#MorningPrayer
Reveal your presence
with us, Lord, that we may
open our hearts and minds to you,
and encounter your healing love,
drawing together
the threads of who we are
and weaving them into
the person you made us to be,
held in your grace and peace,
living your love for all.
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Open our hearts, Lord,
to the love you seek to pour into us,
and channel through our lives,
that we may live a faith
that offers energy
and refreshment to the world,
like cool water,
that offers soothing and healing,
like hot water.
Let our faith never be lukewarm.
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We yearn, Lord,
to navigate life
through calm waters,
and yet reality
is often more unsettled
than we would choose.
When the storms of life
assault and assail us,
reassure us about
your presence with us,
your grace and power
to settle our souls,
your gift of peace.
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Inspire us, Lord,
by your love working in us,
to shine your light into the world
by all that we say, do and are,
that your grace, peace,
justice, mercy and welcome
may be shown to, and known by,
all those with whom we have to do,
and the seeds of your kingdom grow.
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You call us, Lord,
to sow your seed
of love, mercy,
justice, and peace
in the lives of those around us;
may we scatter that seed
liberally and generously, for all.
Help us also to cultivate
the ground of its growth,
as we foster communities
with your love at heart.
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We are family, Lord;
sisters and brothers
bound together
in your love for all people,
for all the world.
Keep our hearts united to yours,
that we may respond to your love
with our own love for you
and for our neighbour,
for community,
for all that you have created.
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Help us, Lord,
to find time and space to retreat
from the pressures and demands
of everyday life,
that we may relax into your presence,
and be refreshed in your peace.
May we know that you call us by name,
and welcome us home,
to share in your
light, life and love.
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Encourage us, Lord,
to open our hearts and minds,
to notice and to know
the enfolding of your love,
the excitement of your call,
the invitation to your way,
the challenge to follow,
the gift of your peace,
the light of your love,
and the joy of sharing it with all.
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Remind us, Lord,
that you seek and find us,
see and know us,
search and call us,
before we notice or know
your presence among us.
Help us to recognise
your voice in our hearts,
inviting us to share in
the life of your kingdom,
to shine today
the light of your love.
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Encourage and inspire us, Lord,
in our openness
to your call upon our lives;
in our faithfulness
to follow where you lead;
in our willingness
to welcome your presence
in us, around us, among us;
in our readiness
to share your love,
your peace,
your hope,
with all.
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Lord, you wonderfully create us
with all our difference and diversity,
our abilities and disabilities,
our strengths and weaknesses.
Draw us to yourself,
that in you we may know
healing and peace:
not to be ‘fixed’
in the world’s eyes,
but to see the love in yours.
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Inspire in us, Lord,
the strength and
stamina we need
to keep our focus
upon the work
you call us to do,
our share in revealing
your kingdom to the world.
Remind us
that our work includes prayer;
help us to find time and space
to dwell in your presence,
and listen.
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Reveal your presence, Lord,
in our story and
in the story of the world;
help us bring the tangles
and loose ends of life to you,
that you may
challenge what is bad,
encourage what is good,
inspire healing,
and restore relationship,
that with you
we may build peace.
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Keep us always open, Lord,
to hearing your guidance;
attentive to your call,
responsive to your gospel
and ready to follow you
with all that we are,
all that we have,
and all that we do.
As we receive your gifts
of love and mercy,
inspire us to share them with all.
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Lord, open our ears,
our hearts, our minds,
that we may truly listen
for your guidance,
your wisdom, your calling.
Help us prepare,
in our lives and in the world,
the way of your kingdom,
to turn into it, and away from
that which diverts us,
that we may follow you.
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Fill our lives, Lord,
with the gift of your peace,
with the assurance of your promises.
In the face of all that
the world calls us to face today,
remind us that there is nothing
which can come between us and your love,
nothing that can divert
your grace, your hope.
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Help us, Lord, to trust
in your purposes and promises,
in your timing and timetable;
keep us from a focus
on our own plans and priorities
when they conflict with
the cause of your kingdom.
Give us hearts and minds
open to your leading,
that we may reveal
your love.
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Grow in us, Lord,
a faith that is open to your call,
that seeks to understand,
that trusts in your love,
and is ready to respond to you
with a yes in all areas of life,
that we may be
channels of your blessing,
and bear your grace, mercy,
justice, and peace to all.
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You want us, Lord,
to know and live life
in the abundance of your love,
in the joy of your kingdom.
Keep our focus on your way,
help us not to turn in on ourselves
and be consumed
by greed, status,
jealousy, and selfishness.
May these things
never trump your grace.
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Keep us open, Lord,
to the wisdom and guidance
of your Holy Spirit,
as you encourage us and steer us
in the way you call us to follow.
May the words of our mouths,
the thoughts of our hearts,
the choices we make,
and the actions we take,
speak to all of your peace.
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Fill up our faith, Lord,
that in our openness
to receiving your love,
we may be people
who show it and share it
by the lives we lead;
not only in the words we speak,
but also in lives committed to action,
to practically expressing your love
for the blessing of all.
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Teach us, Lord,
to see what is most valuable
about each person we meet:
not the value or lack of
possessions or wealth,
not the value or lack of
position or status,
not the value or lack of
image or celebrity,
but the value
of your image in them,
and love for them.
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In your holiness, Lord,
you could require us
to live up to your standard;
but we are incapable of reaching it.
Instead, in your love
you are patient and forgiving;
you give us room to grow.
Nurture that growth in us;
turn our hearts
onto your way
of peace, of love.
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Refresh in us, Lord,
day by day and hour by hour,
our awareness of your presence,
of your dwelling in us and among us.
As we navigate
the opportunities and challenges,
the possibilities and temptations of life,
help us hear and follow your voice,
your call to love.
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Grow in us, Lord,
a robustness in our
relationship with you,
a resilience in our faith
and our faithfulness
as we respond to
the circumstances
we encounter day by day.
Nourish us in your love
and fill us with your wisdom;
help us focus on the goods
of your kingdom.
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Keep us mindful, Lord,
of your call to live out our discipleship,
to walk faithfully the way you set before us;
keep us attentive to the voice of your wisdom
in the presence and guidance of your Holy Spirit,
to the leading of your love
in the choices we make today.
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Lord, grant us the privilege
of mountain-top experiences
of your glory, your love, your grace,
that we may apprehend
something of your majesty;
but keep us always ready
to walk on with you
in the way of the cross,
to live out your love
for a world in need of peace.
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You call us, Lord,
in response to
your love for us,
to love you in return,
and to love our
neighbour as ourselves.
Open our hearts
to show the love you desire,
both to your glory
and for the wellbeing
of all people.
Help us not to forget
properly to love
ourselves.
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Help us, Lord, to know
that the value of other people
lies in their personhood,
not their perfection;
in their existence,
not their effectiveness.
Grow in us the capacity
to value others
for who they are,
people made in your image,
and bear with each other in love.
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Steer us, Lord,
away from that
which feeds our ego
but hurts our being.
Help us instead to seek
goodness, wisdom,
self-control, endurance,
godliness, compassion, and love.
Fit us for your kingdom;
inspire us to live out
our vocation to embody
its hope and vision.
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Assist us, Lord,
to embrace the gifts
of compassion
and self-control.
Keep us always ready
to look for and work
for the wellbeing
of our neighbours,
and of all people;
hold us back from
focusing on our own
image, greed or status.
May our ego
never trump
your love.