Prayer for the Day
A prayer that we may give welcome to others
Dear Lord, we come to you in prayer, seeking your guidance to help us to continue to make our churches places of welcome and acceptance.
We know so many people of all ages are lonely and long to belong.
We want to build church families of all ages, who worship together with joy.
We need always to put prayer at the heart of all our planning and action.
Help us to sing a new song that tells of your love, by always listening and learning to become receptive to new ideas that translate into loving action in our neighbourhoods. Amen.
Alternative Prayer for the Day
A prayer that God's grace may work through us
Be the beginning, O God, of all our good, the wellspring of all our love and the source of all our freedom. Let your grace work in us, your will be done through us and your protection be over us. Amen.
A prayer for God's forgiveness
To you, O God most high, we lift our hearts, voicing our praise, confessing our sins and seeking your pardon. To you we come for grace, to you we render our thanks and to you we ascribe all honour and glory, now and forever. Amen.
Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Wednesday 09 October 2019
‘But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you.’ (v. 28)
Matthew 12:22-32A Prayer for LGBT+ History Month
Shared with us by Pam Gold, coordinator for the Methodist LGBT+ Solidarity Circle.
