Prayer: Gracious God
Prayer: Gracious God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Gracious God Gracious God, we know that we can come to you at any time, but we especially need your help in times of suffering, or trouble. So we come to you today to bring our prayers and thoughts for all those who are troubled, or who are suffering – (reflect on current
Poem/Prayer: God’s children
Poem/Prayer: God’s children
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Prayer: God’s children We are God’s children, led by the Spirit, knowing that we can come to a loving parent with total confidence that we are offered love and care. We are not slaves, held in chains by a cruel owner, but allowed to fly free, guided only by the principles an
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - The Character Of Love
New Testament Wisdom for Everyone - The Character Of Love
by SPCK - N T Wright
3 THE GREAEST OF THE VIRTUES THE CHARACTER OF LOVE 1 Corinthians 13: 1-7 When people say, as they sometimes do, that Paul must have been a very difficult person to have around – that he seems to have been awkward, cantankerous, argumentative, and generally an unpleasant character
Prayers for After the Storm
Prayers for After the Storm
by Christine Dutton
Prayers of Intercession and petition for after storms. Prayers for After the Storm Loving God, God of the wind and the waves, God of the stillness and calm, be with us and guide our prayers. Lord, we come to you in the aftermath of the storm. The storm which has uprooted trees, w
Prayer: God, you set us on a journey
Prayer: God, you set us on a journey
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God, you set us on a journey God, you set us on a journey through life, sometimes the challenges you give us test us to the limits and we feel that they will never end. We can experience hardship, difficulty and even danger. Sometimes we find ourselves fighting to retain
Too easy to say sorry
Too easy to say sorry
by Katherine Fox
A prayer of confession that doesn't use 'sorry', 'apologise' or 'regret' but asks God to provoke us to understand the consequences of our actions. Too easy to say sorry – prayers of confession It's easy to say sorry if we didn’t really think it was our fault but recognise that th
The Open Gate - Candle Prayers