For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. (Romans 12:3-6)
Dear Father,
Help these children to discern their gifts given by you. May they keep an open mind as to those gifts so that they honestly and humbly seek to learn what you have in mind for them. As you show them their gifts, help them to understand that all gifts are important to you, none greater than another. That what is important to you is only that they submit to use those gifts. May they be neither arrogant about their gifts if they are the more public gifts, nor feel inferior about their gifts if they are less "important" in the eyes of the world. May they understand that in every stage of life you will imbue them with gifts and that spiritual maturity is embracing the newer gifts as they journey through life and accepting that some gifts may be lost as they age. But may they understand that, regardless of their status in life - young, old, healthy, sick, rich or poor, you have given them gifts they can use to your glory.
Amen
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