Transformational Ministry
In July 2009, I wrote a prayer as I began a new year of ministry. This prayer has stuck me with me. I want to share it with you as my prayer for our ministry at Wehnwood UMC …
O God, give us clean hands and pure hearts, hearts like yours. Break our hearts for what breaks yours!
Give us strength. Be our Rock, our firm foundation. Provide us with the spiritual grounding we need for the journey ahead. As we build our lives on Christ the solid rock, develop your character in us!
Give us favor with the people you call us to reach and the people you call us to be in ministry with! Give us wisdom to lead well, and discernment to sift through all of the distractions in order to focus on the things you call us to be about!
Give us patience and persistence to stay the course in the midst of the challenges and obstacles that will arise during the slow-going work of transformation! Fill us with passion and energy that will sustain us for the long haul! Give us courage to do what’s difficult. Help us to follow you even when it’s hard!
Pour out your Holy Spirit upon us and help us to bear much fruit! Do something unpredictable and uncontrollable. Please use us to make your name great!
Through your leadership in our lives, expressed and lived out in all of the places we serve, create a strong community of faith that will be fully engaged in the mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world! Amen.
O God, give us clean hands and pure hearts, hearts like yours. Break our hearts for what breaks yours!
Give us strength. Be our Rock, our firm foundation. Provide us with the spiritual grounding we need for the journey ahead. As we build our lives on Christ the solid rock, develop your character in us!
Give us favor with the people you call us to reach and the people you call us to be in ministry with! Give us wisdom to lead well, and discernment to sift through all of the distractions in order to focus on the things you call us to be about!
Give us patience and persistence to stay the course in the midst of the challenges and obstacles that will arise during the slow-going work of transformation! Fill us with passion and energy that will sustain us for the long haul! Give us courage to do what’s difficult. Help us to follow you even when it’s hard!
Pour out your Holy Spirit upon us and help us to bear much fruit! Do something unpredictable and uncontrollable. Please use us to make your name great!
Through your leadership in our lives, expressed and lived out in all of the places we serve, create a strong community of faith that will be fully engaged in the mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world! Amen.
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