Prayer of the Week
Gracious Redeemer, you know us completely-our good intentions, our wavering will, our stumbling steps. Like Paul, we confess the war within us: we long to do what is right, yet too often fall short. Still, you meet us not with condemnation, but with mercy and grace. So, we bring these offerings, not to earn your favor, but to respond in gratitude for a Savior who rescues us from sin's grip. Use these gifts, and use us, to offer hope where there is despair, light where there is shadow, and love where there is brokenness. We give because you gave first-and because your Spirit empowers us to live not by our strength, but by your grace. In Christ's name, we pray, Amen. (Romans 7:15-25a)