God, we give thanks for those who have run the race and finished the … courses, for those approaching the end of high school or college; apprenticeships or graduate programs. We pray for those who are missing the last year of spring sports or musicals, celebrated acceptances, whispered rejections, senior events, graduation parties, walking the stage, flipping the tassel, and tossing the caps. We pray for all those who will not be able to proudly witness all those achievements in ways they had envisioned. Help them to focus on the giver of every good and perfect gift. Help them to focus on you, our Creator God, who created each of them uniquely with the gifts, abilities, talents and with perseverance to accomplish such incredible goals. May they take all that they have learned and offer it to you as they take their next steps in this world. Help them to bring justice, mercy and to spread love wherever they go. We ask this in Jesus' name, Amen.
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 3:12-14
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Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 3:12-14
Join others at 12 PM today to pray for our local and global community. Use the Zoom Link to join with others and pray together.