Category: Collects

Loving Lord, who desires that all should know their belovedness, restore us and bring us again to life, that we would no longer feel abandoned and despairing but experience your love and presence, through Christ Jesus our savior, who loved us to the end and now intercedes for us before your throne in the Holy…

Almighty God, who holds the universe in your hands, save your people, those whom you love, that we might be rescued from the darkness and destruction of this world and your people would praise you for your salvation and vindication, through Christ our Lord, who reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now…

Blessed Jesus, who is the head of the church, help us to receive from one another rely on one another, that we would be a healthy community, leaning on each other for the gifts and goods you have apportioned to us all for the sake of the many, through you who reigns with the Father…

Spirit of the Almighty God, who works in all of us expressions of power and wisdom and love, incline our hearts to use your gifts and our talents for the good of all, that the entire body of believers and all of creation would benefit from what you have wrought in us, and all might…

Indwelling Spirit, from whom nothing is hidden in all creation, keep us from being drawn and enticed by that which is futile and useless, that we would turn ever and always to you for wisdom and comfort and help and thus receive what we truly need, through Jesus our brother, who reigns in you at…

Great Jehovah, whose power can do more than we can fathom, grant us faith to do whatever it is that the Spirit asks of us, that we would see the miraculous happen around us and our trust in your would grow more and more, through Christ Jesus our Lord, who reigns together with you and…

God of comfort, shield and stronghold, reassure us, O Lord, as we sit in our fear and worries, that we would find security in you and trust that you will never forsake us but hold us close to you, ever willing to receive us into your arms, through the suffering servant who bore much suffering…

Gracious God, who shows kindness to your beloved, help us to believe deeply in your great love for us, that we would be secure in your goodness and thus able to live well and freely and generously as you do, through Christ our brother, who was ever secure on you and now lives in your…

Lord God of all, our sun and shield, protect us from trouble and suffering when we must endure trials, that we will not be overwhelmed or consumed by what we must face, but pass through, trusting in your goodness and the promise of seeing your face, through Christ our brother, who endured the cross and…

Almighty God, who has created us from nothing for your own delight, ease our fears and grant us faith in you, that we would remember that you love and care for us and that you are always with us no matter the circumstance, through Jesus our redeemer who lives with you and the Holy Spirit…