Here’s
a prayer of petition and commitment, or an opening prayer of invocation
inspired by 1 Samuel 3:1-10. It was posted on the Vanderbilt Divinity Library website.
Prayer
(inspired by 1 Samuel
3:1-10)
Insistent
God,
by
night and day you summon your slumbering people,
So
stir us with your voice
and
enlighten our lives with your grace
that
we give ourselves fully
to
Christ's call to mission and ministry. Amen.
~
posted on Revised Common
Lectionary Prayers copyright © 2002 Consultation on Common Texts
admin. Augsburg Fortress. Posted on Thematic, Intercessory and Scripture Prayers for the RCL, Vanderbilt Divinity Library.http://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/