I offered this prayer this morning to conclude my time at Sugar Land Baptist and affirm my new calling at University.
Father God, thank you.
Thank you for Sugar Land Baptist Church. Thank you for University Baptist Church. Continue to call both congregations to become Your church, the church Jesus called us to become.
Thank you for the people in this congregation, thank you for the souls I will carry with me in the pulpit and in times of pastoral care. I will carry them as I pastor because they have become part of me and deeply shaped my soul, my faith, and my journey.
Thank you for the call of pastor. God I vow I will never take this call lightly but will strive to honor this title, this gift, this calling.
I pray for the offering being taken.
May it be used to further your kingdom.
May it be uses for your truth, the ultimate truth and standard for us, our lives, our ethics, and our faith journeys.
Continue to be present here in this congregation and these friendships for many, many years.
Amen.
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