Prayers

Discover prayers for different topics, themes, events, occasions and days of the month. These are for reference and use in planning services and events.

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A prayer for today

Read prayers for today, as written by Methodists from across the world.

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A prayer for good mental health

A prayer for those in prison

A prayer for courage to embrace the needs of the world

31 Mar 2024

Lord, we want an easy life – we come to you to escape our difficulties, for a solution to our problems, to find security.

A prayer that all people be blessed

31 Mar 2024

Holy and hidden God, your mystery and majesty fills the earth and all creation.

A prayer that God might open our eyes

30 Mar 2024

God in hiding, waiting in the dark, blowing over the formless void, speak a word of light and life, we pray

A prayer that we surrender to God's will

30 Mar 2024

All our powers we surrender to you, O God, and our whole will to yours.

A prayer for wisdom

29 Mar 2024

Faithful God,
we trust in your promise that the darkness so often contains treasures

A prayer for peace in our hearts

29 Mar 2024

Let your peace rule in our hearts, O Lord

A prayer for God's revelation in our lives

28 Mar 2024

Hidden God,
you are known to me as absence
more than presence

A prayer for penitence, godly desire and wisdom

28 Mar 2024

Grant us, Lord, the penitence of the publican who dared not raise his eyes to heaven

A prayer that we may reflect the goodness of God

27 Mar 2024

Holy God,
creation is your gift of grace,
pregnant with your presence.

A prayer for God's power in our lives

27 Mar 2024

Endue us with your power, O Lord

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