Category: Collects

Gracious Father, who created all things in goodness and joy, let love be the heart of our lives, that we would desire what is good for you and for those around us even as we desire it for ourselves. We ask this through Jesus, your son, who loved us to the end and now lives…

God in heaven, the one true creator of all that is, incline our hearts to seek you before all things, that our hearts would not be divided but find our goodness centered on you and your ways, through Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns in perfect joy with you and the Holy Spirit, world…

True and living God, who has promised goodness to your people, may we continually seek your ways and your presence, that we might know you and receive your blessing and trust that we can walk in safety and peace as we abide within your present and coming kingdom, through Jesus our savior, who reigns with…

Great and awesome God, creator of all that is, let your goodness, love, and joy be manifested in us, that our connection to you and your kingdom ways would be evident to all those who see us and all might rejoice in your work in us, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns…

Spirit of the living God, who dwells within our deepest hearts, let not persecution or trouble dissuade us from following in your ways, but help us be faithful to love you and one another and even those who trouble us as you have loved us, through Jesus our example, who died that we might live…

God of wonder, who fashioned a world suited for us, grant us joy even in the face of trouble or persecution, that we would find your goodness enough to sustain us always and rejoice in you love now and forever, through Christ our savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one…

Lord Jesus, who has shown us the way to the Father, give us good models of what it is to walk in your Kingdom ways, that we might imitate you and those who follow you well and so take on your blessed way of being, through you who lives and reigns in glory with the…

Our God and Father, who hears the prayers of your children, may we be worthy of being known for our faith, love, and hope, that you would be honored by our actions and our hearts. This we ask through him who reigns with you in the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. ‘We…

Holy Trinity, three in one, let us not forget to pray for one another, that we would lift up to you those whom you have placed in our path and also strengthen our bonds with one another in love, through Christ our Lord, who loved us to the end and now reigns in glory with…

Holy Spirit, whose nature is joy forever, open our hearts to the goodness and wonder that you have set in place for us, that we would be filled with joy as you are and rejoice in the goodness of the Lord forever and ever, through Christ our redeemer who lives and reigns in the presence…