O God, Whose Nature and Name is Love for Sunday, 26 February 2017 of The United Methodist Church Prays in Nashville, Tennessee, United States

O God, Whose Nature and Name is Love for Sunday, 26 February 2017 of The United Methodist Church Prays in Nashville, Tennessee, United States

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2017
A prayer by Bishop Kenneth H. Carter, Jr., of the Florida Annual Conference, leading the UMC in “Praying Our Way Forward” for the week of February 26-March 4. Bishop Carter is one of the three members of the Episcopal Moderator Team for the Commission on a Way Forward, and President-Designate of the Council of Bishops.
O God, whose nature and name is love:
We pray for the light that shines in the darkness, the radiant light that we see in the face of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Give us the faith to grow into his likeness, and give us the confidence to follow him.
We pray for the faithfulness of the church—that we would walk in your ways, trusting in your providence, listening for your voice.
We pray for the fruitfulness of the church—that we would make new disciples of Jesus Christ, in new places and in new ways, for the transformation of the world.
And we pray for the unity of the church—that we would live with a heart of peace and insofar as it depends on us, that we would seek to live in peace with all people.
May the work that is done by the Commission on a Way Forward and the Council of Bishops be a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to you. And may we, the people of the United Methodist Church, more fully offer to the world the grace that we have received, the grace that has brought us safe thus far, and the grace that will lead us home.
In the name of Jesus, our teacher and healer and for the sake of his body, the church. Amen.
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