Morning Prayer
Good morning, Lord — what a gift it is to begin a new week in your presence. Thank you for the rest of the weekend, for the chance to breathe and reset, and for the mercy that greets us fresh with the arrival of Monday. As we step back into the rhythm of work and responsibility, we do not do so reluctantly or in our own strength alone. We come to this week as an offering, trusting that the time, the gifts, and the opportunities ahead of us are not really ours to begin with — they are yours, entrusted to our care.
That word — stewardship — carries a weight we want to carry well. Everything we have been given: our skills, our relationships, our resources, our hours, even our influence in the small corners of the world where we live and work. We ask this morning for the wisdom to manage it all faithfully, not for our own recognition or reward, but because we love you and we trust that faithfulness matters. The parable of the talents reminds us that you are watching not for perfection but for effort — for the willingness to take what we have been given and use it well for your glory.
So let this Monday be a day of faithful stewardship, Lord. Where we are tempted to coast, stir us. Where we are tempted to hoard, make us generous. Where we feel the weight of responsibility pressing down, remind us that we do not carry it alone — you are with us in every meeting, every decision, every quiet act of faithfulness that no one else may ever see. Well done, good and faithful servant — let us live today in a way that earns those words.
A Word of Reflection
The story Jesus told about faithful stewards is one of the most encouraging in the Gospels, not because it demands perfection but because it rewards faithfulness. “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things.” — Matthew 25:21. What God asks of us is not brilliance or abundance — it is faithfulness with whatever we have been given, right where we are. This Monday, begin with that posture: open hands, willing heart, and the quiet confidence that your faithful work is seen and honored by the God who entrusted it to you.
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