Week 3, Day 3

+We draw near to God, Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer.

Silence

Readings

Silence

Humility

• We respect others working alongside us in the inner city and are grateful for the foundations laid by the many who have gone before us.

Call to mind colleagues and partners in the work in your area.

Are any calling for special attention for prayer today?

What have they taught you about God and about yourself?

Who are the saints who have gone before you?

Do any give you real inspiration for what you're doing now?

Celebrate them before God!

Risen Lord

thank you for the inner city

with its clashing needs and hopes.

It's here that we find you

constantly working to make broken lives whole.

Thank you for calling us to be partners in your work

and thank you for those who work alongside us.

Deepen our friendships;

let our vulnerabilities be shared;

envision us with a fiery passion;

we are your body, one body, and we thank you.

We thank you, too, for all those

who pioneered kingdom building here

for Muriel Lester, Ken Leech,

Catherine Booth, Colin Marchant ..... (fill in names)

who lived prophetic lives

that truly transformed the neighbourhood.

Help us to be like them.

Use us to speak and act prophetically,

and to live lovingly.

Free prayer

The Lord's Prayer

Lord, in your mercy

Let your kingdom come!