Author: Robin.Kyd

Living God, as we leave this place, help us to recognise the gifts you have given each one of us.
Strengthen parents, encourage children, guide teachers, support carers, comfort the anxious,
heal the sick, and inspire your Church to serve faithfully.
Where there is fear, plant courage. Where there is division, bring reconciliation.
Where there is uncertainty, renew hope.
May our homes, our workplaces, our schools, and our community
become places where your love is seen and your peace is known.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

Almighty God, you crossed the boundary to meet the Syrophoenician woman;
you met Joseph in, and took him out of, the well.
Be the bridge in places where we experience divisions in our daily lives.
Open our eyes to see your rescue plans for each of us in the circumstances and challenges of our lives.
Turn our ‘well’ experiences as pathways to your perfect will and plans for us
and give us the strength to wait and co-operate with you; in your name we pray.
Amen

Faithful God, you work out your purposes even through circumstances we do not understand.
As we enter this new week, grant us courage when the path is uncertain,
patience when progress seems slow, and wisdom when difficult decisions must be made.
Help us to trust your providence as Joseph learnt to trust you,
and give us boldness to proclaim Christ with confidence,
knowing that faith comes through hearing the good news.
Strengthen us by your Holy Spirit so that our lives may bear witness to your grace in every place we go.
Amen

Almighty God, you have created all people and all of creation.
We give you thanks that we are invited to share with others the hope, joy and love you give us.
Open our hearts and our eyes to see our communities as you would have us to see them.
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God of hidden growth and abundant blessing, as we enter this new week,
help us to trust your work in our lives, even when we cannot yet see the harvest.
Give us courage to seek first your kingdom, wisdom to discern what truly matters,
and perseverance when the journey is long.
May the seeds of faith, hope, and love bear fruit in our homes, workplaces, communities, and church.
Through Jesus Christ, who calls us to follow him with joyful hearts.
Amen

God of hope, whose Spirit assures us that we are your children
and whose love surrounds us wherever we go, grant us courage for the days ahead.
When we face uncertainty, give us patience; when we encounter suffering, give us faith;
when hope grows dim, remind us of your promises.
Keep us steadfast in the way everlasting,
until the day when all creation rejoices in your glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen