#MorningPrayer Monday 30th September 2019 - S Jerome

‪#MorningPrayer‬
‪Lord, you give us all that you are,‬
‪and were willing to be led‬
‪like a lamb to the slaughter‬
‪for love of us;‬
‪may we be ready to put all that we are,‬
‪and all that we have,‬
‪at your disposal:‬
‪let the knowledge that‬
‪‘the Master has need of it’‬
‪be all the reason we need.‬

#MorningPrayer Sunday 29th September 2019 - S Michael & All Angels

‪#MorningPrayer‬
‪Lord, Herod & Pilate both saw‬
‪that their sinful, weak plans pleased the people,‬
‪and so went further despite knowing they were wrong.‬
‪Keep us from such a course‬
‪where we have power to make decisions;‬
‪rather help us to choose your way‬
‪of truth, light, love, and life.‬

#MorningPrayer Saturday 28th September 2019

‪#MorningPrayer‬
‪Help us, Lord, to value each other‬
‪as people made in your image:‬
‪let the one who cannot see‬
‪be honoured in their vision of you;‬
‪let the one who cannot hear‬
‪be honoured in their listening to you;‬
‪let the one who cannot walk‬
‪be honoured in their pilgrimage with you.‬

#MorningPrayer Friday 27th September 2019 - S Vincent de Paul

#MorningPrayer

Keep us, Lord, from a focus on ourselves,

on our own position or status,

but rather let our focus be always on you and your will.

May we always speak truth, peace and love into the world,

and never falsehood, violence nor evil,

whether on our lips or in our hearts.

#MorningPrayer Thursday 26th September 2019

#MorningPrayer

Lord, you set your face for Jerusalem

knowing the hardship, suffering & pain

it would bring,

but also knowing the promise

of what would be achieved beyond it.

Help us never to shy away

from the struggles of our discipleship,

but rather fix our eyes on your kingdom.

#MorningPrayer Wednesday 25th September 2019

#MorningPrayer

Keep us, Lord, from attachment to worldly possessions:

instead fix our hearts on you and your kingdom.

Help us know that it is people we are to value,

and things we are to use;

let us never fall into the trap of reversing that principle.

May we live out your love.

#MorningPrayer Tuesday 24th September 2019

#MorningPrayer

Give us, Lord, a devotion and commitment

to one another and our relationships;

may we have a particular concern and care

for our children and young people -

may they be welcomed, taken seriously,

safeguarded, involved, and listened to

as we seek your will together.

#MorningPrayer Monday 23rd September 2019

#MorningPrayer

Give us, Lord, the flavour of your kingdom,

that we may bring to the world your zest for life,

the savour of your grace,

the seasoning of your mercy.

May we be as salt, making life taste better,

as we live out the blessings

of loving and being loved by you.

#MorningPrayer Sunday 22nd September 2019 - 14th Sunday after Trinity

#MorningPrayer 

Give us hearts, Lord, 

that hear the song of your kingdom,

and lives that transmit 

its beautiful harmonies to the world around us. 

Help us to improvise on the theme of your love, 

that we may each play a melody 

which lifts the hearts and lives of others to you.

#MorningPrayer Saturday 21st September 2019 - S Matthew, Apostle

#MorningPrayer

Inspire us, Lord, 

with your kingdom love;

fill our hearts with desire for you;

fill our souls with longing for you;

fill our minds with your thoughts;

fill us with your strength 

for the journey before us.

Take us as we are,

and make us whom you’d have us be. 

#MorningPrayer Friday 20th September 2019

#MorningPrayer

Lord, teach us to pray:

not merely to say our prayers,

not merely to listen for your word,

not merely to seek your will,

but to mould our lives after the pattern of your life,

to align our spirits with your Holy Spirit,

to tune our hearts to the music of your love.

#MorningPrayer Thursday 19th September 2019 - S Theodore of Tarsus

#MorningPrayer

Lord, may we be ready:

to be led by you where you want us to go;

to see you as you truly are,

to listen to you,

to hear your call,

to move on with you into the life you lay before us,

and to do your will in all things,

that we may show you and your love to the world.

#MorningPrayer Wednesday 18th September 2019

#MorningPrayer

May we confess you to the world, Christ Jesus;

as the Messiah who is suffering servant, crucified,

who humbled himself to take the form of a slave,

who rose to new life bearing his wounds.

Let us proclaim you -

to all who are proud

and all who are humbled by life.

#MorningPrayer Tuesday 17th September 2019 - S Hildegard of Bingen

#MorningPrayer

Lord, your servant Hildegard

was granted a vision of heaven.

