Collects and Thoughts

  • A Collect to Trust in God’s Promises

    A Collect to Trust in God’s Promises

    Everlasting God, who was and is and is to come, we thank you for fulfilling your promises to David and to us all. Help us to trust in those promises and in your goodness towards us, that we would feel always secure in you, through our Savior, Jesus Christ, heir of David and firstborn of…

  • A Collect for Righteous and Good Leaders

    A Collect for Righteous and Good Leaders

    God of Israel and of all peoples, who seats kings and throws down nations, give to us rulers that reign in justice and righteousness, that your people would flourish and be refreshed, ready to step into the world and do the good you desire and have prepared for us, through Christ our Lord who lives…

  • A Collect to Follow Our King

    A Collect to Follow Our King

    High King Jesus, who has inherited the whole of creation, may we listen to your voice and obey your will and follow your ways that we would belong to the truth and abide in your goodness and in the safety of your presence and love, through you who reigns over all things in grace and…

  • A Collect to Give Up Fighting for the Things of This World

    A Collect to Give Up Fighting for the Things of This World

    Lord God Almighty, who reigns in true wisdom and immeasurable love, keep us from fighting for the things of this world, that we would value what you value and trust in the goodness of your ways and the final triumph of your kingdom and culture, through Christ our redeemer, who lives with you and the…

  • A Collect to Not Belong to This World

    A Collect to Not Belong to This World

    Great King Jesus, who reigns over all things in power and majesty and love, show us where our hearts belong to this world and not to your own, that we might wean ourselves from the ways of the world and live more and more in alignment with your kingdom and your goodness, through you who…

  • A Collect to Encourage One Another

    A Collect to Encourage One Another

    Indwelling Spirit, our source of perfect wisdom, incline our hearts always to seek ways to encourage one another, that we would not allow our brothers and sisters to fall into despair or foolishness but inspire one another to love and goodness in the world, through Christ our redeemer who reigns through you with the Father…

  • A Collect to Know and Follow the Ways of God

    A Collect to Know and Follow the Ways of God

    Spirit of the Lord, who abides within us and speaks to us of the things of God, write your law in our hearts and in our minds, that we would know and follow your ways instinctively and naturally, fulfilling the good that you desire in the world and living as true children of our Father,…

  • A Collect to be Continuously Made Holy

    A Collect to be Continuously Made Holy

    Lord Jesus Christ, the perfect lamb of God, we thank you for your great sacrifice for our sake. Continue to work in us your goodness, that we might be continually made holy and sanctified according to your perfect desire and plan for your beloved children, through you who reigns now over all things in glory…

  • A Collect for Strength in Trying Times

    A Collect for Strength in Trying Times

    Almighty God, Lord over all that passes in creation, grant us strength to endure the trouble that inevitably comes, that we would not be destroyed by wars and disasters or be consumed with fear but lean into your goodness and the deliverance that you have promised, through Christ our savior who reigns with you in…

  • A Collect for Faith in the Midst of Chaos

    A Collect for Faith in the Midst of Chaos

    Great prophet and savior of our souls, let us not be surprised at the chaos of the world and the destruction that we wreak upon one another, but grant us faith to trust in you and your sovereignty and goodness as we live amidst a sinful and troubled world, though you who suffered at our…







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