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PRAYER

Come, Holy Spirit. Come breathe life into derelict hearts, And interrupt empty lives. Come unsettle churches and communities Too long undisturbed. Holy Spirit, you blow where you will Come rush and rustle and howl amongst us.

Come, Holy Spirit. Come make us Pentecost People, Create in us white-hot hearts, Burning in the sight of a watching, wondering world. Fire us up, Spirit of God, That from this day on we shall be Inflamed with passionate good-news telling.

Come, Holy Spirit. Come quench the thirst unassuaged by earthly wells. Be poured out upon all your people, Let the young see visions and the old dream dreams Of the Kingdom rippling wider. Baptise this nation with Christ-faith once more, Give Kirk and country refreshing belief.

Come fill the whole house again, Let your people go out and be seen, Give volume to our voices and wisdom to our words, To address the crowds. Spirit, make such noise in this nation, That bewildered they ask, ‘What does this mean?’

Come, Holy Spirit. Give us language to answer them, That they might hear with penny-dropping joy. Teach us how to speak of Christ, To call a nation to turn, To walk a new path with us, To live and die in the name of Jesus.

Come, Holy Spirit. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

This article appears in the May 2018 Issue of Life and Work

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This article appears in the May 2018 Issue of Life and Work