Lord God,
We thank You for loving us.
Each of us is valuable to You
and we all have a purpose.
All things - and all people -
work together to fulfill Your will on earth.
We pray for the patience and endurance to continue
to do good even when we can't see the benefit.
We pray for faith to know that You are at work in us
even when we don't get to see the fruit of our labor.
We thank You for sending Your Son, Jesus,
into this world to be our perfect example of
how to live, and in His death, our perfect Savior.
In His holy name we pray.
Amen.