Seeds

Father,
Thank you for the time of celebration that Easter brings. Thank you that across this city and county people sat and heard your word. Perhaps out of obligation or family pressure or tradition but whatever the reason people across Miami were exposed to your word and your Spirit as they came to a church or a parish and participated in celebrating the miracle of Easter. Lord, we know how powerful and how penetrating your words and Spirit are in our lives and the life change that accompanies them. We pray today that you would nurture whatever seeds were sown this weekend in hearts across this city. We thank you for our friends and neighbors who tasted your goodness this weekend and find themselves hungry for more of you. Make us, your Church, available to reach out in love to those people who are desperate for you. Make us responsive to the urgings of your Spirit as we work or play or study side by side with people who need to know your healing presence in their lives. Father, continue your work across this city one life at a time. Strengthen your Church so that we would be reflections of your love in this dark world. Guard our hearts and minds so that you would be glorified in our lives. This we pray in the authority, grace, and mercy of our risen Savior Christ Jesus. To him be the glory. So be it!