Lord of the Church, you have told us that the harvest is plentiful and the workers are few.
You also told us to plead with the Father to send out workers into the harvest field. Because you say so, we do so.
Lord, please continue to bless Martin Luther College with students willing to serve in the fields. Provide teachers who can prepare them for service in your Church.
We know that your Church will bud and flourish regardless of us. We also know that it is not our strength or our power, but your Word that bears fruit. We cling to that promise also. Let your Word come down like rain and snow. Let it bring forth fruit. Continue to allow us to be a part of that. Keep us faithful in our task: learning your Word so that we might scatter your seed faithfully.
We ask all things in the name of Christ. We say, “Your will be done.” And we know your will is good, for we have seen Christ on the cross for us and so we know your will and desire: that all would be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth. Amen.
~ Pr. Benjamin Tomczak, Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church and School, Sioux Falls, SD