Author: Robin.Kyd

God of light and calling, you shone your hope into places of darkness
and called ordinary people to follow your Son.
Give us courage to leave what holds us back, grace to trust where you lead us,
and hearts ready to move outwards in love and service;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

Loving God, the depth of your love is beyond my understanding,
but today I respond to that love.
Break down the areas of my heart that have become hardened.
And as your love lives in me,
may my thoughts, words and actions radiate this love in my community.
Energise my faith, so that through me your Kingdom may come, bringing life and hope.
Amen

Almighty God, who anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit at his baptism
and declared him your beloved Son:
help us this week to live as your beloved children, showing no partiality
but extending your radical welcome to all we meet.
May we go where you send us, speak what you give us to say, and serve with the power of your Spirit.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen

Eternal God, who by the shining of a star led the wise men to worship the Christ child:
guide us in this new year by the light of your Word,
that we may seek him with humble hearts and find in him the fullness of grace and truth.
Grant us wisdom to follow where he leads, courage to proclaim his glory,
and love to serve him in all whom we meet.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen

Almighty God, who on this day broke into our world as a child in Bethlehem,
grant that the light which dawned in that stable may shine ever more brightly in our hearts
and in all the world.
As we have beheld your glory in the face of the infant Jesus, strengthen our hope in his promised return,
when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that he is Lord.
Until that day, make us faithful witnesses of your Kingdom,
living as people of hope who know that the One who came will surely come again.
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Almighty God, you have given your only Son to take our nature upon him and to be born of a virgin:
Grant that we, who have been born again and made your children by adoption and grace,
may daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord,
to whom with you and the same Spirit be honour and glory, now and for ever.
Amen