#MorningPrayer
Lord, you are
the ground
and source
of our being;
you have authority
over all creation,
yet you stoop
to embrace humanity,
to offer us your love
and to call us
your sisters and brothers.
Help us to embrace
and reciprocate
your love,
shining with
your light
for all.
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Lord, inspire in us
a profound understanding
that we are one family in you,
sisters and brothers in Christ,
bound together
by the same love
that binds the Trinity,
three persons
yet one God.
May we know, and show,
a unity and harmony
which reveals
that love
to all.
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Fill our hearts, Lord,
with the same love
which fired her
who anointed
your feet
with her tears;
may we know
in the core
of our being
what you have
done for us,
what love
you lavish
upon us,
what peace
you offer
to our souls.
May we show that
to others,
and to you.
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Risen, ascended Lord;
you have commissioned us
to offer the good news
of your kingdom
to the world;
to show
and to share
your love
with all.
Fill us with
your Holy Spirit,
and inspire us
to be participants,
not mere spectators,
in your work
of blessing
and renewal.
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Awaken our perception, Lord,
help us see the signs and effects
of your presence around us;
help us notice
the green shoots
of your kingdom,
to celebrate and nurture them.
Give us your vision
for the blessing of
people, places and planet;
inspire our work with you.
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Help us to know, Lord,
and always to remember,
whether times are
at their best
or their darkest
in our lives,
that you are God
of love, and life and light.
Open us to your
presence and power,
the power of
resurrection
and renewal,
which not even death
can overcome.
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In your ascension, Lord,
you lift our humanity
to the heights of divinity,
reunite your image
with its source,
and assure us
of our home
in your heart.
Raise our
understanding
of the value
of each person;
help us to join in
your work
of sharing
your love
with all.
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Open our minds, Lord,
that we may perceive
the signs of your kingdom
even in those people and places
which are, to us, unexpected.
Surprise us
with the presence
of faith, hope and love
where we were not looking for it,
and teach us
to widen
our perspectives
on you.
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Keep us
rooted and
grounded
in you, Lord,
that we may stand
on the solid foundation
of your kingdom
and be nourished
by your love,
like sap
coursing through
our very being.
Keep us open
to your Spirit;
mould us to be
more and more
Christlike,
help us show
your way.
#MorningPrayer
Give us, Lord,
the faith,
the strength,
the courage
to love;
to love not only those
whom we perceive
as allies,
as neighbours,
as friends,
but to love also
those who seem other
or opposed.
May we know ourselves
truly to be your disciples
by loving even
our enemies.
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Lord,
guide our
thoughts
and desires,
that our
hearts and minds
may be filled
with the things
of your kingdom.
Take from us
the self-centredness
that leads to using
people and things
for selfish gain;
heal divisions
and discord,
and turn us
towards love
and peace.
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Lord,
you know us better
than we know ourselves;
you see the reality
of who we really are
and you delight in us.
Help us to know
your call upon our lives,
your call to share
in the work
of the kingdom.
May we know
the peace
and blessing
of lives turned
towards you.
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Foster in us, Lord,
in our hearts,
minds and wills,
a passion
for your law.
Not a law
of rules and
regulations
to be enforced
without thought,
feeling or
compassion,
but a law
of your love,
a rule on which
to measure
our concern
for one another
and our
common life.
#MorningPrayer
Take from us, Lord,
any sense
that we must
earn your favour,
deserve your forgiveness,
or work our own salvation;
and keep us from
expecting that
of others.
Rather,
inspire us to rejoice
at your welcome
and generosity,
to accept your love,
and to share it
with all.
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Focus our desires, Lord,
on what is important to you;
give us a passion
for right relationships,
for justice and equity,
for the proper valuing
of people and planet.
Shift our focus
from the prosaic fixing
we so often look for,
to the profound
healing
you bring.
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Inspire
our minds,
our hearts,
our lives,
Lord,
with the vision
of your kingdom
and the power
of your love.
Help us
not to be
discouraged
when our own
strength or
understanding
lets us down,
but awaken us
to your
possibilities
and purposes;
give us faith
to follow.
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Lord,
may we embrace
your purpose
for our lives,
and open ourselves
to your presence
and your activity
among us.
