Author: mgreen

  • A Collect to See Where We Misunderstand God’s Law

    A Collect to See Where We Misunderstand God’s Law

    Lord Jesus, who taught us the ways of the Father, open our eyes to see where we have replaced the law of love with our own personal and cultural demands, that we would free ourselves and others from useless things and bind ourselves to your way of hope and freedom and love, through you who…

  • A Collect to Abandon Laws that are not of God

    A Collect to Abandon Laws that are not of God

    God of heaven and earth, who gave us your Law to guide our steps, keep us from declaring our own desires and comforts to be your will, that we would be bound by your laws and not that which leads not to life nor to you, and would find your ways to be restful to…

  • A Collect to Desire God Above All

    A Collect to Desire God Above All

    Lord God Almighty, who has delivered to us your good word, draw our hearts to you, that we would eschew using you as an excuse for our own desires but would worship you in spirit and truth, desiring you and your goodness above all, through Christ our Lord who showed us the way of love…

  • A Collect to Bring our Needs to God

    A Collect to Bring our Needs to God

    Loving God, whose ear is ever turned towards our prayers, incline our hearts to bring our needs and desires to you throughout the day and to lift up those in need and in our hearts for your care and protection, through Christ our Savior, who intercedes also for us before your throne in the Holy…

  • A Collect to Hear the Word of God

    A Collect to Hear the Word of God

    Lord God, who spoke the world into being, give us ears to hear what you are saying, that we would be equipped to destroy the evils we face and to fulfill the work that you have prepared for us to accomplish, through Christ our protection and salvation, who reigns with you and the Holy Spirit…

  • A Collect for Increased Trust in God

    A Collect for Increased Trust in God

    All-knowing God, our shield and protector, increase our faith, that we would trust you more, believing that your promises are sure and your goodness is real in the moment we have need of it, through Christ our Lord, who loved us to the end and ascended to you to intercede for us through the Holy…

  • A Collect to Stand in Truth

    A Collect to Stand in Truth

    Almighty God, who has known the end from the beginning, incline our hearts to shun deceit and devote ourselves to what is true, that we would not seek to save ourselves through falsehoods, but would trust in you to deliver us in the light, through Christ our Redeemer who reigns with you and the Holy…

  • A Collect to Know Our Weaknesses

    A Collect to Know Our Weaknesses

    Almighty God, source of wisdom from highest heaven, reveal to us where there are holes and weaknesses in our struggle against sin, that we would guard ourselves against evil and temptation and stand firm in righteousness and truth, through Christ our Lord, who gave us a perfect example and ascended to reign with you and…

  • A Collect to Seek the Redemption of All

    A Collect to Seek the Redemption of All

    Almighty God, our shield and deliverer, open our eyes to see the spiritual evils that fight against us, that we would not villainize and battle the children you love, but would seek and work for their redemption as you do, through Christ our Lord, who died for all that all might live in union with…

  • A Collect to Cling to Jesus, Even in Difficulty

    A Collect to Cling to Jesus, Even in Difficulty

    Lord Jesus, you who bears the words of eternal life, help us to cling to you, even when your words and commands are difficult, that we would not give in to the easy path but continue to work out our salvation in you and find the life you promise, through you who created all things…