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A Collect to be Honored in the Kingdom

King of kings, who reigns high above all creation, lift us up when we willingly sacrifice our status and honor, that the giving of ourselves would not return to us empty but demonstrate the glory of your kingdom and its ways of love and goodness to all, through Christ our redeemer, who died for our […]

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A Collect for the Willingness to be Humble

Exalted Father, who honors those who have been brought low, may we be secure in your love, that we would be willing to suffer indignities, knowing that we are held by you and that you redeem all things in the proper time, through Christ our savior, who let himself be brought low and now lives […]

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A Collect to Eschew the Praise of Others

God above all gods, who deserves the praise and honor of all people, keep from us the need to seek out status and fame and the acclaim of others, that we would not find ourselves shamed and knocked from a pedestal of our own making but instead be secure in your constant love, though Jesus […]

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A Collect to Believe in the Great Inversion

Creator God, who set the universe in motion and knows its design and function, help us to truly see how life works, that we would comprehend the upside-down way of your Kingdom and seek to live according to your ways of humility and contentment and so find the riches you have prepared, through Jesus our […]

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A Collect for Faith in God’s Power

Almighty God, who works wonders on behalf of those you love, increase our faith, that we would be enabled to receive the miraculous and witness your power in our midst, through Christ our Lord, who died and was raised to new life and now reigns with you and the Holy Spirit in glory forever and […]

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A Collect for Mercy for Our Failings

Lord God, righteous judge of all people, do not destroy us as we justly deserve. Have mercy on us for our failings, and guide us in your ways of justice and mercy and truth, that we would produce good fruit, appropriate to your kingdom and your character and pleasing to your taste, through Christ our […]

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A Collect to Not Spurn God’s Gifts

Gracious Father, who works the soil of our hearts and communities, may we not abuse your largesse and ignore your goodness to us, but may we turn your generosity into gratitude and return to your hand mercy and justice and love, through Christ our redeemer, who blessed us with your wisdom and now intercedes for […]

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A Collect to Understand the Times

Master of all time and space, who has seen the end from the beginning, grant us eyes to see and interpret the truth of what is happening around us, that we would know what it is that we ought to do and act as your hands of real love and mercy and justice in the […]

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A Collect to Anticipate Conflict Against Kingdom Ways

Christ Jesus, whose words cut to our very hearts, let us not forget that your kingdom and it ways are foreign to this world, that we would anticipate strife and division yet place ourselves in your willing, powerful, and loving hands, through you who reigns in glory with the Father and Holy Spirit forever and […]

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A Collect to Remember We Are Foreigners

Heavenly Father, who graciously adopted us into your family, remind us that we are foreigners on this earth, that we would not become too comfortable here and too attached to the ways of this world, but long for a better home and trust in the time when you will provide it for us, through Christ […]

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