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A Collect to Remain in Connection Always with Christ
Lord Jesus, our source of life and goodness, draw us more and more to your heart that we would live close to you, and grant us also the grace to receive you moment by moment that you would remain close to us and so live in constant connection to the one who is our very…
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A Collect to Abide in Jesus
Lord Jesus, through whom true life flows, help us to abide in you, to remain in your presence and love, that we might receive your life and power always and so naturally walk in your ways, producing the fruit of love, goodness, and joy, through you who sacrificed yourself for our sake and was exalted…
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A Collect for the Word of Jesus to Cleanse Our Hearts
Spirit of the Lord Almighty, the presence of God in the air we breathe, trim and prune our hearts by the words spoken by our Lord Jesus Christ, that his teachings would not fall on deaf ears or lie fallow in our souls, but would effect change and growth in our hearts, producing a harvest…
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A Collect to Anticipate the Pruning of Our Souls
Great Father and gardener of our souls, who delights in the life and growth of all that you have made, let us not be surprised when we face difficulties and losses, knowing that you at times must prune our hearts for our own good, that we might grow more fruitful and more of a blessing…
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A Collect to Love Others in Deed and Truth
Almighty God, who reached down into our troubled world in order to show your love with our human flesh, grant that we would likewise love those around us so much that we step into their worlds and take action for their good and so prove ourselves children of our Father, through Jesus Christ our Lord,…
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A Collect to Be Filled with Love in Order to Love
Holy Spirit of God, who knows the deep places of our hearts even better than we do, fill our hearts with gratitude, awe, and love at the willingness of Jesus to give himself for our sake, that in being so filled with that love, we might be willing to freely give of ourselves for one…
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A Collect for Unity in the Church
Good shepherd of the flock, who seeks out all those who are lost, gather us together in one spirit and one mind, that rather than biting and devouring one another, we would all listen to your voice and follow in your footsteps of service and care for the world, through you who gave yourself for…
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A Collect to Work with Christ in the Ministry of Reconciliation
Good shepherd, who nurtures, protects, and guides us, your sheep, show us how we might participate in your work of gathering the many into your fold, that as many as are willing might know your voice and would enjoy your goodness, through you who is both lamb and shepherd and ultimately lord of all with…
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A Collect to Know Jesus Well
Good shepherd, who knows us much better than we know ourselves, increase our knowledge and trust in you, that we would know you truly and deeply as dear friends know one another and would be able to understand your great love for us and what you ask of us in the world, through you who…
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A Collect to Recognize Selfish Leaders
Spirit of Christ, who lives within our hearts, grant us the wisdom to recognize those leaders who do not care for us and who are only looking to themselves and their profit, that we would entrust ourselves to ones who follow in the footsteps of Jesus’s love and sacrifice, through him who died and was…