#MorningPrayer Tuesday 30th April 2019 - St Mark (transferred)

#MorningPrayer 

Keep us attentive to your call, Lord, 

and ready to set apart for you 

whom and what you ask of us. 

Give us the faith to follow where you lead, 

and to go where you send us, in that faith. 

Give us also the courage 

to proclaim your kingdom and your love 

no matter what.

#MorningPrayer Monday 29th April 2019 - St George (transferred)

#MorningPrayer 

Help us, Lord, 

to trust in your armour to defend us from evil, 

but keep our hearts and lives vulnerable 

to you and your calling, 

that we may open to love and mercy, grace and peace, 

and be filled with them to overflowing, 

that we may share them lavishly with all.

#MorningPrayer Sunday 28th April 2019 - 2nd SUNDAY OF EASTER

#MorningPrayer 

In this, our great Passover, Lord, 

you deliver us from bondage to sin and death, 

and open for us a new and living way into your presence. 

May we rejoice in this inheritance that is ours, 

and share its unfading glory with the world, 

that all may find their hope in you.

#MorningPrayer Saturday 27th April 2019 - Easter Saturday

#MorningPrayer 

Lord, your love brings release from all that binds us, 

and sets us free for new life in your kingdom. 

You even unbind the hold of death, 

and bring new life where there seemed no hope, 

as Lazarus found. 

May the joy of your resurrection fill the world 

today and always.

#MorningPrayer Friday 26th April 2019 - Easter Friday

#MorningPrayer 

When we lack hope, 

or feel that all is lost, Lord, 

remind us that in you 

there is infinite hope and promise, 

for in you nothing is lost; 

let the new life of your kingdom 

course through our veins, 

and shine from our lives, 

that all may see you 

in and through us.

#MorningPrayer Thursday 25th April 209 - Easter Thursday

#MorningPrayer 

You, Lord, bring life where there was death, 

hope where there was despair, 

joy where there was emptiness, 

dancing where there was mourning. 

So fill us with the new life of your kingdom, 

that Easter shines from every fibre of our being. 

Alleluia, Christ is Risen!

#MorningPrayer Wednesday 24th April 2019 - Easter Wednesday

#MorningPrayer 

Inspire us, Lord, to follow your leading 

and go where you direct us; 

to open our hearts and listen for your word and your call; 

to respond in love to your love, 

and share that love with the world, 

that we may lead others to find life in you: 

life in all its fullness.

#MorningPrayer Tuesday 23rd April 2019 - Easter Tuesday

#MorningPrayer 

As we gaze into your empty tomb, Lord, 

fill us not with fear at things we neither expect nor understand, 

but with rejoicing that your promise is fulfilled, 

new creation is bursting forth, and we are renewed. 

Give us such joy in this new life, that it cannot be contained.

#MorningPrayer Monday 22nd April 2019 - Easter Monday

#MorningPrayer 

Fill us with hope, joy and love, Lord; 

may we know the reality 

of the empty tomb and discarded grave clothes, 

the reality of your new life coursing through our veins, 

the reality of your promise fulfilled in us and for us. 

May our song ever be Alleluia! Christ is Risen!

#MorningPrayer Sunday 21st April 2019 - EASTER DAY

#MorningPrayer 

Lord, may your sweet and refreshing waters flow 

into the brackish and stagnant waters of our lives, 

to refresh, to revitalise, to renew. 

Cleanse us, as you cleansed the Temple, 

and re-make us for the new life you bring this day; 

for you are risen, alleluia, alleluia!

#MorningPrayer Saturday 20th April 2019 - HOLY SATURDAY

#MorningPrayer 

As we watch and wait, Lord, 

make us to know that 

no matter how far away from you we ever think we get, 

we are never outside the reach of your loving arms, 

and you will seek us out, find us, 

and bring us home to you in your great love; 

love stronger even than death.

#MorningPrayer Friday 19th April 2019 - GOOD FRIDAY

‪#MorningPrayer

Refusing to play violence and evil at their own game, Lord,

you endured their worst

like the lamb that is silent before its shearers.

Sinless one, taking the weight of all sin,

you bore our burden; a burden we cannot bear.

May we, this day, behold your love for us.‬

#MorningPrayer Thursday 18th April 2019 - MAUNDY THURSDAY

#MorningPrayer 

Forgive us, Lord, 

when we divert attention away from our own sins, 

by projecting them loading them onto scapegoats. 

Forgive us when we continue to add weight 

to the burden you bore for us on the Cross. 

Give us instead penitent and contrite hearts; 

fill them with love.

