Prayer

Oh God, we thank Thee for the creative insights in the universe.

We thank Thee for the lives of great saints and prophets in the past,

who have revealed to us that we can stand up

amid the problems and difficulties and trials of life and not give in.

We thank Thee for our forebears, who’ve given us something

in the midst of the darkness of exploitation and oppression to keep going.

And grant that we will go on with the proper faith

and the proper determination of will,

so that we will be able to make a creative contribution

to this world and in our lives.

In the name and spirit of Jesus we pray. Amen.

~Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.