SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2017
A prayer by Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson of the North Georgia Annual Conference, leading the United Methodist Church in “Praying Our Way Forward” for the week of March 19-25, 2017.
Gracious God, we pray for the Way Forward Commission and our Council of Bishops.
Deliver them, Almighty God, from the service of self alone, that they may do the work you have given them to do, in truth, and beauty, and for the common good, for the sake of the one who comes among us as one who serves, the One who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Lighten their loads, O God, and give them the gift of time and space to focus on this work.
Make them quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger.
Give them hearts of peace and help them seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Let them be fully open to the creative, transforming power of your Holy Spirit.
Keep them mindful, first and foremost, of our sacred mission of making disciples for the transformation of the world, and may all they do further and enhance this mission.
Breathe on us, breath of God, fill us with life anew, that we may love what thou dost love, and do what thou wouldst do.
In the name of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Amen.
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