Father, Creator of all, thank you for summer!
Thank you for the warmth of the sun and the increased daylight.
Thank you for the beauty I see all around me
          and for the opportunity to be outside and enjoy your creation.
Thank you for the increased time I have to be with my friends and family,
          and for the more casual pace of the summer season.
Draw me closer to you this summer.
Teach me how I can pray no matter where I am or what I am doing.
Warm my soul with the awareness of your presence 
          and light my path with your word and counsel.
As I enjoy your creation,
      create in me a pure heart and hunger and a thirst for you. Amen.

Heavenly Father, I pray that love will abound in my church,

that we will grow in knowledge of You

so that we will be pure and blameless before you.

(Philippians 1:9-10)

I ask you to develop a spirit of love and unity in my church,

And that you will allow me to model Christian love

to others in my church. (I Cor. 13)