Grace and peace on this Saturday! It’s good to close up the week with you in the Pastor’s Workshop.
As you know this week we’ve focused on what it means to be good stewards in God’s good creation. Our theme text has been Genesis 1:26-31. We’re blessed to have Rev. Kenny Dickson preach on that Scripture and a companion text tomorrow. We’re grateful for him being with us and his ministry of the Word.
On Saturday in the workshop, we prepare for Sunday in a special way. So much of Monday through Friday is “head” work. On Saturday we do “heart” work. Saturday is a day we pray for what the Lord will do on Sunday. We pray for the Lord’s blessing on our worship. We pray the Lord uses our worship to strengthen us to serve with Christ in the week ahead.
So as you “prepare with prayer” what are your prayers for this week? In particular, what would be your prayers for our stewardship of God’s good world?
Here are a few of mine:
· I pray our eyes to be open to seeing the true beauty and wonder of the world around us. It is magnificent!
· I pray our minds to be open to understanding the interconnection we share with all of creation. We are part of a “whole” of God’s making.
· I pray our hearts to be open to caring for creation even as God cares for creation.
· I pray we grow in our understanding of being good stewards in God’s good creation.
· I pray we recognize one or two simple changes we can make that would help our environment and that we make those adaptations.
Those are a few of my prayers. What would yours be for this most important issue of the stewardship of creation?
Since Saturday is a day of prayer and a day of rest, I’ll let you get to praying and resting. Know that I’m praying for tomorrow too! I pray that your worship will be a powerful blessing to get your week started right!
In that gift of grace, I’ll join you tomorrow in worship, in the Master’s Workshop.
Prayer: Gracious God, thank You for the week past. Thank You for Your word of truth and love. Thank You for being part of Your good creation. Thank You for the special role You give to us as stewards. Use our worship tomorrow to strengthen us for this ministry in ways that we can live it to Your glory. This we ask in the name of the One who is Lord of all, Jesus Christ our Lord.