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A Collect to Abide with Jesus and He with Us
Lord Jesus Christ, who meets us when we seek you out, come stay with us and abide in our home, and may we find great joy in receiving…
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A Collect to be Seen
Lord Jesus, whose compassion for your people runs deep, show us that our desires and needs are seen, that we would escape feeling alone…
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A Collect to Sacrifice our Pride for the Sight of God
Humble savior, who stepped out of your majesty to live with us, help us to become willing to sacrifice our pride and status if it means…
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A Collect to Endure Trial and Receive Blessing
Almighty God, who bears authority to wield the sword as well as to lay it down, let us not expect that we will escape struggle and trial,…
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A Collect for the Capacity to Humble Ourselves
High King of Heaven, who stooped low to take on our frail flesh, give us likewise the capacity to humble ourselves for the sake of love,…
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A Collect to Recognize and Confess our Need
Lord of heaven, whose power is greater than we can fathom and whose mercy is of equal strength, help us to recognize our need and be…
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A Collect for Mercy
Almighty one, by whose word all of creation came into being and through whom all things are sustained, have mercy on us who are small and…
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A Collect to Put Aside Contempt
Lord Jesus Christ, who invites all into the kingdom of heaven, keep us from contempt and derision, that we would never see one of your…
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A Collect to Not Rely On our Own Goodness
Lord Jesus, whose nature is exalted yet humble, keep us from trusting in our own goodness lest we lift ourselves higher than we deserve,…
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A Collect to Instinctively Live According to God’s Law
Lord God, whose promises are like iron, open our hearts that you might write your law within them, that your ways would be natural to us,…