A Prayer for the Grace to Serve [From "Common Prayer Pocket Edition"]
(Excerpt from Common Prayer Pocket Edition by Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.)
A Prayer for the Grace to Serve
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It was your joy to serve.
Thank you for your service.
Show me where you want me to serve,
give me the ability to serve,
let me serve.
And make my heart pure toward everyone.
It was your joy to sacrifice.
Thank you for your sacrifice.
Show me what you want me to sacrifice,
give me the ability to sacrifice,
let me sacrifice.
And make my heart pure toward everyone.
It was your joy to suffer.
Thank you for your suffering.
Show me how you want me to suffer,
give me the ability to suffer,
let me suffer.
And make my heart pure toward everyone.
Image: The San Damiano Cross. From Common Prayer Pocket Edition.
Learn more about Common Prayer Pocket Edition. “It’s like the backup vocals” of Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals, write authors Claiborne & Wilson-Hartgrove.
I love Common Prayer and Common Prayer Pocket Edition. To me they feel ancient and refreshing — crack one open, and it’s like finding cool, clean water in an old cistern.
- Adam Forrest, Zondervan
Visit the Common Prayer website at www.commonprayer.net
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