Prayer: Spirit Fruit with the Rev. Dr. David Long-Higgins

Loving God, ripen me…

Grant me grace to love

That Your pulse may enliven me.

Grant me your joining joy,

Answering the fear of the world

With your radiant Spirit.

Grant me Your peace to share

In a world aching to rest

From fractious fighting.

Grant me Your patience

Grounding my soul in grace

That I may offer the same to others.

Grant me Your kindness

For every rough edge revealed

In myself and all your beloved.

Grant me a generous Spirit

Trusting Your resource is enough

For the gift of this day You give.

Grant me a flood of faithfulness

Filling my heart with resolve

To trust Your power in all things.

Grant me Your gentleness

For every hard thing

Daring to evoke anger or fear.

Grant me self-control

Freeing me from the prison

I so easily construct

With perpetual distractions

Covering over the gifts

You yearn to give.

Yes, Love,

Grant me grace to grow

In this sustaining Spirit

That is You in all things

Seen and unseen.

And let it be

More than enough

For today.