#MorningPrayer
Elizabeth’s child
leapt for joy
in her womb, Lord,
as he encountered
love incarnate.
Mary sang her song
of joy and hope
for all the world.
Inspire joy and hope
in us today,
that we may be
a Magnificat people,
lifting the lowly,
filling the empty,
one family in you.
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Help us, Lord,
to be aware
of your presence,
to acknowledge
your glory,
and to appreciate
your call upon
our lives;
fill us with grace
and understanding
that we may have
the wisdom to know
and the will to show
your love in us.
Inspire us
truly to be
your disciples.
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In your love, Lord,
we are knit together
as one people,
sisters and brothers
in the family of faith.
Inspire our common life
and open our hearts,
that we may
uphold each other
in prayer,
encourage each other
in love
and bear the fruit
of your kingdom
for the world.
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Send upon us, Lord,
the gift of your Holy Spirit,
that we may be filled
with your mercy
and your peace,
your wisdom
and your grace,
with faith, with hope,
and with love;
guide us in your ways,
fit us for your kingdom,
and help us
to know and show
our unity in you.
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Fill us, Lord,
with love for you
and trust in you,
as you pour your love
into our hearts
and your life
into our souls.
Inspire us
by your Spirit
to follow you,
not the idols
that seek
to seduce us:
help us to work
for your kingdom,
not to pursue
our own empires.
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Keep us open, Lord,
to the warmth of your love;
may we know ourselves
welcomed, embraced by you.
Keep us open
to the fierceness of your love;
may we be impassioned
to know and follow
your call on our lives.
Keep us in the unity of your love;
for we are your people.
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Fill us with
your Spirit, Lord;
activate in us
your gift of discernment,
that in considering
ideas and actions,
positions and responses,
we may know what is of you,
and what is not.
Give us wisdom
and understanding;
may our lives reveal
your kingdom,
and your love.
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Infuse our hearts, minds,
souls and lives, Lord,
with your grace
and your love;
fill us with a desire,
a commitment,
and a passion
to share that
grace and love
with others.
May our hallmarks
be generosity of spirit
and openness of heart,
that all may see you in us.
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In your great mercy,
Lord, we are your children,
born in your love,
adopted in your grace,
animated by your Spirit,
embraced in your kingdom.
Give us the will and the wisdom
to be all that you call us to be,
and live as you would have us live,
that all may see you.
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Anoint us, Lord,
with your Spirit,
that as you dwell in us,
so we may live for you.
Give us opportunity
and courage
both to speak
of your love
and to show it;
to the world,
to the people we meet,
to the situations
and circumstances
we encounter,
this and every day.
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You create and renew
all things, Lord.
By you we are
fearfully and
wonderfully made,
in you we have new life.
You choose to make
your home with us,
to dwell in our hearts
by your Spirit,
to make us your people,
one in you.
Help us to share
your love and life
today.
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Give us focus, Lord,
on the priorities
of your kingdom
and attune us
to your will;
set our hearts
on the unity
which you desire,
the reconciliation
wrought in your love
stronger than death.
Fill us with your Spirit,
that our agenda
may be yours
and not
the world’s.
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Keep us grounded, Lord,
in our relationship with you.
So fill our hearts
with the light of your love
that we are enabled
to acknowledge before you
our sinfulness,
and know your forgiveness
for what is amiss.
Fill us with your life,
and help us to walk
in your ways.
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Grant us, Lord,
as this day
we celebrate
your ascension,
to rejoice in
your resurrection
and the new life
you give us
in your great love.
Encourage
and enable
our prayer;
keep us
ever open
to you,
that we
may be filled
with your Spirit
and shine
your light
for all.
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Whatever our position,
Lord, remind us all
that we exercise
a leadership
of example
and attitude.
So fill us
with your Spirit
that our being
and our doing,
our speaking
and our hearing,
may be full
of your grace.
Give us
the discipline
of love, faith,
and humility.
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Give us, Lord,
the fortitude and faith
to follow you
whatever the hardships.
If we are shunned or reviled
for a commitment
to show your welcome,
compassion and care,
for a determination
to honour your image
in every person,
strengthen and
encourage us
in your love.
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Lord, remind us, reassure us
and renew our understanding
that we are yours,
that you choose us
and call us to be your people,
whoever we are,
because of your great love for us.
Encourage, enable
and empower us
to live as your disciples,
for you and for one another.
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In your resurrection, Lord,
we have both the hope
and the assurance,
the promise
and the fulfilment,
of new and eternal life.
Death itself is defeated
as your love overcomes all.
Keep us firm
on this foundation
of your kingdom,
that we may live
in its grace
always.
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Inspire us, Lord,
to acts and attitudes
of loving service,
that we may seek
not only to acknowledge
your image in others,
but also to demonstrate
your love for each person.
May we never demand
a response to you in return,
but be ever ready
to share our hope
in you.
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Guide and help us, Lord,
to order our relationships
on the basis of love;
inspire us always
to seek mutual blessing
and the common good.
May we seek the harmony
of your kingdom,
not the discord
of selfishness,
that our lives
may resound
with the music
of your love.
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Loving Lord,
inspire our inclinations
and our interactions
that we may both
desire and choose
what is good
for us and for others,
and through
our relationships
may honour your image
in one another.
Develop in us
a Christlike character,
and help us
to live it
daily.
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Build us up, Lord,
as your people,
anchored firmly in you
as our cornerstone.
May all that we do,
and all that we are,
be built upon
the solid foundation
of your love,
bound and knit together
by your Spirit.
As your living temple,
help us proclaim
your love
to all.
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You call us, Lord,
to new life
and give us new birth
in your love.
Give us the discipline
of true disciples,
that we may
be conformed
to the pattern
of your kingdom,
and learn to love
as you love us.
Help us share
your life and light
with the world
around us
today.
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In your great love, Lord,
you offer us new life
and new hope;
not merely optimism,
but the assurance
that in your grace
and in your kingdom,
all shall be well.
Help us lay hold
of this blessing,
in the face of all
that life brings our way,
and live in your promise.
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Fill us, Lord,
with the new life you offer;
animate our lives
with the power of your love,
stronger even than death,
and draw us ever closer to you,
and into your ways.
Grant that we in our turn
may share that love,
revealing the life
of your kingdom
to the world.
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Hear our prayer, Lord,
for the life of this nation
and all nations.
As a new king is crowned,
pour your blessing on him
and on us all in our leadership;
crown us with love,
that we may serve you
and those in our care.
Clothe us with truth, justice,
mercy and peace.
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In all our relationships, Lord,
may we honour you
by honouring others.
Help and enable us
to see your image
in each one;
both those who are
near and dear to us
and those whom
we find it harder to love.
As you offer
your love for us,
so may we
show that love
to all.
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Take from us, Lord,
all foolishness;
fill us instead
with your wisdom.
Keep us ever open
to the guidance
of your Spirit,
that we may remain
true to your will.
Guide us today
in the choices
and decisions
we make,
that we may seek
the common good,
and show your love.
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Keep us mindful, Lord,
of what you have done for us,
of the great gift of new life
in your love and in your kingdom.
Fill us with your spirit,
that we may walk with you always,
choosing what shares your love,
banishes darkness,
and shines your light
into the world.
#MorningPrayer
Renew us, Lord,
in heart and mind,
in soul and life;
fill our being with
your life and light,
and clothe us
in Christlikeness.
Give us a passion
for justice and equity,
that all may know
the dignity
of being made
in your image,
and be built up
in your
healing
love.
