Offertory Prayers for September 2007

September 2, 2007 — Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost
We take so much for granted, O Lord. This is a moment and an opportunity for us to say, "Thank you, God." Bless the gifts we bring that they may bring hope to those who have forgotten that you love them and healing to those whose pain makes them feel cut off from you. Amen.

September 9, 2007 — Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost
O Generous God, we thank you for your kindness to us. From infancy, we have received love and affection. Many people have touched our lives. Through these gifts, may your love touch the lives of those who hurt today. May your love be discovered afresh. May discouraged lives be filled with hope. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.

September 16, 2007 — Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost
Blessed Jesus, each of us has had some difficult experiences in our life, but each of us has also had blessings. We thank you for walking with us through difficulties and rejoicing with us during the good times. It is in thankfulness that we make this offering today in Jesus' name. Amen.

September 23, 2007 — Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost
Help us, O God, to feel good about giving without feeling that it makes us better than anyone else. Help us to find joy in sharing without assuming that it gives us the right to look down at those who have little to share. May your love rather than our pride go into all the world with these gifts. Amen.

September 30, 2007 — Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost
As we share our offerings this day, O Lord, we confess that we are easily taken in by the superficial. In making these offerings today, we are acknowledging that you are more awesome than all the power and majesty we can find in things that do not last. In giving, we are acknowledging our need to put first things first. Amen.

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Posted 4-25-07