Overcoming Trouble and Fear

John 14:15-31

Our Father,
We marvel that you would deign to dwell with us and in us through your Spirit.
Thank you that as a result we can live.
May our love for you bubble out of us
May our love for each other bubble out of us
May our love for the lost bubble out of us
May our love for the world bubble out of us
Thank you for the peace that you give which is made possible through your presence.
In Christ’s name we pray.
Amen.

 

Confession

God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit:
We have too often exchanged the worship of the living God for idols of our own imagining.
We remember today:
How we have desired domination
How we have been self-concerned.
We have forgotten the undivided Trinity.
We have forgotten Christ’s death on the cross.
We have forgotten the submission of the Spirit.
Fix our eyes on you.
Forgive us in Christ.
Heal us by the Holy Spirit.
Hear our prayers for Jesus Christ sake.
Amen

John 1 - Christmas 2017

Father,

It is a staggering thought that Jesus

The pre-existent one;

The co-existent one;

The Trinitarian son;

The intellect of creation; 

The spring of life;

And the brilliant light;

Embraced our smallness to become a man; rejected and killed on our behalf.

This truth is both exhilarating and devastating.

That he should live amongst us gives us hope, power, honour, meaning, joy and peace.

We pray this Christmas

Give us eyes with sight that we may see his glory.

Minds of comprehension that we may know his greatness.

Hearts of trust that submit our destinies into his loving hands.

Souls of worship submissive to his beauty.

Lives of adoration that are filled with generosity.

And love that explodes into wonder at what you have done.

For your glory alone.

Amen

Easter Blessing

May God the Father, who raised Christ from the dead, open to us the gates of everlasting life.

May God the Son, who in bursting from the grave won a glorious victory, give us joy as we share the Easter faith.

May God the Holy Spirit, who filled the disciples with the life of the risen Lord, empower us for witness and fill us with the peace of God.

May the rule of God the Trinity remind us not to be afraid but instead to go and live in peace rejoicing that Jesus Christ is risen.

Amen