Invisible God. How do we know you if you are invisible? You are invisible to those who would not see, but we see you everywhere. Through the eyes of faith and the heart of openness, we see you in the mountains, animals, streams, and lakes we see on vacation. We see you in the joy of friends faces upon our return. We see you in the support of our church and the joy of ministering together. We see you in the growing crops and maturing gardens. We see you in children and families. We see you everywhere we look, if we just look.
Open our eyes of faith, Lord. Open our Heat of faithfulness. You have called us to a great mission. A mission which reaches deep in the hearts of your people, deep into the lives of those around us, and spreads out to all the world. We pray for those whose hearts are broken by grief or broken relationships, or other losses. We pray for those whose hearts ache because of the troubles of those they love, the sickness in our families, or mental illness. We pray for those who sit vigil beside the beds of loved ones and those who await the celebration of a new child or grandchild. We pray for those who take our ministry to Nashville on the work camp this week. We pray for those who will carry your love in hammers and nails to the Habitat project. We thank you for all the ways your ministry works through our church and your people.
Lord work in us. Extend your love through us. Let your grace flow through us. Let your word be made real in our lives that we too will be an image of God to those to whom you are otherwise invisible.
We offer your lives and our church. Take us. Use us. Connect us to your purpose and your kingdom. Hear our Prayer O Lord.
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