#MorningPrayer
Give us courage, Lord,
to stand for your kingdom,
for what we know to be
right, good, loving.
Let us never be swayed
by what will give us an easy life,
ingratiate us with the ‘right’ people,
bring us material gain,
or advance our own agenda.
Help us to follow you.
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Save us, Lord,
from the temptation
to make you in our image
rather than recognising
that we are made in yours;
keep us from trying to force you
into the mould of
our own understanding
and prejudice.
Fill our hearts with you;
give us courage
to reveal you to others.
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Give us the strength
and understanding
of your kingdom, Lord,
that we may define ourselves
not by worldly position or power
but by our identity in you,
our participation in your mission,
our living out of your love.
Help us daily
to welcome your will
for our lives.
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Help us daily, Lord;
prepare our hearts,
furnish them
with the peace
of your kingdom
and the fruit
of your Spirit,
that we may rejoice
to be with you
and share in your gift of life.
Help us recognise
the sound of your voice
as you ask us again
to be your disciples. #MorningPrayer
Help us daily, Lord;
prepare our hearts,
furnish them
with the peace
of your kingdom
and the fruit
of your Spirit,
that we may rejoice
to be with you
and share in your gift of life.
Help us recognise
the sound of your voice
as you ask us again
to be your disciples. #MorningPrayer
Help us daily, Lord;
prepare our hearts,
furnish them
with the peace
of your kingdom
and the fruit
of your Spirit,
that we may rejoice
to be with you
and share in your gift of life.
Help us recognise
the sound of your voice
as you ask us again
to be your disciples.
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As we shout our Hosannas
with the crowd today, Lord,
fill us with your Spirit;
guide us to
a mature understanding
of who you are,
of your love for us,
that we may behold your Cross
and see your love,
behold your wounds
and know that your heart
holds our brokenness.
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Attune our heart and minds, Lord,
to the frequency
of your working among us,
to the wavelength
of your kingdom.
Help us to perceive
your presence and activity
in our midst,
that we may know your desires
for our communities
and heed your call
to join you in mission.
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Let our desire, Lord,
be to see you:
to see your activity
in our world
and our communities,
and to work with you
in your mission of peace;
to see your image
in those around us,
especially in those
who the world says
don’t belong;
to be with all,
sharing your love.
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In the face of fear, confusion
and impostor syndrome,
Mary gave her yes
to your call upon her life, Lord,
and so brought to birth
the Word made flesh
for our salvation.
May we welcome
the presence, grace and love
of Christ in our lives,
saying our yes to your call.
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You lavish your love upon us, Lord,
offering even your life
for our salvation and wellbeing.
May we respond to that love
in the transformation of our hearts,
that we may love you
and all in whom your image is found
with the abundance and generosity
of your kingdom.
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Save us, Lord,
from the times
when we allow
our own understanding
and our own sense of self-interest
to put to death your work
in us, through us, and among us.
Instead of judging you
by what we are,
may we open ourselves
to your Spirit,
and be led into
who you are.
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Forgive us, Lord,
when we fall into judging everything,
even your activity among us,
by our human understanding.
Help us to go much deeper
to begin to grasp
the creativity of the kingdom
which breaks through in you
as we see the depth
of your love for us
in action.
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Inspire us, Lord,
to live as a colony of your kingdom,
as a community of love and discipleship,
encouragement and inclusion,
loving challenge and hopeful vision;
help us to keep open the ears of our hearts,
that we may be ready to receive your voice
and follow you.
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Lord, teach us
that even at the end
of our human understanding,
the limit of our earthly hope,
there we find
your love
which overcomes even death,
your promises
which prevail over all others,
your grace
which heals all brokenness,
your voice
calling us to new life.
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Save us, Lord,
from prejudging others
on the basis of
what we think we know
about them;
their background,
their gender,
their skin colour,
hair colour,
eye colour...
May we welcome all,
whatever their shoe size.
May we know simply
that all are made
in your image.