May we know
your healing
of our brokenness,
and be so filled
with your joy
that we cannot help
but share it.
Keep us
from being
possessive
of your love.
#MorningPrayer
Lord,
as we seek
your guidance
for ourselves,
for all your Church
and all your world,
keep our focus
on your kingdom,
on your will.
Fill us with the same
joy, courage and boldness
that fired those
who witnessed
your resurrection;
so may
we share
your love
with all.
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Open our hearts Lord,
that we may
truly apprehend
the ways
and the values
of your kingdom,
and embrace
our vocation
to be your people;
give us glad and
generous hearts
in our attitudes
to others,
give us a passion
to show and share
your love,
that all
may flourish.
#MorningPrayer
Fill us Lord,
with desire
to see
the principles
and promises
of your kingdom
fulfilled in the lives
of communities
and their people:
both those
with whom
we are familiar,
and those
who may be seen
as ‘other’
by many.
May we pursue
justice,
peace,
blessing
for all.
#MorningPrayer
Defend us, Lord,
from a preoccupation
with ourselves
at the expense
of others:
keep from us
that greed
for our own
material wealth
which condemns others
to poverty;
keep from us
that lust for power
which uses others
for our own ends.
Tame our egos,
with your love.
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Fill us Lord,
with your Holy Spirit;
dwell in our
hearts and souls,
fire us
with a passion
for your kingdom.
Help us
to point towards you
in all that we say and do,
in all that we are.
Give us the courage
to speak truth to power,
firm in the assurance
of your love.
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Fill us, Lord,
with your passion
for justice, equity
and peace;
remind us each day
that ours are
the hearts, voices,
hands and feet
through which you work,
and help us
to be and become
people who try
to bring your love to bear
in our world,
for the blessing
of all.
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Lord,
as you spent time
in the Temple
asking questions,
encouraging understanding,
engaging in discussion,
so may we follow your lead;
give us an inquiring faith,
an engaged faith,
a faith that is not afraid
to wrestle with questions.
Keep us in dialogue with you.
#MorningPrayer
Help us Lord,
to perceive
and to recognise
what you are doing
in us, among us
and around us;
open the eyes
of our hearts and minds
to your presence,
your purpose,
your promise
and your possibilities.
Keep us attuned
to the way
of your kingdom,
the way
of your love.
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Keep us faithful, Lord,
to your call,
to your will,
and to your timing,
even when it is not
our own choice,
or preference,
or desire.
Like faithful
Anna and Simeon,
may we maintain
our commitment
to your promises
and inhabit
our trust in you,
as we watch
and wait.
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Remind us, Lord,
that you count us:
not to number us
as in a census,
but that you
count us worthy,
count us as your own,
count us so precious
that you
reach out to us in love;
love so deep
that you stooped
to share our humanity
that we may be heirs
of your kingdom.
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Grant us, Lord,
such trust in you
and openness
to your word,
that we may
ever be ready
to hear the whisper
of your voice
in our hearts,
and always open
to your call,
even if it is
perplexing to us.
Keep us close to you,
guide us in your way,
use us to bless others.
#MorningPrayer
Lord,
may our
hearts and souls
leap for joy
at your presence
with and in us
day by day;
may we embrace
your call, your invitation,
to be part of your work
to bring justice,
mercy and peace
to our topsy-turvy world,
that your kingdom
may come,
on earth
as in heaven.
#MorningPrayer
You honour us, Lord,
by choosing
to work through us,
to use our hands and feet,
our living and loving,
to do your will.
Give us, like Mary,
the wisdom and faith
to discern
what you ask of us today,
and the courage
and strength
to say our yes
to your call,
with joy.
#MorningPrayer
Fill us, Lord,
with the joy
of your kingdom,
the joy of Easter,
the joy of new life;
that whatever
we face in the world,
good or bad,
we may know ourselves held
in the surety of your love,
which overcomes even death.
Give us the comfort
and strength
of your Spirit.
#MorningPrayer
Good Shepherd,
help us to attend to you,
to listen for you,
that we may come
to an intimate knowledge
of your voice.
Help us to recognise
your calling
and follow it,
that we may be
wiser disciples
day by day.
Gather us
into your fold
and send us
to share
your
love.
