Gracious Father, may I come closer and closer to fulfilling Paul’s instructions. In doing that, I become more like Jesus. I pray this for me, for my friends and family, for my church, for my ministries, for my community, for my state, for my nation and for all nations. Change my heart, change one heart at a time and sweep your love, peace and justice across humanity in my time, Lord. I pray in the name of Jesus, who is our perfect example, according to your good and perfect will, Father. Amen.
“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.” (Colossians 3:12–14 ESV)