Father in Heaven,

I come before you so grateful for all the ways you have loved and blessed me. I live in comfort with family who loves me. I’m never hungry and my clothes never wear out. My kids have more toys that I ever did and they’ve been to Disney more than most American children.

I take all these things for granted when children around the world suffer. While my kids eat multiple times a day, other families take turns eating. While I rush to my children’s doctor at the slightest fever, children in other countries die from preventable diseases. And the amount of money I spend on legos could quite possible clothe several children for a year.

Yet, I wonder, is this the life you’ve called me to?

Forgive me for taking advantage of all the blessings you’ve given me and keeping them for myself. Instead of investing in the lives and souls of others, I have hoarded and spent on myself and my children. Forgive me for being so comfortable with this life you’ve given me.

Today, I ask you to make me uncomfortable for the sake of others.

I thank you for ministries like Compassion who open my eyes to the suffering around the world. Through this ministry, I’ve been honored to share my abundance for the sake of another child. Open my eyes more. Pierce my heart deeper. Help me to forsake the things of this world so that others will have hope for the next.

And I pray especially for our sponsored child, Ambrose, in Kenya. I know he goes to sleep at night fearful of the dangers that surround him. I pray for your peace and comfort to envelope him. May he feel your presence and trust in your love and grace. Provide for him and his family and draw them to you.

And continue the work you are doing in my heart.

Because and through Jesus I pray, Amen.