Every day is a party with Jesus

Living God and eternal King, we come to Your table today. You established the world by Your wisdom and stretched out the heavens by Your understanding, and still You call out to the simple, "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" Teach us that the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. Give us humble, teachable hearts. When someone corrects us, help us listen and grow wiser still.

Lord, we confess the idols we carry around: our wanting more, our worry, our need to be noticed. Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, they cannot speak and cannot save. Help us put to death greed, which is idolatry, and set our minds on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

Thank You that our life is now hidden with Christ in God. Clothe us with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, and over all these, love. Where we are holding a complaint against someone, help us bear with one another and forgive as You forgave us. Jesus, gentle Lamb who bore our sin, let Your forgiveness flow through us at home, at school, and at work.

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within us and the peace of Christ rule in our hearts, so that whatever we do, in word or deed, we do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. We pray in Jesus' name.

Amen.