God our creator who goes before us
You draw us forward in faith
Like a pillar of fire across desert wastes
A rock of assurance
As we journey
Speak to us with your words of comfort and wisdom.
Prayer of confession
God of love and forgiveness
Save us by your tenderness
From each deed that is destructive
From each act that grieves you
From each thought that is careless
From each idea that is unloving
From each word that hurts.
Help us to face up to your call on our lives, by creating love and
goodness, community, society where it has been broken. In Jesus Name, Amen.
The Lords Prayer in our own language
Proverbs 15v15-17
The mind of the intelligent seeks knowledge,
But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
15 All the days of the needy are bad,
But a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
16 Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
Than great treasure, and turmoil with the treasure.
17 Better is a portion of vegetables where there is love,
Than a fattened ox served with hatred.
Our prayers for our Covid world, Yemen, Myanmar, China, Hong Kong, Nigeria, Belarus, Russia, US, UK, UAE, Ethiopia, Syria, Iran, Australia, our own country, climate change, doctors and nurses, carers, teachers, those confronting injustice, our families and friends and ourselves…
May God’s hand be upon us, your angels protect us and the Holy Spirit work in and around us. Amen
Song “it is well with my soul”
Blessing
Loving God help us to follow you
Into a place of quietness,
Where we may face beasts and wilderness
But we will know the presence of angels
Even in the desert times. Amen.
