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... and now let us pray for God's family, the World, and ourselves, giving thanks for God's goodness.

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​Let us pray aloud, and together:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Holy God, You have called us here today; and so as we gather in Your presence we offer to You our prayers which stem from our love for You and our love and concern for those we love and for the people of the world.

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(Longer silence for  personal reflection.)

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Lord God, when Your people join together, we can show others a much fuller picture of Jesus and His Kingdom. We pray for Your faith communities around the world and ask that there will be a growing desire to get together and get out into the world.

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We give you thanks for those who come up with fresh ways of making Your name known to the wider community and for those who work so hard to make fellowship so pleasurable and successful.

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(Short Silence)    Lord in your Mercy: Hear our prayer

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Creator God, we pray not only for the victims but for the perpetrators of evil and violence in our world; for all governments which run on corruption and fear. We pray for a change of heart and attitude, an awakening to a better way of living, and the courage to reject wrong principles.

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(Short Silence)    Lord in your Mercy: Hear our prayer

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Father God, forgive us when we waste our lives by being too busy to enjoy Your creation. Teach us how to make spaces in the day to do the things we most enjoy. Just as you rested from Your work, help us to practise the discipline of recreation and help us to become Your hands and feet in our streets so that our neighbours will one day ask us to tell them more about You.

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(Short Silence)    Lord in your Mercy: Hear our prayer

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Loving God, help those we know and love to turn away from habits which are harmful to them. Help them to turn to you in times of crisis, rather than reaching for quick-fix solutions.

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Lord, we also bring to you those we know who are ill or suffering in any way.  Give them healing and restore them in body, mind and spirit.

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Give the song of joy to all who are now on the road to recovery and recuperation and the song of thanks to all who helped them on that road.

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We especially raise before You now all those who have asked for our prayers from around the world … those we know in New Zealand, in Singapore, in Argentina, in France, in Australia, in the US, in Canada, in Austria, in Ukraine, in China, in Germany, in the Czech Republic, and any others we now name aloud, or in the silence of our hearts, and those who are known only by You.

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(Short Silence)    Lord in your Mercy: Hear our prayer

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Mighty God, we remember in Your presence all those who have died, and particularly those we have known and loved. Thank you for them and thank You for Your promise of eternal life and peace. Be close to those who are recently bereaved, strengthen them with the knowledge that you are always there to lean on and to be carried through difficult times.

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We pray for all the faithful departed, may they now rest in eternal peace as they most surely have risen in glory.

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We especially raise before you at this time our recently departed sister and brother Janet(New Zealand), Jean-Paul (France).

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(Short Silence)    Lord in your Mercy: Hear our prayer

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Faithful God, at the start of this new week, help us to be an example to others and show us the practical steps we need to take to develop consistency and integrity in all that we do in our lives. consistenc

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(Short Silence) Lord, in Your mercy: hear our prayer

 

Forth in the peace of Christ we go; Christ to the world with joy we bring; Christ in our minds, Christ on our lips, Christ in our hearts, the world’s true King.

 

Merciful father: accept these prayers for the sake of Your Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ.  AMEN.

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