Category: Prayer of the Week

Almighty God, who sent your Holy Spirit to be the life and light of your Church:
open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit in love and joy and peace;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen

Living God, we bless your name.
Bless your children as we gather to worship you.
We pray for your grace so that we may do good works in your name.
Fill us with the power of your Holy Spirit and open the floodgates of heaven
to shower us with your blessings.
Let us be refreshed through you in Jesus name.
Amen

Christ Jesus, you sit at the right hand of God.
As new creations in you we draw near, a community, worshipfully seeking more of you.
Our hearts soar with adoration and praise.
We give thanks to God for sending you to set us free.
Your name rings with the wisdom and riches of heaven.
In and through you, we have hope for the future.
Amen

Jesus, Lamb of God and Saviour, we come to praise your holy name this morning.
We humbly bow down before you, thankful that you save us daily from the snares of this world.
Thank you that in accepting you as Lord and Saviour,
we begin a new life with you, full of hope and promise.
Walk with us, we pray.
Amen

O God, you are the light of the minds that know you,
the life of the souls that love you,
and the strength of the wills that serve you:
help us to know you that we may truly love you,
and so to love you that we may truly serve you;
whom to serve is perfect freedom;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

Gracious God, your generosity knows no bounds.
Through your Son Jesus Christ we inherit eternal life.
Your provision of love, wisdom and understanding brings unending praise to our lips.
May our adoration be evident by the fruit produced by the Spirit in us.
An abundant fruit, that we can share readily with others, bringing you glory in Jesus’ name.
Amen

Heavenly Father, we thank you for the beauty of the world around us;
for the love of family and friends, for work and play, for food and clothes,
for the happiness of good times, and the lessons from hard times.
Most of all we thank you for your grace shown in Jesus Christ your Son,
who sets us free from sin’s power so that we might serve in your Kingdom, for his sake.
Amen

Lord, you have taught us that all our doings without love are worth nothing send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of love, the true bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whoever lives is counted dead before you. Grant this for your only Son Jesus Christ’s sake...

We have come from many places to be one community of praise. We bring different needs, but we are one community of hope. We are at different stages of our journey, but we are one community of faith. We have different backgrounds, but we are one community of trust, sharing one identity, in the name of...

Almighty and eternal God, you have revealed yourself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and live and reign in the perfect unity of love; hold us firm in this faith, that we may know you in all your ways and evermore rejoice in your eternal glory, who are three Persons yet one God, now and for...

Spirit of God, come to us now, so that, in this time of Pentecost, the sparkling light of faith, the rushing wind of hope and the joyful sound of praise may echo round the world, may echo in the church, and find their response in us. Amen

God our Father,we give thanks that you raised your Son from death to lifeand exalted him to your right hand in glory.Send the Holy Spirit that we may worship you, our Fatherand serve him, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen

Loving God, as we gather in this church this morning for prayers and worship,  we pray for those gathered in other special places, wherever they are in the world – in ones and twos, tens and twenties, or hundreds and thousands. May our praise and our prayers overspill into the streets and the cities, the fields...

Liberating God,
You call us to bind up the broken hearted and set the captives free.
Open our eyes to the reality of modern slavery,
and to those in our midst who are trapped.
Thank you for those who are making a difference,
and may we, who are free, live lives that free others.
Amen

O God of Justice,
whose son overturned the tables in the temple,
and challenged the hypocrisy of the Pharisees,
cause us to feel anger and shame at the ways our lifestyle reduces humanity,
and to repent and act justly on the impulse of love to share your gifts
for a fairer world and for your kingdom on earth.
Amen