Deliver Us – Oct. 25, 2019
We turn to You and Your mercy, O God of barren places and friend of the oppressed. We stand in need of conversion, from pain to peace, from sadness to joy, from guilt to affirmation. Lead us not into isolation, but delivers us from anger, for Yours is the kindness, the patience, the strength we […]
Into Mission – Oct. 24, 2019
O Holy One of Blessing You call us into mission in a multitude of ways. Some of us travel around the earth, some of us tend Your gardens and Your vineyards nearer home. Be with us all as we struggle to the ministry of your making, and may we always stay in touch with the […]
Carry Us – Oct. 23, 2019
You call us into discipleship, O One Who Bears All Burdens, making a way through the wilderness, hovering near in pillar and cloud, revealing bits of Your glory when all seems hopeless and courage fails. Carry us on the wingtips of Your never-failing promise, through moments of discouragement as we push against the tide. You […]
A Wealth of Benediction – Oct. 22, 2019
God of the poor, God who was poor, You entered human history impoverished and homeless, and fled in search of refuge to a land that was not Your own. You understand the meaning of the poverty, of deprivation, whether body, mind, or spirit, temporary or indefinite, of culture, class, or gender, anywhere in the world. […]
