Here’s a prayer of commitment from Christine Jerrett, written after
reading 1 Corinthians 3. It was posted on her blog, Christine Jerrett.
A prayer after pondering 1 Corinthians 3
Truth-telling
Saviour,
You gather
your people into one Body;
gathering us
beyond the divisions we create
by our fears that
it is all up to us
to make our
lives count;
divisions we
create in our anxiety
to make the
future turn out right.
Crucified and
risen Saviour,
You are among
us,
offering us
your truth that sets us free;
and your grace
that shapes a good future for all;
and your love
that fills our lives and lifts us up.
These gifts
draw us ever deeper into
your creative
presence;
these gifts
that form us into a people
who carry your
life-giving future in our world.
Open our eyes
to their liberating truth.
Open our hearts
to receive them.
By your Holy
Spirit,
form in us a
passion for your purposes —
a passion that
overcomes our self-centredness;
a passion that
makes us large in generosity.
Then, grant us
your Spirit of wisdom,
that we may
see the work you are doing
and may join
in with glad and grateful hearts
and be the
blessing you have summoned us to be.
We ask in the
name of Jesus
whose death
and resurrection
has made us
people of hope.
~ written by
Christine Jerrett and posted on Christine
Jerrett. https://christinejerrett.wordpress.com/
