Author: Robin.Kyd

Morning Prayer Saturday, 6 June 2020

A reading from the Book of Job 12 ‘Have you ever given orders to the morning,   or shown the dawn its place, 13 that it might take the earth by the edges   and shake the wicked out of it? 14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;   its features stand out like those of a garment. 15 The...

Evening Prayer Friday, 5 June 2020

Lord, as we arrive at the close of another Friday under restriction, we come to you in praise and prayer. Thank you, Lord, for the beauty of our environment: the colour, sound and movement of flower, leaf and chirpy birds. We can absorb them all in detail at the approach of sunset. A Psalm of Praise...

Morning Prayer Friday, 5 June 2020

Good morning friends! God is good? All the time. Praise God for his wonders and mercy, even in the middle of chaos! How wonderful to wake up to a new day with endless promises ahead as well as challenges. Let’s commit our day, hopes, dreams and worries to the Lord in prayer…. Gracious God, when our...

Evening Prayers Thursday, 4 June 2020

The Power of Prayer For if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. Romans 8: 25 Unfortunately, due to the corona virus pandemic, we face more serious challenges than usual in our lives. In order to cope we need to pray earnestly. Some people might not know how to...

Morning Prayers Thursday, 4 June 2020

Lord, I Believe; Help Thou My Unbelief 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will glorify me because it is from me that...

Morning Prayers Wednesday, 3 June 2020

Good morning Cornerstone friends, I trust that you are refreshed from a good night of untroubled sleep A prayer of Chinese workers Humbly, simply, early in the day we come to praise God’s kindness and his great mercy. We beg him to pity our distress, and grant forgiveness for all our wrongs. So as we worship,...

Evening Prayers Pentecost Sunday, 31 May 2020

Good evening, everyone. Welcome to our prayers for the evening of Pentecost. Many of our hymns remind us more clearly than I can of the impact God’s Spirit makes in our lives. We begin by listening to, or joining in with the singing of the song, ‘Spirit of God, unseen as the wind’, an excerpt from...

Holy Communion for Pentecost (Sunday, 31 May 2020)

[The sound recording here contains all the words, and music for the complete service. You can read the words by scrolling down, as the service progresses. Please join in the responses in bold, as well as the hymns.] [The video recordings of all the music for this service can be viewed at: http://www.cornerstonemk.co.uk/music-videos-for-pentecost/.]   Introit Come,...

Prayer of the Week Pentecost 31 May 2020

Almighty God, on this day you opened the way of eternal life
to every race and nation by the promised gift of your Holy Spirit.
Shed abroad this gift throughout the world by the preaching of the Gospel,
that it may reach to the ends of the earth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen

Evening Prayers Saturday, 30 May 2020

A reading from Psalm 92 1 It is good to praise the Lord   and make music to your name, O Most High, 2 proclaiming your love in the morning   and your faithfulness at night, 3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre   and the melody of the harp. 4 For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord;   I sing...

Morning Prayers Saturday, 30 May 2020

Awake, my soul, and with the sun thy daily stage of duty run; shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise to pay thy morning sacrifice. A reading from Psalm 57 1 Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me,   for in you I take refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings...

Evening Prayer Friday, 29 May 2020

I wait for the Lord with longing; I put my hope in his word. My soul waits for the Lord more eagerly than watchmen for the morning, like those who watch for the morning. Let Israel look for the Lord. For in the Lord is love unfailing and great is his power to deliver. He alone...

Morning Prayer Friday, 29 May 2020

Weeping may endure for the night but rejoicing comes in the morning. Psalm 30: 5b Welcome to Friday, you congregation of Christ the Cornerstone! Have you touched the air? Tasted the morning? At the beginning of this new day let us praise the Lord in prayer and poetry. We thank you Lord for today, full of...

Evening Prayers Thursday, 28 May 2020

The Persecuted Church Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you … . Be faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown. Revelation 2: 10 The death and resurrection...