Grace United Methodist Church - Warren, MN

09/06/2026

COMBINED SUNDAY WORSHIP (9/5).....
💒Grace @ 11am (Pastor James)...
(🍷Communion will be served🍞)
🌲Grace's Giving Tree OPEN: 9-10:30am.
❤️🙏Come as you are! You are loved!🙏❤️

09/06/2026

09/03/2026

🌲Grace's Giving Tree🌲All FREE to the Community! Help Yourself! God Bless You!

09/02/2026

Father, when difficult conversations stir defensiveness in me, quiet my heart before I speak. Guard my words, soften my responses, and help me listen with humility instead of striving to win.

Lord, teach me to value peace more than being right. Give me wisdom to speak truth with gentleness, courage to apologize when I am wrong, and grace to make room for understanding. Let my words and actions reflect the character of Jesus, especially when reconciliation feels difficult.

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” ( Matthew 5:9)

08/31/2026

Father, waiting stretches my faith and reveals how often I want to control what only You can see. Help me trust that Your silence is not absence and Your delay is not denial. Teach me to rest in Your wisdom, holding my plans with open hands and believing that Your timing is always guided by love.

“For the revelation awaits an appointed time... Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come.” ( Habakkuk 2:3)

08/31/2026

Lord, help me choose grace over criticism when it comes to myself, to stop tearing myself down with words I'd never say to someone I love, to extend the same mercy inward that I try to give others.

I am my own harshest critic, replaying mistakes, magnifying flaws, speaking to myself with a cruelty I'd never accept from anyone else in my life.

Teach me that self-criticism isn't humility, it's just another form of pride, believing I should somehow be exempt from the grace You freely give everyone else, including me.

Every failure gets dissected, every shortcoming gets rehearsed, every mistake becomes evidence in a case I keep building against myself, exhausting and merciless.

Help me catch the harsh inner voice and interrupt it with truth, to speak grace over myself instead of condemnation, to remember I'm not beyond the mercy I extend so easily to others.

Remind me that You don't speak to me the way I speak to myself, that Your correction comes with love, that conviction from You feels different than the shame I heap on myself.

Give me a gentler inner voice, one that acknowledges mistakes without destroying my worth, that corrects without crushing, that treats me with the same compassion You have for me.

Let me choose grace over criticism today, especially toward myself, releasing the harsh judgments I've carried, receiving the kindness I so easily offer everyone else.

In Jesus' name,

Amen.

08/30/2026

Father, I confess how quickly I become restless when I cannot see what is coming. I want to rush ahead, force an answer, and arrange the outcome myself.

Lord, teach me to wait without striving. Quiet the part of me that believes everything depends on my timing. Help me remember that no season is forgotten, no silence is empty, and no delay is outside Your care.

Give me a patient and peaceful heart: one that trusts You in the waiting, remains faithful in the stillness, and rests in the goodness of Your perfect timing. My life is safe in Your hands, even when I do not understand the season I am in.

“My times are in your hands.” ( Psalm 31:15)

08/29/2026

Father, I bring You the questions I cannot resolve and the answers I cannot yet see. I confess how quickly fear makes me grasp for control, as though everything depends on me. Teach me to wait without losing heart.

Lord, let Your peace meet me here: in the uncertainty, in the silence, and in the space before the answer comes. Guard my heart and mind from anxious thoughts, and help me trust that Your timing is not neglect and Your silence is not absence. You are near, You are sovereign, and You are still caring for me.

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God; and the peace of God… will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” : Philippians 4:6–7

08/29/2026

COMBINED SUNDAY WORSHIP (8/30).....
💒Grace @ 11am (Pastor James).
🌲Grace's Giving Tree OPEN: 9-10:30am.