I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove your stony heart from your body and replace it with a living one… Ezekiel 36:26 CEB We pray for God to soften our hearts… We pray for relationships in which there is conflict, and pray for God’s grace and wisdom to… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Peace, peace, peace
In the face of war and rumours of war, We cry: peace, peace, peace. When there is talk of fire and fury, We cry: peace, peace, peace. In communities mourning violent deaths, We cry: peace, peace, peace. In broken relationships and with broken hearts, We cry: peace, peace, peace. We are your people and we… Read More
Thursday Prayer: For a winter’s day
Dear God, We hear stories that make us despondent. We hear stories that make us afraid. We hear stories of callousness, of indifference, of prejudice, of hate. We are looking: looking for signs of hope, of seasons changing, of new growth. Help us to see your greening power at work in our world. Help us… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Matariki
In New Zealand we are celebrating Matariki. Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars known as the Pleiades. When it rises in the north-eastern skies in late May or early June, it signals to Māori that the New Year will begin. (information from Te Ara). Oh God, when my words, my… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Watching
As you, Lord, watch over the stranger, upholding the orphan, the widow; As you, Holy One, keep watch on the nations; so make me watch for you, O my strength; make my soul to wait for you, more than the one watching for the morning. Amen. (Psalms 146:9, 56:7, 130:6, 59:9). Jemma Allen is… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Corpus Christi
We thank you, Gracious God, for all the ways in which we are sustained: by heartbeat and breath; by food and drink; by medicine; by the love of friends; by rhythms of exercise and rest; by your grace, always by your grace. On this day we particularly give you thanks for Jesus: Living Bread. Whether… Read More
Thursday Prayer: Names
Dear God, I am grateful that you want us to know you; that you make yourself known to us in story, in creation, and in the person of Jesus. I spend a lot of time thinking about how to point people to you, how to enlarge their view of you, how to engage them… Read More
Thursday Prayer: decent and disorderly
Dear God, In the part of your church I’m from we like to talk about worship being done decently and in order. We are busy writing prayers, crafting liturgy and dressing the building for Pentecost: that day when we celebrate your life-giving Spirit, poured out on all flesh. Help us not to be so concerned… Read More
Thursday Prayer: for the paths we tread
Bless, O God, the paths ahead of us: the clearly marked ones, the rocky ones, the muddy ones, the relentless concrete so hard on our feet, the paths we can hardly discern, the ones faintly appearing. Walk with us: that our gait might be trusting; that we might walk with hearts of compassion and conviction;… Read More
Thursday prayer: Maundy Thursday
On the night before he died, your Son, Jesus Christ, took bread; when he had given you thanks, he broke it, gave it to his disciples and said: Take, eat, this is my body which is given for you; do this to remember me. Loving God, in the tradition I’m part of this is the day in… Read More
