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Good and gracious God, you made heaven and earth, the sea and the dry land, and the creatures of this world; and you uphold your good creation forever, in the face of human wrongdoing and apathy.  I give you thanks for your constant presence with this world, and with each of us.

I give you thanks today for the new season that is dawning: for sun and rain, for bright, early-singing birds, and for new green growth on trees and from the ground.  I give you thanks for the joy and the hope that your whole created world now seems to affirm.  Through all the turmoil and trouble in our human world, and all the damage we are causing in our natural world, please keep us all deeply in your care.

Grant me a strong sense of the goodness of your world, even in the face of human sin, and also a strong sense of what I can do to protect your world from further harm.   Help me strengthen and share the goodness and the blessings that are always present.  Empower me to act in ways that are faithful and true.

I pray in Jesus’ name.      Amen

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For God so loved the world;

The sparrows, the mountain lions,

the fish and the people.

For God so loved the world;

In success and failure,

in sickness and health,

in mediocrity and extraordinary.

For God so loved the world;

Enough to become one of us,

enough to suffer along with us,

enough to offer new life for us.

For God so loved the world;

To offer unconditional love,

to grant grace abundantly.

Let us offer our praise and love in return!

Amen!

Adapted from Katherine Hawker

Gracious God, by the cross of Jesus Christ you have freed us from bondage to sin and death. Help us see that following your commandments leads to true life, and that obedience to your will leads to real freedom.

We ask not that you would free us from all burdens and responsibilities, but that you would enable us to see them as gifts from you, given to us so that we may be drawn closer to you.

In pain and pleasure, in difficulty and ease, help us walk more faithfully with you each day. Lead us to the life you wish for us, and to the joy of intimate fellowship with you.  

We pray in Jesus name.  Amen.

(William Willimon, adapted)

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Gracious and merciful God, be with me now as I open my heart to you in prayer. Cast out my fear, and open the doors to your Realm, that I may come to you with an open heart and open arms, receiving the fullness of blessing from your generous hands, and offering all I think, say and do for your service.

Help me show love for my neighbors near and far – neighbors across the room, down the street, and around the world. Help me look for ways to make that love real and specific. Do not let me make excuses for ignoring hard-to-like neighbors wherever they are, for they are beloved in your eyes, just as I am.

In all things, move me toward that gracious, outgoing, and self-giving love which is exemplified in the cross of Jesus Christ.  I pray in Christ’s name.  Amen.

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