Lord, Christ, healer,
As we enter this New Year, this new season
Remind us that you are the vine,
Apart from you we cannot bear fruit.
Apart from you there is no life.
Graft us
deeper into your kingdom
Deeper into
your blood stream.
And as we seek to make you known
Sow in us the seeds of your kingdom.
Sow in us
love.
Invite us deeper into your unquenchable love
That pushes past all our doubts and fears.
Sow in us
joy.
Your river of life extends through my broken
battered heart.
May our lives this year, be fountains of
unbridled joy.
Sow in us
peace.
Not man made, bought, or earthly peace.
But peace that opens its arms through the
most difficult and threatening situations.
Sow in us
patience.
Not a forced level of tolerance,
But a merging of our rhythm to your cadence
Our agendas to your compassion.
Sow in us
kindness.
That others will taste and see that we
operate from a different paradigm.
A paradigm of grace, freely offered, freely
given.
Sow in us
goodness.
Refine our motives and make them pure.
Sync our souls to the wholeness that you
offer.
Sow in us
faithfulness.
That in this New Year, we wouldn’t be a
people tossed to and fro by the latest trends,
But that we would be steadfast, like barnacles
rooted on a rock.
Sow in us
gentleness.
Infuse our hearts with your grace.
Disarm us with your tenderness.
Quiet us in your care.
Sow in us
self-control.
Let your Spirit be our guide post.
Let Christ be our teacher.
Sow in us
Lord.
Till and toss the soil of our hearts,
That we may be a prepared ground
For planting.
Sow in our
church.
Sow in your
kingdom.
Sow in your
earth.
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