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A Collect to Live Up to God’s Desires
Righteous Father, whose judgments are reflections of your holy nature and design of all creation, help us to live up to your desires, not…
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A Collect to Serve the King Well
King of All Kings, who is lavish with your generosity, keep us from taking advantage of your generosity and neglecting the expectations…
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A Collect of Thanks for God’s Hospitality
Loving Lord, who desires that all would be with you, thank you for your gathering of us all into your hall and for not judging us for our…
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A Collect of Praise for God’s Inclusion of Us All
God of all nations, who loves each part of his creation, we thank you for your invitations to all of us, whether or not we were worthy of…
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A Collect to Respect God’s Justice
Righteous Judge, in whose right hand is the scepter of justice, give us courage and strength to stand before the justice you enact, for…
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A Collect to Value Divine Things
God of the spiritual and material, ruler of all things seen and unseen, we find it easy to value those things that are here in front of…
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A Collect to Accept the Lord’s Invitations
Lord of all nations and king of all creation, forgive us when we ignore or reject the invitations you send us. Be gracious to us, and…
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A Collect for the Healing of our Souls
God of grace, who knows our hearts, help us to recognize what is going on in our own souls, that we would see the truth of ourselves and…
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A Collect to Produce Good Fruit
God of all creation, whose kingdom belongs to you alone and with which you can do what you please, nurture in us the seeds that will…
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A Collect to Embrace God’s Values
Merciful Lord, whose thoughts are not our thoughts, turn our eyes to the things that are most important to you and your ways, that we…