Let us work hard to bear fruit and to bring glory to your kingdom. Help us not to grow idle, or weary, or give up hope. Harsher weather rolls in, the days feel shorter with less light, and it seems that loss and tough changes are prevalent.
“He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame” ( Proverbs 10:5). For even when things seem glum, your light continues to shine on us in mercy and grace.
How great you are, oh God, for being so intentional to care for us in every season. May we grow in trust and persevere in the valleys. Help us to see your hand and guidance in our lives as we go through changes, the highs, and the lows. We are grateful that each season is orchestrated by you, even the harder ones. Thank you that we can depend on your presence with us in every season and situation, that each time has purpose and meaning. We praise you because you know all things, see all things, and remember us. A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot” ( Ecclesiastes 3:1-2). “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. We ask to be cheerful givers and to be representatives of your love in this world. We want to be obedient and faithful to you by giving to others the overflow of what we have, so that you would bless the work of our hands. As your word instructs us, guide us to be helpers to those in need, givers to those who have less, and generous with our time, talents, and resources. As we find ourselves in a season of richness, may you cause our hearts to remember others. How humbled we are at your favor in our lives. We thank you for the abundance and overflow of goodness and blessings you give us. We praise you when the harvest is plenty. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands” ( Deuteronomy 24:19). “When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. We are grateful you are with us in all circumstances and seasons. We praise you for being a God who loves us and takes care of us. Thank you for your lovingkindness that engulfs us and your light that drives the darkness away. May we imagine ourselves in your arms, close to your heart, surrounded by your light, and find comfort in your consistency when the world around us seems to be constantly changing. Let us feel your warm and loving presence. As we enter into autumn, when the cooler winds drift in and the days grow shorter, draw us closer to you. Thank you for the seasons we can count on, find routine in, and that will never cease while the earth remains.
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