Prayer of Assurance

Gardener God,

You have planted and protected us by your faithful hand.
Send us the sap of your grace from Christ, the true Vine,
and make us blossom and bear the fruit of love
as a sign of your life in us.
Let the sweet fragrance of the shoots you have planted
give you praise forever and ever.
Amen.

-- Pilgram Marpeck, 16th century Anabaptist leader