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A Collect to Trust in God’s Apportioning of Responsibility in the Kingdom
Master of all the earth, who gives to all as you deem fitting, grant us trust in your wisdom to believe that you give responsibility to…
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A Collect for Comfort in Loss of Loved Ones
Gentle Father, who created us all and loves us with a love greater than any earthly father, comfort us who have lost or expect to lose…
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A Collect for Our Hearts to be Inclined toward the Father
Lord God of Israel, who chose one people as your own but desires that all should come to you, incline our hearts toward you, that we…
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A Collect of Thanks for Consequences for Sin
Lord God Almighty, who is just in your judgements, we thank you for giving us consequences for our wrongs, that through them we might…
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A Collect to Remember God’s Goodness
Lord God Almighty, who performs miracles for your people, call to our minds those moments in our story where you have done great things…
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A Collect to Turn from Our Idols
Almighty God, who alone has power to save, heal, and sustain us, show us our idols – those false gods and promises that we serve, that we…
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A Collect for Wisdom for the Future
You who stands outside of time, who knows the end from the beginning, grant us wisdom to know how to be prepared for what is to come,…
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A Collect to Avoid Exalting Ourselves
Lord God of Heaven and Earth, who alone is self-sufficient and deserving of great honor, keep us from lauding and exalting ourselves,…
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A Collect to Be Happy to Learn Always
God of all wisdom, who hung the stars in place and wove the fabric of space and time, help us to recognize our lack and be content with…
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A Collect to Be Happy Regardless of Status
Great Jehovah, who alone holds all wisdom and knowledge, show us how to be content without titles and status, but grant us happiness in…