Morning prayer · 4 December

Think good, do good

A watering can pouring onto a seed tray where one row sprouts eagerly while the can's spout lingers, guiding where the water falls, showing good thought and good action flowing together.

Lord, every good thing comes from you. We are your humble servants. Please breathe your Holy Spirit into us so that we think what is good, and guide us in your mercy so that we actually do it. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

James 1:17 (BSB)

Adapted from the Book of Common Prayer (1662), in plain words. The verse is from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Drawing: Mutter.