Gracious water of life, you pour out your Spirit upon your followers to carry on your work, on Luke, the physician, who proclaimed with Paul your life, death and resurrection among the Gentiles and on faith communities who discover your healing power in anointing and prayer. Bless us so that we can provide your healing grace upon all in need. Help us to discover all the ways in which healing is worked in every corner of your creation. Amen.
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Lord of the nations, your Word teaches us to value and respect those who hold roles of leadership in our civil offices. Teach us to pray for them that they may cast aside the interests of partisanship and look to the needs of all your people in faithful service. Amen.
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Pastor Bill Esborn
Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for 30 years and, finally, coming of age after six decades of living by the power of water and the Word. Archives
September 2015
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