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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (45) BITTER SWEET
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (45) BITTER SWEET
by SPCK - John Pritchard
(45)BITTER AND SWEET Like the prayer with sand and water, this form of prayer invites us to identify with one or other (or both) of the bitter or sweet experiences life brings us. The use of the sense of taste is a vivid reinforcement of the experience and adds vibrancy to our pr…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (46) TO THE CROSS
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (46) TO THE CROSS
by SPCK - John Pritchard
(46)TO THE CROSS One understanding of intercessory prayer is that it’s a way of bringing people to the cross, where Christ is sure to be found. And where Christ is found, things happen. The cross can be used in many ways as the focus of our prayers, particularly in Holy Week…
Mere Apologetics - 8d Working the Angles: Applying the Case Studies
Mere Apologetics - 8d Working the Angles: Applying the Case Studies
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Working the Angles: Applying the Case Studies In the previous two sections of this chapter we have explored some themes relating to two classic questions of Christian apologetics and identified some components of answers to two important anxieties about faith. But apologetics is …
As slow as the seed in the ground
As slow as the seed in the ground
by Michael Docker
As slow as the seed in the ground, As sure as the earth turns to spring As steady as rock and as sound As the rhythms that lead us to sing Is the work of God’s Spirit in me; Is the way of the Saviour in you; Is the word of a Kingdom that’s free; Sing it loud, pure and clear, sing…
Holy Spirit, brooding, breathing
Holy Spirit, brooding, breathing
by Michael Docker
Holy Spirit, brooding, breathing, Sighing where there's empty dark; Holy Spirit, stirring, seething Life where only death's at work. Holy Spirit, God's power moving Through your Church and world, our lives, Hear us, fill us, save us, send us Out to where your power revives. Holy …
O Lord of the ages
O Lord of the ages
by Michael Docker
O Lord of the ages, in whom we move, Your purity burns like fire from the start; Burn me with flames of endless love On the frail altar of my heart. That all of my life might glow and burn And shine with love for all of my days And never fall; and always return To you in love and…
Hear as the prophet rails and cries
Hear as the prophet rails and cries
by Michael Docker
Hosea Colossians Luke Hear as the Prophet rails and cries, Scarred by the frailty all around; See in his life the agonies Of the Divine in name and sound - Hear as the Preacher sounds his call, Trusting the Cross, the Name, to heal, Powers and authorities shall fall As the Divine…
O Lord who came from God above
O Lord who came from God above
by Michael Docker
O Lord who came from God above And burned with God in every part And promised flame and wind and love To burn me deep and sear my heart, I ask you, tremblingly, to burn My wayward, restless, empty days Till all I am is love and I yearn To serve and soothe, proclaim and praise. Je…
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