Stewardship Prayer
Lord Jesus,
We journey with you this
Lenten season,
through prayer, fasting and
almsgiving, ever closer to Jerusalem,
ever closer to your death on the cross.
We hear your words:
“Deny yourself,
take up your cross
and follow me,” but we are unsure
of their meaning, or anxious about
their true intent.
Through the power of your Spirit,
give us the strength
to deny the “self”
that keeps us from being
good stewards
of those who need our love
and compassion.
Give us a deeper awareness
of the cross in our own lives
so that we may embrace it
and join our sufferings with yours
and a world in need of your
redemption.
And give us the confidence to
follow you
no matter the cost;
knowing that if we die with you,
we will also live with you
and eternally rejoice in your
resurrection.
We humbly ask this of you
who live and reign with the Father
and the Holy Spirit,
God, forever and ever.
Amen.
