MATTHEW 4:12-23
JESUS, OUR SAVIOR,
HEAR US CALLING TO YOU IN GRATITUDE FOR THIS TIME SPENT IN WORSHIP. ALLOW US TO BE UPLIFTED BY THE WORD AND ENCOURAGED BY THE SPIRIT OF LOVE THAT FLOWS THROUGH THIS PLACE. WE ASK THAT THOSE WHO ARE VISITING FEEL WELCOMED AND LOVED AND THAT OUR VOICES CARRY YOUR MESSAGE OF LOVE BEYOND THESE WALLS AND INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
AS WE CONTEMPLATE YOUR MESSAGE TO FOLLOW, TO BE FISHER’S OF MEN, TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THOSE WHO WALKED BESIDE YOU, REMIND US THAT WE DO NOT NEED TO BE PERFECT TO DO YOUR WORK … ONLY THAT WE BE READY TO PICK UP AND FOLLOW. GIVE US HUMBLE HEARTS TO BE GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE FOUND US WORTHY TO BE USED – IN WAYS BIG AND SMALL – TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR WILL HERE ON EARTH. HELP US TO RESPOND WITHOUT HESITATION WHEN YOUR VOICE CALLS US INTO ACTION.
REJOICING IN THE CALL TO FOLLOW YOU WE RESPOND IN LOVE.
AND ALL GOD’S CHILDREN SAY,
AMEN