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MOMENT
FOR PRAYER
Prayer is a most
important aspect of our faith. Prayer is of course a very personal thing. There
are no right and wrongs ways of going about it - so long as You are praying to
our God and Father or to the Lord Jesus or to the Holy Spirit - one God, three
persons.
Our congregation's
prayer diary, (issued 2 or 3 times a year), is an aid to prayer - mainly to help
us in our prayers for others and to keep us from being too self-centred in our
prayers. Here are some we would like to share with you.
Spring 2011
We thank you Lord for being our light and our
guide forever and please forgive us when we forget to say thank you for
answered prayer.
Compassionate One, give us the grace to always show compassion and let
us reflect on Your calm presence in our daily lives.
Make us true channels of Your peace. As we leave winter behind and enter
into spring we pray for a spring in our step and a lift in our spirits.
We have so many reasons to thank you Lord, but sometimes we forget as we
go about our busy lives. Please forgive us and keep us in Your continued
love. Amen. |
Please pray for the countries and people of the
world. For a world where all count equally and equity means equality.
For those whose work is counting others that they will see Christ in
every stranger.
For those whose work is caring for those who don't yet count - that they
will have courage and compassion.
For those who decree who is to be counted - that they use their power
wisely and justly.
For those who are counted as nothing - that they will know they mean
everything to our God who loves them indefinitely. |
I thank God for you, the God I serve with a clear
conscience, just as my ancestors did. Night and day I constantly
remember you in my prayers. 2nd Timothy 1:3
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles
himself himself will be exalted. Luke 18:14B
Evening and morning and at noon will I pray and cry aloud and he shall
hear my voice. Psalm 55:17
The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face to shine upon
you; and be gracious unto you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you
and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26. |
| Lord Jesus, you call us to follow in your steps,
to suffer if need be, so that others will know of your love. But Lord,
we are weak and can only follow if you fill us with your strength.
Forgive us Lord, we worry too much. Help us to trust you more, knowing
that you will provide all we need. |
We worship You, amazing creator, for the intricate
systems and astonishing beauty of the earth, sea and skies. Please
forgive us for the ways we have failed to care for your world and the
life upon it. Give us the wisdom and the will to protect our environment
properly. |
Lord you are the ruler of us all, our almighty and
eternal Father. Help us to see ourselves in all our weakness and to see
you in all your power. We want to forget ourselves and remember others. |
| Sovereign Lord we praise your Holy name and thank
you are with your people of Whitburn South as we wait for a new
minister. |
May we wait patiently expectantly and with
thankful hearts for the right person to be appointed at the right time
and may Your Name be glorified at Whitburn South now and forever. Amen. |
Give us the strength to do the things we cannot do
and to be the things that we cannot be, through Jesus Christ your Son,
who is the pattern of our lives and the Saviour of our souls. Amen |
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