God, grow in us a fearless mind to speak the truth to power when justice seems both deaf and blind,* and hope is slow to flower. God, grow in us the confidence to prove compassion's case, to be your living evidence that life is lived by grace. God, grow in us persistent strength to struggle for Your way, where peace is the environment and justice its display. God, grow in us an attitude reflecting inner light, that dares to take, as Jesus did, rejection's bitter slight. God, grow in us a fearless mind, to counter things untrue, to speak the truth when truth we find with spirit born of You. * Alternative line: when seeds of trust are hard to find.