#MorningPrayer Wednesday 17th April 2019 - Holy Wednesday

‪#MorningPrayer 

Keep us faithful and strong, Lord, 

but reassure us 

that even when we fall into denying you 

or running with the crowd, 

still you will forgive us, heal us, and restore us - 

like a Prodigal Father rejoicing at the return of his lost son,

full of love and understanding.‬

#MorningPrayer Tuesday 16th April 2019 - Holy Tuesday

#MorningPrayer 

When we meet you, Lord, 

in the people and the circumstances of the day, 

give us strength to remain awake to your presence, 

to watch and pray with you for the Father’s will to be done, 

to keep faith with you and in you, 

trusting in your promises and your love for us,

#MorningPrayer Monday 15th April 2019 - Holy Monday

#MorningPrayer 

Lord, the exuberance of the crowd on Palm Sunday 

slowly turned to their baying for your blood by Good Friday, 

and even your disciples betrayed, denied & deserted you. 

Give us strength to own our human weaknesses, 

yet not to be owned by them, 

but to trust in your love.

#MorningPrayer Sunday 14th April 2019 - PALM SUNDAY

#MorningPrayer 

Rejoice with us, Lord, 

as we welcome and acclaim you as our King: 

give us joy in laying before you 

what we have and what we are; 

and courage to follow where you lead. 

Keep us from wanting to remake you 

in the image of our desires; 

rather help us reveal your image in us.

#MorningPrayer Saturday 13th April 2019

#MorningPrayer 

Help us Lord, 

that we may not be like those who believed in you 

but did not show it for fear of the consequences - 

rather let us express our faith not merely in words, 

but in the way we are, 

in the things we do, 

and in the love we share, 

that all may see you in us.

#MorningPrayer Friday 12th April 2019

#MorningPrayer 

Lord, give us hearts to know you; 

to know that we are your people, 

and to show that you are our God - 

living your love with all that we are, 

rejoicing at your image in us and in all people, 

shining your light so brightly 

that others see Jesus clearly through us.

#MorningPrayer Thursday 11th April 2019

#MorningPrayer 

Lord, may we hear your voice clearly and follow it, 

not thinking we know already what you will say. 

May we recognise you as our King, 

without making you into the king we want. 

Keep us from re-making you in our image; 

rather let us rejoice that we are made in yours.

#MorningPrayer Wednesday 10th April 2019

#MorningPrayer 

Lord, you raise us from death to life, 

and give us a share in the new life of the kingdom 

here and now. 

May we embrace the culture and call of your kingdom, 

rejoice at being filled with its promise and possibility, 

and show its love and life to the world 

today and always.

#MorningPrayer Tuesday 9th April 2019 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

‪#MorningPrayer 
Lord, may we live our lives in ways that 
seek justice for the oppressed, 
bring hope to the downtrodden, 
offer challenge to the powerful 
and cause discomfort to the selfish. 
May we keep the values of your kingdom 
at the heart of all we do, 
and show the world your love.‬

#MorningPrayer Monday 8th April 2019

#MorningPrayer 

Lord, in the heights and in the depths, 

in joy or sorrow, 

let us hear your voice 

calling us to the new life you bring. 

Keep us faithful and hold us close, 

that we may journey in your presence, 

filled with your hope, 

saturated in your love, 

and sharing your peace.

#MorningPrayer Sunday 7th April 2019 - Passiontide begins

#MorningPrayer 

Keep our eyes and ears and hearts open to you, Lord, 

that we may see what you are doing and join in, 

listen to what you are saying and pay heed, 

know that you are loving and love in return. 

Keep us faithful to your law of love, 

that all may know we are your people.

#MorningPrayer Saturday 6th April 2019

#MorningPrayer 

Help us, Lord, 

to see past difficulties and hardships, 

the things which want to suck the life out of living, 

or which threaten to overwhelm us; 

help us instead to keep our focus on you, 

and the life and love you bring, 

that we may live in the promise of your kingdom.

#MorningPrayer Friday 5th April 2019

#MorningPrayer 

Be with us, Lord, when it’s hard to stay on your path; 

if like Jeremiah our words are rejected, 

if like Mary and Martha life becomes hard to bear. 

May our faith always remain strong, 

our love for you always shine out, 

and our blessing in you always be felt and shared.

#MorningPrayer Thursday 4th April 2019

#MorningPrayer 

Teach us, Good Shepherd, 

to know your voice, 

to  listen to your word, 

to hear your call upon our lives. 

Help us to follow where you lead, 

and to give cheerfully 

of what we have and what we are, 

so your mission and ministry may flourish 

through your church, 

for your world.

#MorningPrayer Wednesday 3rd April 2019

#MorningPrayer 

Good Shepherd, 

give us such trust in you and your care for us, 

that we truly follow wherever you lead 

and seek your will for us. 

Let us never forsake you and turn into our own way, 

but always be people of your Way, 

drawing many to you 

by the fragrance of your love in us.

#MorningPrayer Tuesday 2nd April 2019

#MorningPrayer 

Good Shepherd, 

help us keep our focus on you; 

give us the courage and the faith 

to follow where you lead, and remain close to you. 

Shape us and mould us as a potter does the clay, 

that we may continually grow 

as the disciples and the church you call us to be, 

for the blessing of all.