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Heavenly Father, Thank You for loving us. Thank You for sending Jesus and for the work of Your Holy Spirit in opening people’s eyes to recognise Him. Please open our eyes and hearts afresh to Him. Help us to truly trust Him and to be aware of the price He paid so that we can...

May we be faithful and guard against the same fate that befell the Laodicean Church. The Faithful True Witness sees into His church, He stands alone not wanted inside, Contented and useless, neither hot or cold, A complacent church more dead than alive. ‘O Laodicea, can you not see? You say you are rich, but...

Consider the birds of the air They do not store up what they eat They need not to worry or care Or tweet with a worry-filled tweet. God looks after them, O it’s true! He grants them their insects and grains He gives all their feathers their hue; And shelters them all from the rain....

A chap named Zacchaeus was short Too short to see Jesus, so thought In order to see, He’d climb up a tree And in Jesus’ sight he was caught.   ‘Zacchaeus! Come down from your tree! I’m coming to dinner, you see!’ He went for His dinner To the home of a sinner! (A sinner...

You are never tired, O Lord, of doing us good; let us never be weary of doing You service.  But as You have pleasure in the well-being of Your servants, let us take pleasure in the service of our Lord, and abound in Your work and in Your love and praise evermore.  A prayer of...

Wisdom Prayer for wisdom and light The New Year 2019 The Dream and the Angel Those Potholes of January A prayer for the New Year ** Wisdom (Mt 2: 1-12) They were so wise. From star-sighting joy to truth- incarnate worship, they were so wise.   Wise to leave home – and Herod, to search,...

(Mt 2: 1-12) They were so wise. From star-sighting joy to truth- incarnate worship, they were so wise.   Wise to leave home – and Herod, to search, to trust, to follow the star-light to find the light of the star, of the sun, of the moon, of the whole world, in the child, with...

Father of all, You gave Jesus to be the light of the whole world. Help us to receive His light and to reflect it. Help us not to limit the extent of your love by the restrictions of our own understanding. Give us wisdom to look upwards and outwards and to allow your Holy Spirit...

2018 has slipped away And a New Year now comes into view, What will it hold, no-one yet knows What will it bring –  good or bad news?   Whatever the way the wind will blow Our craft is safe in the Master’s hand, Whether placid seas or sudden storms The wind and the waves...

I dreamed of storms of danger in the wind of being swallowed by water going down for the third time   I dreamed I was bleeding, in pain, addicted, and in the cold and heat there was no way out   I dreamed I was doing wrong but could not do right and in the...

In winter when I drive my car I all too often feel a jar – That awful, cracking, grinding jolt Which brings my vehicle to a halt. I sit, and try to comprehend What’s brought my journey to an end? Then words and phrases can’t console – For I have gone and hit a hole!...

Were I to make a perfect prayer, designed To rid the world of selfishness and greed, With books of lore I would not tax my mind, For these two simple lines would fill my need –   ‘Renew, O God, within the hearts of men The Golden Rule, and give it life again.’  Anon