Fill us with vision for your kingdom,

your vision for the people, church,

communities and society

that you call us to be;

give us your strength

and fill us with your love,

that we may live out your will.

#MorningPrayer Monday 16th September 2019 - S Ninian

#MorningPrayer

Work into our lives, Lord,

the yeast of your kingdom;

may it permeate all we do and all we are.

Let us not be spoiled

by what is opposed to you and frustrates your will,

but rather let us be proved by the warmth of your love,

and expand our love for you and for others.

#MorningPrayer Sunday 15th September 2019 - 13th Sunday after Trinity

#MorningPrayer

Remind us Lord,

that we contend not only

with the pressures of the world we see,

but also with the spiritual.

Make us more aware

of the impact on our lives

of cultures and systems

and powers outside us;

help us name them,

and let your love work in us

to tame them.

#MorningPrayer Saturday 14th September 2019 - Holy Cross Day

#MorningPrayer

As we contemplate your cross, Lord,

help us to know that our failings are redeemed,

and your welcome to us stands firm.

Make us alert to the pain of the world,

and fill us with your grace,

that we may show your love,

shine your light,

and share your life with all.

#MorningPrayer Friday 13th September 2019 - S John Chrysostom

#MorningPrayer

Give us, Lord, your wholeness & wisdom;

may we hear your call in our hearts,

may we see your vision in our minds,

may we speak your word with our lives,

may we follow your path in all we do,

whether or not our ears, eyes, tongues or legs

“work” in the world’s view.

#MorningPrayer Wednesday 11th September 2019

#MorningPrayer

Heal us and cleanse us, Lord, from within.

Purify our hearts not just our hands,

our attitudes not just our actions,

our minds not just our mouths.

Make us to be your disciples

that we may live as your disciples,

to be of your kingdom

that we may live your kingdom.

#MorningPrayer Tuesday 10th September 2019

#MorningPrayer

Keep us, Lord,

from imposing our understanding and our will

over your calling and your love;

keep us from making our own judgements and our own rules,

and mistaking them for yours.

Give us hearts and minds of love and compassion,

open to your Spirit in all things.

#MorningPrayer Monday 9th September 2019

#MorningPrayer

Help us Lord,

to be open to meeting you

in unexpected situations and people;

to recognise your presence and welcome you,

to rejoice in it.

In the uncertainty and turbulence of life,

help us find your peace,

your calm amid the storm,

and to journey onward with you.

#MorningPrayer Sunday 8th September 2019 - 12th Sunday after Trinity

#MorningPrayer

Help us Lord to hear your call, to follow your call,

to be passionate about those things which matter to you;

take from us our focus on the trivial or the transient,

and fill us with desire to see your will done

over those things which are of kingdom significance.

#MorningPrayer Saturday 7th September 2019

#MorningPrayer

Lord, help us take our rest in you,

stepping aside from the busyness of life

to find space with you.

Help us notice where you are

and where you are moving,

to seek and follow you

that we may stay close by you.

Help us look to you

for our nourishment and nurture.

#MorningPrayer Friday 6th September 2019

#MorningPrayer

In the complexities of life, Lord,

and the situations into which we get ourselves,

give us the strength, integrity and courage

to do the right things -

not to be trapped into doing wrong for fear of losing face,

but to witness to your way by standing for the truth.

#MorningPrayer Thursday 5th September 2019

#MorningPrayer

You call us and send us out, Lord,

to proclaim your peace and your love

to the world.

May we go in faith,

together in your love,

and sow the seeds of your kingdom

in the hearts and lives

of the people and communities

around us,

that all may see your glory.

#MorningPrayer Wednesday 4th September 2019 - S Birinus

#MorningPrayer

Help us Lord, to be where you are,

and to let your healing love reach deep

into the farthest reaches of our souls,

that we might be transformed

as your disciples -

but let us not seek to possess you;

instead may we share you with all,

that all may know your love.

#MorningPrayer Tuesday 3rd September 2019 - Pope S Gregory the Great

#MorningPrayer In our need for wholeness of life, Lord, help us always to seek you, & to find you & follow you; & following you, to reach out for you; & reaching for you, to hold on to you; & holding on to you, to find life in you, & so to know - it is you who sought & found us.

#MorningPrayer Monday 2nd September 2019 - The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea

#MorningPrayer

Lord, when we are imprisoned or bound

by the cares of life,

the pressures of the world,

the attitudes and actions of others,

or our own self-obsessions,

come to us with your healing touch,

release us from bondage

to what hold us back from your call,

make us whole.