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Give us, Lord,
an appreciation
of the works
you have done
in our lives;
teach us to look
not simply for
what we think of
as signs and wonders,
but to recognise
the deepest miracle of all:
that you have made us
in your image,
and given life to us
through your cross.
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Good Shepherd,
fill us with longing to follow you,
to lose ourselves in your love
that we may find ourselves anew.
May your voice resound
through our minds and hearts,
our souls and our being,
that we may become more like you,
live your story,
and share your love.
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Teach us, Lord,
to listen for your call,
to recognise your voice.
Teach us to follow
where you lead,
with confidence and faith
that you seek out
good pastures for us.
And teach us to speak
with your voice,
from your heart,
that we may share
your abundance
with all.
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Save us, Lord,
from trammelled thinking
that fails to see
your presence and activity
when it challenges
our prejudices and our ego.
Give us instead
the vision of your kingdom,
that we may be enabled
to discern your working
even when it threatens
our preconceptions.
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Give us courage, Lord,
to remove barriers
rather than erect them;
to seek relationship in our diversity
rather than stick with our own;
to give agency to others
rather than using them as objects;
to recognise your image
in each person we encounter:
to let it shine.
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Help us, Lord, to value
not so much sight,
as vision;
not so much awareness,
as insight.
Lift us beyond
our prejudices
and preconceptions,
to see your activity
and your glory
in people and places
we thought unlikely.
Heal our lack
of understanding
of your kingdom.
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Fill us with your Spirit, Lord God,
that we may truly worship you
in all we are, in all we say,
and in all we do.
You are Creator:
may we steward your gift well.
You are Redeemer:
may we draw others to the cross.
You are Sustainer:
may we know, and show, your love.
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You, Lord, shine the light of truth
on a world that so often
walks in darkness.
Bathe us in that light;
set us free from all that
pulls us away from your kingdom.
Free us to find our life in you,
to follow your light on our path,
to flood our world with your love.
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Lord Jesus,
Light of the World,
illuminate our hearts
that we may reflect you
into the world,
that we may shine
with the light
of your kingdom.
Be the lamp
that shows us
the way we should go
on our pilgrimage
as disciples,
and help us lead others
to encounter you.
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Before you, Lord,
who can stand?
None of us measures up.
And yet where the Law
seeks punishment,
you seek penitence and faith.
You seek to redeem,
to heal, to forgive,
to make whole, to love.
You came to save,
not to condemn.
Open our hearts to you
and one another.
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When you look at us, Lord,
you look not at
where we come from,
or class, or wealth,
or age, or race, or gender,
or disabilities, or sexuality,
or hair colour.
You look at your image,
shining from us
and delighting your heart.
Help us to see the same
in one another.
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You fill us, Lord, with yourself;
infusing our lives
with the peace and wholeness
of your kingdom
whatever our situation.
Help us to receive your love
and become more and more
like you;
yearning to share it with others,
that together
we may follow
your way
to life.
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Lord,
before ever we try
to understand you,
you have already
understood us;
before ever we seek
to know you,
you have already
known us deeply;
before ever we try
to respond to you,
you have already
responded to us in love.
Help us to live in,
and share,
that love.
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Keep us, Lord,
from the temptation
to try to corral your Spirit,
to neatly package
your love and teaching
in terms that we can understand.
Instead of seeking
to understand you,
may we seek always
to stand under you;
under your calling,
your challenge
and your love.
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Give us, Lord,
the depth of faith
by which we perceive your timing
and trust your lead
in when to act or speak,
and when to wait.
Give us confidence and courage
to follow your call,
even when our understanding
pulls us another way.
Keep us always
in tune with you.
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You, Lord,
have the words of eternal life,
and in you we find the truth
of who we are made to be;
give us faith, courage,
passion and strength
that we may follow you joyfully
even if that brings challenge,
and changes us.
May we fix our hearts on you,
and flourish.
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Draw us, Lord,
to your table
that we may share
in the bread and wine
of the kingdom,
be nourished and transformed
by your body and blood;
hasten the day
when all will share together
the banquet of your love,
the food of eternal life,
rejoicing at our unity in you.