29 May 2016

Collects

Prayers developed from the daily readings 

Sunday 29 May 2016

Morning Prayer

Psalm 125

Those who trust in God shall never be moved. God will surround and support us. The psalmist prays for blessing on the faithful and that evil be kept away from us.

Galatians 5: 14 – 25

We are to love one another. We are to live guided by the spirit not the wants of the flesh. Our guide is: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

Collect for Morning Prayer

Something to steer around
Gladstone Qld   L Osburn

God of grace and love you are eternally faithful. Be with us each moment so that we choose to follow your guidance – nudge us Lord so that we demonstrate your Holy Spirit in our lives through our actions and words which are full of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control through Jesus Christ. Amen.

Sunday 29 May 2016

Evening Prayer

2 Chronicles 15: 1 – 12

A prophet Azariah, comes to Asa the king and reminds him that while the people seek God and are faithful, God will be found, but if they abandon God he will also abandon them. Asa orders all the idols taken from the conquest be destroyed and orders all Judah to worship only God. The entered a covenant to seek the Lord with all their heart, mind and soul.

Psalm 97

This psalm celebrates God using the theme of God as sovereign. God guards the lives of those who are faithful and delivers them from the wicked. Let everyone who is faithful rejoice and praise God.

Luke 8: 4 – 15

Jesus tells the story of the sower and sowing seeds on different types of ground.

Jesus explains the parable of the sower to the disciples. The grain that is sown is the word of God and depending on people’s circumstances they will more or less be able to accept and enable that word to grow and develop in them. Those who do produce and enormous harvest.

Collect for Evening Prayer

Tug - helping ships come to a safe harbour
Gladstone Qld   L Osburn

Loving and compassionate God you offer us support, faithfulness and deliverance if we are willing to seek you and to stay with you. You also show us how to be compassionate to those whose circumstances make it hard for them to accept you, keep you in their hearts and grow to maturity in faith. Help us step out with you, all our days, to share the love and compassion we have from you through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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