Prayer for the Day
A prayer of thanks that God hears us
Loving God, we give you thanks that we can always turn to you in prayer and know that you love us and listen to us. Whether praying with the words of others, with words of our own, or simply being with you in silence, we know that you hear us.
Help us to come to you with our joys and thanksgiving. But help us too to bring our sorrows and concerns and the needs of our neighbours, for nothing is too large or too small to share with you. So may we make prayer a part of our lives. Amen.
Alternative Prayer for the Day
A contemplative breath prayer
“For his anger is but for a moment; his favour is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.”
Psalm 30:5
(Breathe in) Weeping may linger for the night, (Breathe out) but joy comes with the morning
A prayer that God may broaden our horizons
God of infinite wonder, whose love has no horizon and whose grace has no border, we open ourselves to your presence this day.
God of the minutiae, in whose company ‘insignificant’ has no meaning, we receive your blessings this day.
Raise our eyes from only that which is in front of us.
Lift our heads, that our vision may be broader and longer.
Sow seeds of passion in our hearts
and lay embers of hope in our lives
that we may never accept the concept of inevitable,
but instead cultivate communities of peace that live a language of possibility.
Helen Kirk, District Chair, Chester and Stoke-on-Trent District
Wednesday 02 April 2014
“Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.” (v. 48)
John 4:43-54