Opening Prayer
04/29/2024
Chaplain Margaret Grun Kibben
God, our guide, we look to You and ask for the strength only You can provide. On this day and the week ahead, may we seek Your face always.
We pray that we, individually and corporately, would try hard to live rightly. Together, with pure hearts, may we trust You and walk in faith, love, and peace.
Dissuade us from fruitless and foolish arguments, lest they descend into destructive disputes. As Your servants, may we avoid quarreling and show kindness and patience with each other.
When we know we are right, may we be gentle with those who disagree. When we realize we are wrong, may we, with humility, seek to advance the truth.
It seems so simple to ask, but even our best intentions can get ensnared in our pride and prejudices. Guide us, then, in Your truth through the complex influence of these contentious times.
It is in Your mercy that we dare to pray. Amen.
1 Chronicles 16:11
2 Timothy 2:22–26