Lord, hear our prayer:

Father, forgive our narrow-mindedness and our prejudice. Forgive us for accepting only that which we can understand, and those with whom we agree. Forgive our too easy rejection of other people and their styles of worship, their hopes and their fears. Forgive our unwillingness to be enriched by each other’s insights, each other’s prayers and each other’s praise. Forgive and warm our cold hearts, awaken our closed minds, invigorate our tired praise. Set our lives ablaze with your love so that we may love, serve and hear you all the time and everywhere and you may receive the glory you deserve.

Amen.

Some minor adaptation on some prayers.
David Clowes, 500 Prayers For All Occasions © 2003 by David C Cook Publishing
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