The following originally appeared as part of "Grounded and Growing—Bearing Fruit Week 8: Self-Control."
Prayer for Illumination
O Lord,
as we turn to your word,
give us understanding,
so we might keep your law
and obey it with all our hearts.
Give us delight in the path of your commands,
and turn our eyes and our ears to your word,
that our lives might be kept in your righteousness.
Through Christ, our Lord, Amen.
—Psalm 119:33–34, adapt.
Revised Common Lectionary
Year A: Epiphany—Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany
Year A: Season after Pentecost—Proper 18 (23)
