This is my Beloved Son - listen to him

Mark 9v2-10

Our Heavenly Father
Your love for us is steadfast
You have given us your Beloved Son
Enable us to hear him
To trust what he says
To listen to him
To do what he calls us to do
Amen

Human Sexuality

Father in a world charged by sexual confusion and the trauma that this leaves behind;

Clarify our thinking.

Purify our motives.

Control our lusts.

Remind us of our freedoms.

Give us the joy of lasting permanent relationships 

That reflect your glory and your commitment to us.

Choosing Suffering

Matthew 5:38-48; Mark 8:27-38                 

Father,

The cross stands as a word of your devotion to your world.

  It speaks of your justice.

  It sings of your mercy.

  It trumpets your grace.

  And it calls us to come and die.

But we don’t want to.

  We are ashamed of it.

  We do not want to carry it.

  We want to be left alone in our ease and our comfort.

Remind us today that we can gain the whole world and yet forfeit our souls;

  That we can desire to save our lives yet lose them;

  And desire to lose our lives yet save them.

Build in us cross-shaped obedience.

  Enemy loving grace.

  Extravagant generosity.

  Miraculous forgiveness.

  And sacrificial service.

Amen

Mark 5:21-43

Father, Jesus went with Jairus.

He turned around in the crowd,

He told her to go in peace.

He told him not to be afraid,

He told him to believe.

He told them to stop crying,

And he told her to get up.

Father may we reach out for Jesus

And not be afraid.

May we trust him when the questions rise

And not be afraid.

Amen