Our Gracious Heavenly Father,
We are grateful for this beautiful State of California where we live and serve. We ask you for wisdom to manage well the resources you provide and we ask you for bountiful provisions to care for all our neighbors. Show us the way to preserving our environment and being good stewards of all our natural resources.
We are grateful for the excellence of health care and we pray for good health for all the leaders in this room and their families.
We are grateful for those who serve our families in education and we ask for wisdom to improve the quality of education for those most challenged. Help us to provide an equal start for all our children.
We are grateful for the budget surplus and ask for wisdom in managing these resources for the improvement of conditions for all who dwell here. We ask for your hand of blessing upon the economy of our State and for job growth for those who are yet unemployed.
We are grateful for the freedom we enjoy in this great Country and we ask for wisdom for our leaders as they make decisions for those mired in conflict in other parts of our world. We long for peace where there is unrest.
And finally, we ask for success in our World Cup match against Germany. Strengthen our team and give them great skill.
We offer these prayers in a spirit of thanksgiving for your unmerited favor and blessing.--AMEN.