Matthew R. Green's Blog, page 27

A Collect to Step Out in Faith

Great Jehovah, whose power can do more than we can fathom, grant us faith to do whatever it is that the Spirit asks of us, that we would see the miraculous happen around us and our trust in your would grow more and more, through Christ Jesus our Lord, who reigns together with you and […]

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A Collect for Reassurance

God of comfort, shield and stronghold, reassure us, O Lord, as we sit in our fear and worries, that we would find security in you and trust that you will never forsake us but hold us close to you, ever willing to receive us into your arms, through the suffering servant who bore much suffering […]

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A Collect to Know God’s Love

Gracious God, who shows kindness to your beloved, help us to believe deeply in your great love for us, that we would be secure in your goodness and thus able to live well and freely and generously as you do, through Christ our brother, who was ever secure on you and now lives in your […]

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A Collect for Protection from Suffering

Lord God of all, our sun and shield, protect us from trouble and suffering when we must endure trials, that we will not be overwhelmed or consumed by what we must face, but pass through, trusting in your goodness and the promise of seeing your face, through Christ our brother, who endured the cross and […]

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A Collect to Remember God’s Presence and Care

Almighty God, who has created us from nothing for your own delight, ease our fears and grant us faith in you, that we would remember that you love and care for us and that you are always with us no matter the circumstance, through Jesus our redeemer who lives with you and the Holy Spirit […]

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A Collect to Endure Fires of Purification

Holy One, who came to set things right in the world you love, help us to be willing to endure the purifying fire, that the chaff of our hearts would be burned away, leaving what is good and loving and true, through you who spoke truth to us for our good and still intercedes for […]

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A Collect to be Baptized by the Holy Spirit

Lord Jesus, who wields the power of the Almighty, immerse us in your Holy Spirit, that we would know your will and your ways and would be made pure, free from all impurities that tarnish your image within, through you who reigns over all things with the Father and Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen. […]

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A Lenten Collect to be Willing to Change

Spirit of God, who lives within us and empowers us to live as Jesus lived, grant us the willingness to be changed and to let go of what we believe defines us, that we might fulfill your design for us and produce good fruit in the world and for the Kingdom of God, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who reigns with you and the Father in glory forever and ever. Amen.

'Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.' - John 12:24-25

A Lenten Collect to Escape Death and Vice

Lord Jesus, who lived in the world but was not of it, help us to escape the ways of this world - the vices and passions born only of the world, the flesh, and the devil, that we might find life in you and live by your ways of love and peace, through you who showed us the way to the Father and gave us your Holy Spirit of wisdom and guidance in love. Amen.

'You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else.' - Eph. 2:1-3

A Lenten Collect to Have No Shame of our Actions

Almighty God, whose very being abides in perpetual light, incline our hearts to do good, that when our deeds are exposed, we would have no reason to be ashamed but would point to you as the source and reason for all that we have done, through Jesus Christ our redeemer, who reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.

"But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God." - John 3:21