Prayers Friday 11th June 2021

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Let us thank the Lord for His goodness, provision and protection to us in this parish.
We pray for all who have served this church in various capacity through the years that are past and for those serving currently in His continuing worship and witness in our own days.
Remember all Ministers and the newly elected members of the PCC that they will be equipped and empowered by the Holy Spirit in the work they have been called to do.
Pray that God will accept our thanksgiving for what He has done, take our lives as we dedicate them anew to His service.
Pray that God will Prosper our endeavours to further His gospel and kingdom in the days and years to come.
Pray for all pregnant women that God will go before them and grant them safe delivery. We remember all who work in our hospitals that God will direct and guide them in all they do.
We bring to God our cares, worries, anxieties and fears before Him. For we know that He has answers to all our questions.

Pray for the homeless, the lest, the lost, the last in our society. Pray that God will supply their needs according to His riches in Christ Jesus. Lord in your mercy hear our prayers.

Prayers Friday 4th June 2021

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Give thanks to God for the sunshine, the beautiful weather, flowers, birds that sings, for the unthreatening opportunity to go to our places of worship.
Give thanks for the commitment of the church in England and the world at large to the marginalised,  for its faithfulness to the gospel and its witness to the gospel’s power to change and save lives.
Pray for young families who are finding it difficult to come to church, that God will fill in any gaps in their lives and strengthen their faith.
Pray for the church in its mission to preach the word of God and its commitment to speak in languages and dialects its hearers will understand,  pray that God’s great commission will be honoured and the gospel will be heard all over the world.
Pray for the church leaders to have faith and courage in the face of difficulty, especially in this current climate, that they may find strength to suffer with Christ and be changed into his likeness.
Pray for places of education that they may seek to broaden the minds and skills of those who seek to learn and offer a vision of a fairer world.
Pray for places of employment that they may be free from discrimination and prejudice, that employer and employee may work together to ensure fairness for all.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayers.

Prayer Friday 28th May 2021

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We thank God  our father the creator of the world for His grace and mercy towards us.
We thank Jesus Christ his son who redeemed us and reconciles us to God through the blood of his cross .
We thank the Holy Spirit who regenerated us and revives us in the life of the church.
To the holy , blessed and glorious trinity, three persons and one God be all glory and praise, dominion and power now and forever more Amen.
Pray  that God will continue to reveal himself to us in His grace as Father, Son and Holy Spirit

Pray that the God of our salvation will help us firmly to believe in him boldly to confess his name and joyfully to worship him as One, Holy,  gracious and undivided Trinity for ever and ever. Amen

Prayers Friday 21st May 2021

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Sunday is Pentecost :

Let us pray for fresh outpouring of the holy spirit on the people of God all over the world and in all fellowship traditions.
Pray for our readiness to be changed and made new, for a softening of the ground of our hearts to receive without fear. With our whole selves we pray, Come, Holy Spirit of God.
Pray for a fresh in-breathing of life and power in each church community, which breaks down our barriers and set us on for with God’s love.
Pray for all the people of the Earth to know God and Honour His name for the healing of the nations.
Pray for a new thirst for righteousness and purity at every level and in every aspect of society.
Pray for a dissatisfaction with the pursuit of pleasure and all that distracts us from our true calling. Pray that family rifts will be healed and long standing conflicts resolved. With our whole selves we pray, come Holy Spirit of God.
Pray for God’s grace and power to live out our faith in this challenging world, among those we meet, whose lives we share without compromising our calling to be the body of Christ.
Pray that we will live out Christ’s integrity and purity, forgiveness and love.
With our whole selves we pray for those who feel empty or cheated or filled with pain or worry or guilt .
We pray for those whose hopes and dreams are in tatters, all who are imprisoned by their past.
We pray for those who walk the dark journey of death and all who have come through it  into God’s presence . Pray for mourners distressed by regrets or angry with God at the loss.
With our whole selves we pray for all that God have in stock for us, we look forward to walking into the future of God’s promise.
We pray for the grace to see this world and it’s needs and problems through the eyes of love, hope, justice and mercy. Lord please give us grace to abandon prejudice and build bridges of reconciliation.
Come Holy Spirit come!!!
Please let us continue to remember Tim Water and Mike Cant. That the Lord will surround them with His healing love and care.

