The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor. Proverbs 22:9
“God of abundance, help us live today trusting that there will be enough for tomorrow. Your sources have no end. Teach us to share our resources, believing that the more we give, the more you will provide for all. Amen.”
Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, and Enuma Okoro in Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010) 64.
As the new year begins, let’s take the posture of learners of generosity. Let’s ask God to teach us to share. In so doing, may we discover unimaginable blessing.
Our world says that what we earned or possess is ours, and that we should only share with the deserving. In this prayer, Shane, Jonathan, and Enuma teach us a valuable lesson of the Christian life.
God’s sources have no end. So, when we share more, God supplies more for us and for all. But we must play our part this year and this day for God’s glory. Let’s do this in 2022.
Lord, teach us to share.