Category: Prayer of the Week

Lord God, you are the source of all life.
Your love for us is without limit.
Deepen our relationship with you, with one another
and with the world in which we live.
As we celebrate your arms open to us,
help us to open our arms to others.
In Jesus’ name.

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Thank you, heavenly Father,
for all those times in our life when we’ve known your love,
your presence and your provision.
Thank you, too, that even in the difficult times,
you’ve been with us. Please show us your way for the future.
Turn our mourning into dancing,
and we promise that we shall not be silent,
but give thanks to you for ever!

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God of Wisdom, allow us to be content
with our simple understanding of you and the world
without fear of the unknown.
Help us not to overcomplicate matters
with cleverness but to focus on the simplicity of your ways.

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Beloved God,
let us make allowances for one another
in love and spare no effort to maintain
unity in the Spirit through the bond of peace.
Grant us new strength and new gifts whenever
we need them on the path you have set for us.

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All that we have comes from you, God.
All that we are belongs to you, God,
for you made us in your image,
you saved us from ourselves and
your faith in us overwhelms us.
Hear the sincerity of our praise
and the honesty of our devotion,
and bless us as we come to you.

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Loving God
when we ask for things we do not need, or have no use for –
teach us simplicity;
when we seek to do good and fail in our endeavours –
keep us faithful;
when we knock at doors that shut in our face –
renew our strength to love and serve you,
at all times and in all places.

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God our challenger and disturber,
help us to confront all that makes for death and despair
in our lives, our communities, our world.
May we never lose sight of the possibility of transformation,
and be continually surprised by people
who believe in one another.

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God of heaven, infinite in wisdom and understanding;
God of all creation, without boundary or border;
God of tenderness, full of compassion and mercy;
God of love, drawing us close as neighbours
with love for each other;
draw us close,
for you are the life we have,
the breath we draw,
and the love we have to give.

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You love us,
Lord. You call us and want us to be with you.
We are amazed that you love us
and we are humbled and challenged.
Help us to stay focused and committed,
and to do our best to do your will,
even when discipleship is hard and challenging.

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Beloved God,
may all we do today begin with you.
Plant dreams and hopes within our community;
revive our tired spirits and guide us into the future.
Be with us today.

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We give you thanks, creator God,
for helping us to see you, to know you and to feel you.
We give you thanks for knowing us for who we are.
We give you thanks for seeing our potential,
encouraging us to reach out for it
and lifting us when we fall.

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Heavenly Father, as we celebrate the ninetieth birthday of Her Majesty the Queen,
receive our heartfelt thanks for all that you have given her in these ninety years
and for all that she has given to her people.
Continue, we pray, your loving purposes in her,
and as you gather us together in celebration,
unite us also in love and service to one another;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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O Lord, our God,
we are in awe of you
and you have drawn us here;
draw us then to listen, to see, to feel, to know,
to give, to receive, and to be made whole.

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Gracious God, when the pathway we travel is rough and steep, may we know your strengthening presence upholding us; when the road is smooth and straight, may we know you joyfully stepping out with us; when our direction of travel is uncertain, may we know your guiding influence alongside us; when the road we travel is a lonely one, may you give us companions along the way. We praise you for the journey of life.

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God, we praise you
That you have made us your children,
And filled us with your Spirit.
We thank you that we can trust you with our lives
As you guide us forward, ever deeper into your truth.

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