitment, energy and creativity. They easily usurp your place in our lives as they demand everything from us and act as though the law of the land is God's law.
Help us to be good citizens and neighbors. But help us to discern the limits of our loyalty wisely. Do not let us make an idol of powers that call for absolute allegiance. Enable us to give all the best of our resources and our selves. to You. Amen.
Thoughts, and prayers from Pastor David Antieau at St. Nicolai United Church of Christ
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