Lord, teach us how to pray, and help us to pray now. We thank you for the hope of new life. We see the natural world all around us bursting into life and it teaches us that good things can grow. We see your life, how it was cut off in an attempt to erase …
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Prayer: the humility that comes from wisdom
Lord, teach us how to pray, and help us to pray now. We pray for wisdom for our world. This year 40% of the world’s population will vote in elections. Some of them will be fairer than others, but in all cases, and in all countries, we pray for wise leaders, who are pure, peace-loving, …
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Prayer: warm our hearts
Lord, teach us how to pray, and help us to pray now. At this time of year we gather together for warmth. We pray for the warmth of your presence. Some of us may sense you very close now, and others may sense nothing, but we trust that you are within us, and your love …
Prayer: hating our enemies
Lord, teach us how to pray, and help us to pray now. We thank you for the chance today to honour the courage and sacrifice of the people who have given up their lives, their health, their comfort for our safety. We mourn everyone we have lost through war, and we pray for the survivors …
Prayer: some whisper of truth
May we, somehow, in the midst of all this activity, rest in your presence and hear some whisper of truth: of your exuberant love for us, the people of your world, the creatures of your world, the trees, the rocks, the sea. Lord we pray for everyone affected by the earthquake yesterday in Morocco. Please …
Prayer: safe to shore
Lord, teach us how to pray, and help us to pray now. When we read the news it’s hard not to be worried about our world. It’s hard to hear about the pain our fellow people are going through. I was really struck last week when we sang the song “My Lighthouse”: I will trust …
Prayer: May your mercy bring change in us
Lord, teach us how to pray, and help us to pray now. We pray for peace in Ukraine, in Sudan, in Syria, in Yemen. It’s hard to keep asking, when from a human point of view there seems little hope for reconciliation or negotiation, but we remember again the ordinary people who are fighting, suffering …
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Prayer: we look to Jesus
Lord, teach us how to pray, and help us to pray now. We pray for the people of Sudan as the bombing and fighting in Khartoum and elsewhere continue. We pray that there will be a ceasefire, and an end to violence. We pray for peace and a stable civilian government. We look to Jesus …
Prayer: not joining the pile-ons
Lord, you are good. We resist any lie that tells us otherwise, or that tells us there is no way back to you. And because you are good, we are able to bring these prayers to you. We pray for the survivors of the earthquake in Syria and Turkey. Please comfort everyone who is grieving …
Prayer: God with us
Lord, teach us how to pray, and help us to pray now. Please help the rescue teams working right now after the explosion in a block of flats in Jersey. We pray for everyone mourning for people who have died, and everyone who has lost their home. We ask that more survivors will be found. …