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A Collect for Faith in Christ’s Compassion

Lord Jesus, king of all kings and high priest of the living God, grant us faith in your compassion and empathy for our weaknesses, that we would not fail to approach your throne for mercy when we are in need, through you who loved us to the end and now rules in that same love…
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A Collect for Contentment to be Last

God of the great and small, who has experienced what it is to be lord and slave, grant us the grace to be content with being small and last and less than, trusting in your promise and desire to lift up the humble and the vulnerable and bless those who are least in the world’s…
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A Collect to Let Go of That Which Hinders

Great teacher, who came down from the Father to grant us true wisdom, give us the courage to let go of those things that hinder us from entering your kingdom, that we would be free to receive what you desire to give us and we would enjoy the rewards you have prepared for us since…
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A Collect for Help to Enter Christ’s Kingdom

Great teacher, who showed us the way and walked before us, it is difficult to enter into your kingdom. Help us in our weakness, that we might desire what you desire, believe what you believe, and live as you lived. This we ask through you who intercedes for us before the Father in the Holy…
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A Collect to Hold Wealth Loosely

Lord of all creation, by whose graciousness we possess all that we have, keep us from attaching overly strongly to our wealth and possessions, that our determination would be always to live not according to the laws of this material world, but according to the ways of your kingdom, through your beloved Son, who showed…
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A Collect for Generous Hearts

Lord Jesus, who gave up all things for our sake, grant us generous hearts, that we would give willingly to those in need and so discover wealth of a lasting kind in heaven, through you who reigns over all things in compassion and joy with the Father and Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen. ‘Jesus,…
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A Collect to Unburden Ourselves

Spirit of Truth, who knows us deeper than we know ourselves, reveal to us those things to which we are bound and which keep us from you and your kingdom, that we might let go of our burdens and be free to follow you, trusting in greater things to come, through Christ our redeemer, who…
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A Collect to Accept Both Good and Bad

God of wisdom and strength, who is sovereign over all things that happen, grant us patience and understanding to accept whatever comes, that we might trust in you and your plan, believing that ultimately your goodness will prevail for us and all creation, through Christ our Lord, who reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,…
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A Collect to be Increasingly Sanctified

Loving Father, by whom all things were made, including we your children, continue to sanctify us through your beloved son, Jesus, that we might be more and more made drawn into your kingdom and your ways, following in the footsteps of our glorified brother, through him who died for all and was raised to new…
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A Collect of Thanks for Christ’s Suffering for Us

Generous Lord, who is crowned with glory and honor, we thank you for suffering for our sake, that we might receive the grace of God and one day be made perfect as you are perfect, through you who now reigns over all things with the Father in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen. ‘…but…
