Lord, please teach us how to pray, and help us to pray now. When times are dark, it’s hard to see. We can get lost: everything is so confusing, and we can’t always see what is right. We are not asking for easy answers that make us feel like we’re right and someone else is …
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Prayer: your love runs through our world
Lord, please teach us how to pray, and help us to pray now. God, you are everything; your fierce and gentle love runs through our world, and through us. We need you and we love you: even on the days when we are not so sure you are there, we long for you and we …
Prayer: teach us how to love
Lord, please teach us how to pray, and help us to pray now. We are shocked and scared to hear about the failed assassination attempt yesterday in the US. We pray for safety during this election. We pray against chaos and division. We pray for leaders of upright character, who serve their citizens, not themselves. …
Prayer: freedom
Lord, teach us how to pray and help us to pray now. It feels pointless standing here asking you to help to help when we stand on the precipice in Gaza, with one million people trapped and desperate in Rafah, waiting for the tanks to smash their city and their bodies. What good does it …
Prayer: good things can grow
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 …
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 …