Assistant: How easily we take for granted some of the basic blessings of our lives, O Lord.

People: We take for granted opening a faucet and getting water; we grumble and complain when it rains for more than a brief time.

Pastor: Open our eyes, Lord God, and give us an appreciation of the ordinary gifts you give us.

Assistant: How easily we take for granted the basic gift of your grace to us, O Lord.

People: In an offhand way we bow before you to confess our sins, and then we walk away thinking of them no more.

Pastor: Open our eyes, Lord God, and help us to appreciate the costly giving by which your Son died for us.

Assistant: How easily we take for granted our worship of you, O Lord.

People: We grumble and complain …