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Human instincts
Human instincts
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Human instincts Proper 17 Year A Romans 12: 9-21 Vengeance is a natural reaction and most children have the instinct from an early age. We have to be taught to share, to forgive, to live in peace with one another and to resist our automatic reaction to get our own back. S…
Gracious God, forgive us
Gracious God, forgive us
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Gracious God, forgive us Proper 20 Year A Jonah 3:10-4:11 Gracious God, forgive us - when we see the mercy granted to others as a threat to our integrity: when we believe we are in the right and refuse to accept your judgement on our behaviour: when we are not prepared to…
Father God - Prayer
Father God - Prayer
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer - Father God Sixth Sunday of Easter Psalm 66: 8 - 20 Father God! What a comfort there is in those words. You don’t know how much I need a loving father right now. But then you do, don’t you? That’s the whole point! You know when I feel low and sad and need a shoulder to cr…
Open with God Book - Holidays
Open with God Book - Holidays
by Christine Odell
Holidays From the book ‘Open with God’ by Christine Odell. Click here to buy the Book Opening prayer suitable for meetings or worship Exodus 23:10–12 God of the Sabbath, we thank you for the freedoms of holiday time: freedom from work and routine; freedom to travel and have new…
A house of prayer
A house of prayer
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: A house of prayer Proper 15 year A Isaiah 56: 1, 6-8 A house of prayer, where all may come; a house of prayer to be a home; a house to welcome every one: this is the house that God builds. A house for sinner and for saint; a house for those whose faith is faint and for the …
God, who breathed life
God, who breathed life
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God, who breathed life God, who breathed life into creation, we come to thank you for its beauty. God, who breathed life into Jesus, we come to thank you for his life and ministry. God, who breathed new life into grieving followers, we come to thank you that you did not l…
Intercessions for Years A, B and C Book - Epiphany 4 – Year B
Intercessions for Years A, B and C Book - Epiphany 4 – Year B
by SPCK - Ian Black
Epiphany 4 – Year B Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Jesus, Holy One of God, your teaching astounded those in the synagogue. Build up your Church through godly preachers and teachers of your word . . . Taken from Intercessions for…
All the praying, all the pounding
All the praying, all the pounding
by Andrew Pratt
All the praying, all the pounding, all the crying at God’s door cannot make God more attentive, cannot make God love us more. Here through our persistent waiting we will find a present grace, grace for patient expectation, till we meet God face to face. Verses 3-5 follow 8.7.8.7 …
Feathers fly, the snare is breaking
Feathers fly, the snare is breaking
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Feathers fly, the snare is breaking Proper 16 year A Psalm 124 Feathers fly, the snare is breaking, God is here, foundations shaking. Prayer, it seemed, was empty, hollow, now in answer blessings follow! If our God had not been with us, think, if God had gone and left us...…
LENT MEDITATION 1 - Pray, without ceasing pray,
LENT MEDITATION 1 - Pray, without ceasing pray,
by Andrew Pratt
LENT MEDITATION 1 Based on a Hymn by Charles Wesley -' Pray, without ceasing pray,' From the book 'Inextinguishable Blaze' also by Andrew Pratt - Click Here Extract: One of my favourite times of year is Lent. Don't get me wrong. I'm not one who gives up a lot in Lent. I was tak…
The Worlds no stage where we are acting
The Worlds no stage where we are acting
by Andrew Pratt
The world’s no stage where we are acting to show how good we think we are; this is no place to call attention, or seek acclaim from near or far. Our prayers are worthless, void and empty when uttered for the crowd’s applause, much more of worth are silent actions, compassion show…
Sometimes our grasp of life is frail