Prayer
Source of all joy,
Many forces in the world today want to shape our perspectives in unhealthy ways. Yet you give us the power to guard our hearts and to see the world through eyes of gratitude, learning to encounter the people and situations around us in ways that ultimately lead us to joy. Today, as we strive to bring healing to a world in need, we pray that each of us working together would commit to shaping a culture of gratitude, so that your abundant, life-giving joy would be more palpable among us. For our own sake and for the sake of all those we are privileged to serve, we pray. Amen.