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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 …
Open with God Book - December - International Day of Disabled Persons
Open with God Book - December - International Day of Disabled Persons
by Christine Odell
December – International Day of Disabled Persons (3 December) Calendar of Prayers Reading 2 Corinthians 12.7b-12 Understanding God, you know how it is to be unable to do all you would like because you have chosen not to force us to love and obey you. You know because you are disa…
Open with God Book - April - World Health Day
Open with God Book - April - World Health Day
by Christine Odell
April – World Health Day (7 April) Calendar of Prayers Reading Mark 1.29-34a Ask those present to be silent, to become aware of their own bodies: breathing, pulse and senses as well as aches, pains and rumblings! Comforting God, you have consoled us with the promise that, at the …
Open with God Book - December - World Aids Day (1 December)
Open with God Book - December - World Aids Day (1 December)
by Christine Odell
December – World AIDS Day Calendar of Prayers Reading Mark 1.29-34; 40-44 Loving God, we find disease hard to bear and even harder to accept and understand. Why is it that the freedom of your world involves so much suffering for your children?...
Open with God Book - Death
Open with God Book - Death
by Christine Odell
DEATH Prayers for Various Occasions Reading 1 Corinthians 15.50-58 We feel sad today, listening God, because of the death of …. (name), our sister/brother. We know we will not see them again in this life and that they will be missed by their family and friends..
Open with God Book - Disaster - natural
Open with God Book - Disaster - natural
by Christine Odell
DISASTER - natural Prayers for Various Occasions Reading Psalm 46.1-7 Creator God, we want to offer you our praise but when we try to picture your creation instead of wondering at its beauty we are appalled at sights of the death and destruction caused by the …. (disaster) in …. …
Open with God Book - Divorce or the ending of a relationship