Week 4, Day 2

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

Silence

Readings

Silence

Commitment

• We are committed to being Jesus-centred in our view of the Bible, our understanding of mission and all aspects of discipleship.

What have we noticed in our reading of the Bible recently?

What verse, story, image, person has impacted on us?

Have we met something new in Jesus?

What is God's invitation to us in our noticing?

Creator God,

we thank you for giving the Word

flesh and bones

in Jesus, our friend and brother.

In him we find our life,

we find our hope,

we find our joy.

In him we find out what it means

to be fully human.

We thank you for his centre

a life completely grounded in you.

We thank you for his compassion

which welled up uncontrollably

when he met brokenness.

We thank you for his vulnerability,

being fully alive in the hard places

with no protection, no defence.

We thank you for his playfulness

enjoying parties, good food and fine wine.

We thank you for his tenderness

in dealing with men and women.

We thank you for his vision

of lives, the neighbourhood,

the country and the world

healed and whole,

filled with peace and justice.

We thank you for his sacrifice

that carried all the ugliness,

the bruised and battered stuff,

on a cross.

We thank you for raising him to life,

giving us a brand new place of standing

and through him a whole new future

Lord, we long to be like Jesus.

Keep converting us,

and help us to be like Jesus

and walk with Jesus

through today

and this coming season.

Free prayer

The Lord's Prayer

Lord, in your mercy

Let your kingdom come!