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Prayer: Rejoice in the Lord always
Prayer: Rejoice in the Lord always
by John Birch
Prayers of Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving for Advent by John Birch ADORATION Rejoice in the Lord always! Shout out his name, for God is with us, our God is with us, the God of our salvation, in whom alone we trust. Rejoice in the Lord always! Continues... CONFESSION Forgi…
Prayer: Confession
Prayer: Confession
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Confession It seems so unrealistic to talk of not knowing about sin and never committing sin – and if we do, then we cannot know, or see, Jesus. How can that be possible, when we’re only human and we are told that Jesus is the only one without sin? Some contradiction ther…
Poppies and Snowdrops - Prayer/blessing: When weariness cries out
Poppies and Snowdrops - Prayer/blessing: When weariness cries out
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer/blessing: When weariness cries out When weariness cries out for an end to suffering, God is listening to you. When fear is like a smothering blanket, God will wrap his care around you. When life is slipping away, God is walking each step of the journey with you. When the d…
Open with God Book - July - Seafarers (week 29)
Open with God Book - July - Seafarers (week 29)
by Christine Odell
July – Seafarers (week 29) Calendar of Prayers Reading Psalm 107.23-31 Play some sea music or sounds of the sea and ask those present to close their eyes and picture the sea in one of its many moods. Creator God, when we picture the sea we want to praise and adore you because it …
Prayer: God, who spoke
Prayer: God, who spoke
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God, who spoke God, who spoke to us through the ancient prophets, teach us to recognize the prophets of our own time. Some of them have loud voices and say things that upset and disturb us. Some of them may not appear to have anything to say that concerns you, or your wor…
Meditation/ prayer: Samuel
Meditation/ prayer: Samuel
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation/ prayer: Samuel I’m sorry, God. I didn’t hear you the first time, or the second, or even the third. I didn’t recognise your voice. I suppose I didn’t expect to hear you when it was just an ordinary night – no different from any of the others. And I don’t remember you s…
It all feels so unjust
It all feels so unjust
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue: It all feels so unjust Sixth Sunday of Easter 1 Peter 3: 13 – 22 It all feels so unjust when they slag me off, makes me cynical. I hardly want to believe anymore. Call themselves Christian? And they tell me how to behave? Should look at themselves. It all feels so unju…
Meditation: Majestic God - Psalm 97
Meditation: Majestic God - Psalm 97
by Andrew Pratt
Meditation: Majestic God - Psalm 97 (97:1) The LORD is king! Let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad! (97:2) Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. (97:3) Fire goes before him, and consumes his adve…
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-eigth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-eigth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- 28thSunday in Ordinary Time Yr B Job 23: 1-9, 16-17 Psalm 22: 1-15 Hebrews 4: 12-16 Mark 10: 17-31 Almost every Christian will have had the experience of not being able to find God; nothing stirs in our hearts, our prayers bounce back unheard, life feels meaningless a…
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