Monday Prayer: Sufficient Grace

God of grace and mercy, your love has no boundaries. 

Your power does not discriminate. 

Your healing does not favor one race, ethnicity, or creed. 

In a world that teaches a false scarcity of resources and preaches the false gospel of blessedness through prosperity, help us to understand your grace is enough.

 It is enough to help us live in trust. 

It is enough to carry us into and through faithful action. 

It is enough to open our minds to new and imaginative ways to bring all people together for the sake of peace, for sake of community, for the sake of Jesus. 

Hear our prayer, O God. 

And, in your mercy, answer us. 

Monday Prayer: Disturb Us

Disturb us, Lord, when
We are too well pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true
Because we have dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely
Because we sailed too close to the shore.
Disturb us, Lord, when
With the abundance of things we possess
We have lost our thirst
For the waters of life;
Having fallen in love with life,
We have ceased to dream of eternity
And in our efforts to build a new earth,
We have allowed our vision
Of the new Heaven to dim.
Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,
To venture on wider seas
Where storms will show Your mastery;
Where losing sight of land,
We shall find the stars.
We ask You to push back
The horizons of our hopes;
And push us into the future
In strength, courage, hope, and love.


- Attributed to Sir Francis Drake