Thursday, November 7, 2024

Loving Yahweh, we are blessed because we are your chosen, holy people, your instruments to do your work. We get rid of our arrogance, spitefulness, hatred, and anger. We wrap ourselves with your love and kindness. May we stay with you and obey you.

We wait in your sacred prayer space for your guidance and direction. We worship you while we wait, knowing your desire to love us and provide for our needs.

Loving Yahweh, we place our hope and trust in you, knowing you will fulfill your promises. Thank you for men and women who are examples of living a life of faith. We keep our eyes on Jesus. Thank you for the cloud of witnesses who are cheering us to throw off what hinders us from being who you created us to be.

Find us faithful, LORD, to your wisdom provided through our elders. When we follow their guidance, hold true to your promise to bless our journeys and direct our paths. Perfect our imperfect ways with your generous grace, and make true the decisions we make through faith.

We desire to be surrounded by your perfect light, love, and peace. In your presence, all we see is good, coming from the fruits of your spirit. We will focus on all that is good, so all sin will disappear from our vision. Let this be our hope as we journey together on your Ancient Path.

The seasons turn; we stand on the precipice between summer and autumn. Leaves also turn, as ancestor trees remember the chill that has returned in the night air and daytime breezes. They prepare by drawing inward and letting their foliage fall. You remind us again of your statutes and decrees, encouraging us to keep them with us as we prepare to cross the threshold into autumn.