Week 1, Day 2
+ We draw near to God, Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer.
Silence
Readings
Silence
Relationship
- We believe that the gospel works through relationships and that serving God consists largely in building life-giving relationships with others.
Call to mind the relationships in your life that you carry in your heart today - family, friends, neighbours, your church community - and as you focus on each of them, imagine God's arms surrounding and holding them.
Are any particular relationships calling for your attention?
Offer your thoughts and feelings about them to God, or simply pray, 'Lord, have mercy,' confident
in the loving work of the God who knows you and the relationships in a way which does not demand
words of explanation.
God
thank you for all those that you’ve placed in our paths
for the sorted and the centred
for the muddled and bemused
for the broken and the fractured
for the searching and confused
In all our relationships
let the piercing light of your love
infuse us and flow through us
challenging the depths of the darkness
offering the hope of new beginnings
providing warmth where hearts are cold
giving strength where wills are weak
In us and through us
let all those we meet today
be touched by your Spirit,
and may we see your presence
reflected in the faces of
friends and strangers
Free prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
Lord, in your mercy
Let your kingdom come!