A Prayer for Spring Renewal

a prayer for the week

Father,

As the earth awakens around us,
we see your quiet work—
buds opening, light stretching longer,
life rising where there once was stillness.

Awaken us, too.

Where our hearts have grown tired, breathe new life.
Where faith feels buried beneath worry or distraction,
bring it up again, green and growing.
Where we have settled into what is familiar but lifeless,
call us into renewal.

Lord, you are the God who makes all things new.
Let that newness begin in us this week.

Teach us to notice your work—
in small beginnings, in ordinary days,
in conversations, in silence,
in the steady unfolding of your grace.

Revive what has grown cold.
Soften what has become hard.
Restore what has been neglected.

And as you renew us,
make us people who carry life to others—
gentle, hopeful, rooted in your love.

Let this week be marked not by hurry,
but by growth.
Not by striving, but by abiding.

We offer you what we are,
trusting that you are already at work,
bringing beauty out of what we cannot yet see.

In Jesus’ name,
Amen.