Saturday, July 28, 2018

A prayer for the church

Our church - Life in Christ - meets this weekend for worship.  Join us today at 5 pm or tomorrow at 8, 9:30 or 11 am.

Dear Holy Spirit, we ask You for the fullness of Your gifts. May they pour down over us here in our church. Demolish and remove everything that hinders us from receiving everything that You have to give us. Allow us to see how pitiful our cowardice and pettiness is, and show us Christ in all His glory. Make us small and pour in spirit, and let us live in Your mercy without being pompous. Make us rich in Your own way with the gifts You have waiting for each of us so that we will be useful, joyous, and edifying for Your Church.  

From, "To Live With Christ," page 520, Concordia Publishing House