In this episode, Derek Vreeland discusses the importance of prayer in cultivating a peaceable and kind life. We cannot become kind people as followers of Jesus without prayer. We don’t just learn principles of kindness and peacemaking. We need to become kind and peaceable people and that process of formation comes through prayer. One prayer we can rely on is the Serenity Prayer. In it we find the wisdom of accepting what we cannot change and the truth that accepting hardship is the pathway to peace. 

The Serenity of Prayer

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.

The courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace;

Taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is; Not as I would have it;

Trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will;

So that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with You forever in the next.

Amen.

Book mentioned in this episode:

Water From a Deep Well by Gary Sittser

You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit by James K.A. Smith

Scripture verses mentioned in this episode:

Philippians 4:6-7

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