Father you are a God who works salvation.

There is none like you.

No one that we can count on like you.

You know, and you see and you weigh;

You break the bows of the mighty and bind up the feeble;

You empty the full and feed the empty;

You make the barren fruitful and the mother of many forlorn;

You kill and you bring to life;

You make poor and you make rich;

You bring low and you exalt;

You raise up the needy to fill them with good things;

You will guard the faithful and destroy the wicked;

Might shall not prevail;

You will judge the earth and exalt your king.

A Life of Purpose - 2 Timothy 4:6-22

Father, may we say

I have fought the good fight

I have finished the race

I have kept the faith.

And when we say that, may it be true and not an expression of self-delusion.

Thank-you that you will stand with us.

You will strengthen us,

You will rescue us,

And bring us safely to your heavenly kingdom.

Amen

The Job Description - 2 Timothy 4:1-5

Father you are watching,

And we are tempted to shrink back.

Your son is the judge of heaven and earth, the coming king,

Your spoken Word.

May I remember his appearing,

May I long for his judgement,

May I remember his rule,

May I ever only preach your word.

Correcting, rebuking and exhorting with great patience.

Make me sober minded, able to endure suffering, ready to share Christ, a faithful minister.

What is the Bible? 2 Tim 3:15-17 & 2 Peter 1:19-21

Blessed Lord, you have breathed out your Word and caused all Holy Scripture to be written for our learning:

Grant that we may hear what you have spoken to us

• ·    listening carefully to what the scriptures say,
• ·    reading them with diligent and open minds,
• ·    marking them and learning them in order to know them better,
• ·    hiding them in our hearts,
• ·    And inwardly digesting them,

that we may embrace Christ, strive for obedient living,

And ever hold fast to the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ; 

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. 

Amen

In Times of Trouble - Psalm 9,10

Father and King

You are on the throne of judgement

Justice, righteousness and uprightness belong to you.

You have not forgotten the oppressed.

You have heard the cry of the afflicted.

Arise o Lord and judge

Do not stand far off.

Do not hide.

Wickedness prevails.

Evil prospers.

Oppression, mischief and iniquity,

And the poor and helpless are crushed.

Arise o Lord. Do not forget.

See, help and call them to account.

You are king forever and you will do justice.

Amen

How to make a success of your life - 2 Tim 3:10-17

Father, may the lives of faithful leaders resound in our hearts

As we see their faith, patience, love, steadfastness, persecutions and chosen sufferings,

May the word of their lives send us in the direction of their faith.

May we continue in the Scriptures firmly believing their testimony to them,

As the Scriptures make us wise for salvation

And equip us for holy, good lives.

May we believe your word at this point

And put ourselves under it.

As it soaks into us,

Make us eternally successful for your glory alone.

Been hurt by the church? 2 Tim 3:1-9

Father,

As we experience the worship of self,

The love of money, pride, arrogance and abuse;

Disobedience reigns,

Ungrateful, unholy, unloving, uncontrolled and slanderous;

People are brutal, treacherous, reckless, conceited and pleasure loving

We easily become uncertain and afraid.

And we easily become like them…

Teach us to avoid such people, not to admire them but instead to seek truth and commit to the outcomes of truth in our lives;

As truth makes us more holy like Christ

Amen