Sunday AM Prayer 28 July 2024

Prayer for the Chaplain + Deacon + Pastor

Miraculous God,

It is another Sunday, which is the day when everything needs to click into place for my sermon, for my heart, for my people, for my life. Which is too much to expect, I know. But it truly is another day to look for your miracles with my eyes and through a faith that seems to consistently bump along the shore the whole time. Which is just enough to keep me going. Because you’re there all along and it’s always enough. So stop my mouth from making excuses or having answers when I know it’s just out of fear that I need to try and answer all the things. Or excuse myself. You involve me in this miraculous work – your miraculous work. And they always point to your fullness. Your completeness. Your love for all that was, is, and will be. It’s just truly a miracle. And it plays out in my life, too. This work I get to do, this life I get to lead. So help my heart and my fists to unclench so I can even begin to comprehend all there is in you. It’s overwhelming. I am so grateful. And even when I don’t feel grateful or aren’t acting especially grateful, I know you’re there for me still.

Your awe and wonder are in full measure for the people who are closest to me. They are the ones who sometimes feel and bear the brunt of ministry in all the sideways ways. It’s not fair to them, to me, or to you. So help me to love them and be loved by them too. Amen

Take a deep breath, dear deacon, dear pastor, dear chaplain. For your labor in the Lord is not in vain. Don’t be afraid. God is with you.