Week 2, Day 1
+ We draw near to God, Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer.
Silence
Readings
Silence
Creativity
- We recognise the importance of taking risks and the demands of mission in the inner city, and we believe that it is acceptable to fail.
Hold in your heart something that’s difficult for you today.
What risks are you invited to take with this situation?
What are the possible outcomes?
What would the situation look like if the best outcome happened?
God does not demand that we are successful, but that we are faithful and real.
Let us own again the glorious permission to fail!
Acknowledge the difficult situation and how you feel about it before God.
God our encourager,
you know the many things in which we’re involved.
We offer to you
our frailty and fragility,
our fears and inadequacies,
and pray that you’ll use them all
to build up your church and world
Sometimes we retreat onto safe ground,
keeping our borders well defended,
our protocols and policies in sharp relief.
And in doing that,
we forget the tender hearts
of the people around us
and their need of your presence in us.
Whatever we’re facing today,
give us courage to be creative,
and take the risk of
opening our hearts and minds
to your pioneering Spirit,
recognising that you might call us
to do something new for you
and this neighbourhood.
Help us know that
no defence mechanism
however secure
can protect us from
danger and failure here.
But assure us in our deepest places
that we walk into today
with you before us, beside us and behind us.
And you, our God, are all we need.
Thank you God.
Free prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
Lord, in your mercy
Let your kingdom come!