Prayers Based on Matthew 21:33-46
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

Prayer: Cornerstone Confession
Rejected
Dismissed and Disregarded
Questioned instead of dignified
Accusation instead of personhood

I’ve felt rejection’s sting and hollowness
As have you, my Jesus
You understand my pain
Heal my wound

I’ve wielded rejection’s blade
Unknowingly, Subtly, and
Fully conscious of its destructive power
You never have, my Jesus
Forgive me and heal all I have hurt

I am most ashamed of aiming rejection at you, my Jesus
Pierce me with your Divine sorrow
Deliver me, renew me, abide in me so there is
More of my true me and
More of your strong foundation
For my healing and the healing of the world
Amen

Prayer: Faith and Field
Generous One
You entrust us with the goodness
Of your faith and field

Yet
We grasp
We scheme
Deliver us from wickedness

We reject
We harm
Deliver us from wickedness

We murder
We seize what belongs to you
Produce and People
Deliver us from wickedness

Redeem and Renew in us
Strength to work
Joy in the work
A generosity of spirit
So we may give freely and live righteously
At your bidding
Now and forever, Amen

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For the next few months, I’ll be posting prayers to accompany Bishop Ken Carter’s Bible Study on Facebook. Each week, Bishop Carter will bring in a guest to speak about the passage. We’ll be walking through the last chapters of the Gospel of Matthew. 

You’re most welcome to read along and to join this Facebook discussion group. You don’t need to be a Methodist or attend a Methodist church. All are welcome and all means all.

May the grace of God’s word, the challenge, and the call, inspire us to great faith and great good works in Jesus’ name. – Lisa <

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