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17 Jul 2024
A prayer written by Martyn Payne:
Keeper of our steps,
keeper of our senses,
keeper of our souls,
keep us as the apple of your eye;
keep us in your perfect peace;
keep us in our going out and our coming in;
for you are the strongest keep
within the walls of our life.
Amen.
10 Jul 2024
A Prayer for Sea Sunday (14 Jul)
The Pilot Psalm
Psalm 23 adapted by Captain John H Roberts, 1874
The Lord’s my Pilot; I shall not drift. He lights me across the dark waters;
He steers me in deep channels;
He keeps my log.
He guides me by the star of holiness for his name’s sake.
Even though I sail amid the thunder and tempest of life,
I will dread no danger, for you are near me; Your love and your care, they
shelter me. You prepare a harbour before me in the homeland of eternity;
You anoint the waves with oil, and my ship rides calmly.
Surely sunlight and starlight shall favour me on the voyage I take,
And I will rest in the port of our God for ever.
03 Jul 2024
A prayer for politicians
| Lord of our island kingdom, because you declare that ‘righteousness exalts a nation’,* raise up local and national leaders in this coming election, who will put people before profit; justice before power; truth before popularity; mercy before personal gain; and who seek the good of all people, for your name’s sake. Amen. *Proverbs 14:34 (NIV) |
26 Jun 2024
A prayer for the General Election
God of all Government,
Christians in Politics
Send workers into the harvest field of political life.
Call your people.
Not simply those who pay you lip service,
But those who hear your voice and know your name,
Those who will not serve two masters,
Those who will choose kingdom over tribe,
Those who are not ashamed of the gospel,
Those who will speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
Those who will seek justice, encourage the oppressed, defend the cause of the fatherless, and plead the case of the widow,
Those who will seek to reconcile more than separate,
Those who will seek to co-operate more than compete.
Those who do not despise the day of small beginnings,
Those who pray your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Those who will choose your glory over self-promotion,
Those who will choose truth over expediency,
Those who will listen to the still, small voice more than the megaphone of the media,
Those who will care for the least of these, rather than genuflect to the greatest,
Those who find their identity and security in their divine election more than their election by man,
Those whose citizenship is in heaven, and whose primary allegiance is to another King,
Those who know your grace for their failings.
Call out an army that will march on its knees in humility,
To fight not just with the weapons of this world,
But the invisible ammunition of your Kingdom.
AMEN
19 Jun 2024
A prayer for Refugee Week 17-23 Jun
| Life-giving, love-bringing, home-making God, may the shelter of your presence bring hope and healing to all those who have been uprooted and stranded in unfamiliar lands, because of the brokenness of this world. Amen. |
12 Jun 2024
A prayer for Great Big Green Week 8-16 Jun
05 Jun 2024
A prayer for the 80th Anniversary of D-Day (6th June 1944)
Lord God, we pray for peace in our day.
As you bound the forces of oppression and evil which threatened us in the Second World War, so we pray for your Spirit to bring love instead of hatred and pardon instead of injury in our world today.
We thank you for the freedoms we enjoy as a result of D-Day, and pray for the countries of Europe and for our own nation.
Help us to do our part to ensure the flourishing of mutual respect and understanding and to bring people closer in community and companionship.