Lord in your mercy hear our prayers

Prayers Friday 14th May 2021

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Having brought back our freedom with the giving of his life , Jesus enters into the full glory to which he is entitled .
As we celebrate together let us  pray together.
God of love as we celebrate this festival of Jesus entry into heaven as Savior and Lord , we pray for unity in the church and reconciliation and renewed vision .
As we recall the shouts of praise in heaven as the Lamb of God appears, we pray for all who are hailed as heroes and given great honour on earth, for all who worship anyone or anything other than God.
We pray for our farewells and homecomings among our families and in our community and for all who have lost touch with loved ones and long for  reunion .
We  pray for those who are full of tears and cannot imagine being happy again . We pray for the hardened and callous , whose inner  hurts have never yet been healed .
We pray for wholeness and comfort and a new life .
We commend to your Internal love those we remember who have died and we pray too for those we miss their  physical presence .
We  praise and bless you, God of our making, for the way you draw us deeper into the meaning of life . May we be ready, waiting and watching when you will come to take us home.

Lord in your mercy, hear our prayers

Morning Prayer for Ascension Day

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(Ascension of Jesus by Andrei Rublev, 1408)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With Archbishop Justin Welby for Lectio365

Prayer of Approach
Creator God, who formed humanity from dust, breathe in me again. Revive me and sanctify me by the power of Your Spirit. Set my heart on fire with the good news of Your gospel.

Rejoice and Reflect
I choose to rejoice today in God’s majesty, joining with the ancient praise of all God’s people in the words of Psalm 24…
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.
The world and all its people belong to him.
For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas
and built it on the ocean depths.
Who may climb the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?
Only those whose hands and hearts are pure…
Psalm 24:1-4a

Pause and pray

Ascension Day marks the moment when Jesus was taken up into heaven in full view of his disciples. Today I reflect on Jesus’ final words to His friends, just before this extraordinary event…

Then they gathered round him and asked him, ‘Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?’
He said to them: ‘It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’
After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
Acts 1:6-9

The disciples had questions. What did Jesus’ unexpected resurrection mean for Israel? But God’s agenda was infinitely broader than the disciples realised, and they had an essential part to play. Jesus told them that they would be His witnesses to the nearest community (Jerusalem), to their region (Judea) and even further, to those they disliked (Samaria). And, the Holy Spirit would make it all possible. The Spirit would give them the power to live out God’s extraordinary plan. The Spirit would propel them to the very ends of the earth.

Ask
Jesus, just as You breathed on Your disciples and gave them the gift of the Holy Spirit, would You breathe on me again (John 20:22). In the quiet of this moment, I receive Your Spirit.

Pause and pray

I think about my community, the mission field God has placed me in. The family, friends, neighbours and colleagues I share most of my life with.
God, I ask You to give me five names; people I know who don’t know You. People You want me to pray for every day between now and Pentecost Sunday. Empower me by Your Spirit to be Your witness to them this week.

Pause and pray

Yield
As I return to the passage, I open my ears to hear Your Word, and my heart to yield to Your will once again.
Then they gathered round him and asked him, ‘Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?’
He said to them: ‘It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’
After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
Acts 1:6-9

The story of Jesus’ ascension could feel like an ending, but Tom Wright reminds me that, ‘the story continues, and [I am] a part of it!’* Through the life of Jesus Christ, a small group of disciples experienced the presence of God in a particular way, in one place, for a few short years. Through Jesus’ Ascension, and the subsequent sending of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, many people have experienced and will experience the presence of God in all places, for all people, for all time in and through the body of Christ, His Church.

Pause and pray

Yielding Prayer
Jesus, thank You for the gift of Your life, the incredible love demonstrated through Your death on the cross, the victory won through Your resurrection from the tomb, and the power released through Your Ascension into heaven and the sending of Your Spirit. I yield myself completely to You. Spirit of Jesus, fill me and lead me today.

Yielding Promise
And now, as I prepare to take this time of prayer into the coming day, the Lord who loves me reminds me that,
God exalted [Jesus] to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:9-11

Closing Prayer
Father, help me to live this day to the full,
being true to You, in every way.
Jesus, help me to give myself away to others,
being kind to everyone I meet.
Spirit, help me to love the lost,
proclaiming Christ in all I do and say.
Amen.

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