Prayer

God of all,

More and more each day we see the influence of artificial intelligence in our lives, whether through our phones and devices that keep us “connected”  or through so many new applications affecting our work. It can be scary if we allow it to be. Yet if we are wise and proactive, we know we can guide the use of such tools to enhance the lives of many, especially those we care for each day in our clinics and hospitals and wider communities.  Help us, therefore, to leverage our technologies in service to the greater good of humanity and to bring good help to those in need. Amen.

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God of equality,

You created everyone equal, and you love everyone equally.  Martin Luther King, Jr. was a man of equality. His words and actions have helped guide our world with a fresh vision of our shared dignity before you. Though we are still so far from such ideals, we thank you for Dr. King’s good example and for his urgent call to all of us, to live a life of equality and serve one another in community. For this we pray to the God who shows no partiality, Amen.

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Awesome God,

As we grow in childhood, we learn so many wonderful and amazing things that stop us in our tracks and we say “WOW!”  However, such wondrous exploration hardly needs to stop just because we reach a certain age.  Continue to show us each day how awesome you are, whether in a beautiful sunset, the beauty of a child’s smile, the frolicking of animals playing, or in the silence of the night sky.  Just as we don’t stop learning after childhood, inspire us to continue discovering your awesome presence all around us today.   In anticipation of our next ‘WOW,’ we pray.  Amen.

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Joyful God,

We often equate joy with a positive feeling or exterior happiness, when in reality it is far deeper than either of those can contain. Joy lies deep within our souls, and we often miss it if we focus too much on the exterior emotions. Guide us to experience that undercurrent of understanding that comes with your goodness each day, that we might experience true joy and share it with others.  Amen.

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Creator God,

The peace that comes from being in nature brings a solace to the soul. It pushes troubles aside for a time in order to experience and return to the present moment. Guide us more and more to those times of solace, where we can collect our thoughts and hear your voice in the whisper of creation, leading us through our troubles and back into a life of peace.  We ask this in your name, Amen.

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Joyful Spirit,

You brought joy into this world by all that you created. Precious animals, green foliage, beautiful flowers, and the air we breathe; signs of your love for us. Today, we often experience people who come into our lives that illuminate joy just by walking past us. The kind of joy that catches the soul, because of the love within them. We pray that this love continues to flow from person to person until the world is filled with an unending joy. Amen. 

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God of all that is good,

There is so much delight in our world, even amidst so many challenges and trials. We all have so much coming at us each day, that we often forget to take time to stop, breathe, and look around.  When we allow ourselves to do just that, we come to recognize all that you have given to us, that we truly do have much to be thankful for in our little “stream” of the globe. Thank you for all the good in our world. Amen.