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PRAYER

Hebrews 13:8 – ‘Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.’

God of our fathers and mothers You have reigned with Sovereign skill In storms and stories of years past ‘It’s in looking back’ they tell us ‘That we can see and say: God has always been faithful.’ We praise you for what you’ve already done, God And we thank you for those Who yesterday marvelled at your work And told us all about it Singing confidence in you into our psyche

God of our brothers and sisters You rule today, and you care today In a world shaken, turned upside down You are the only unchanging One Forgive us for the things we’ve held too tightly Being shaken from our grasp: Complacency, material security, self-interested freedoms Thank you for the green shoots of life Growing up through coronavirus cracks: Community, delight in the local, environmental rest, new prayerfulness Kingdom values visible anew Kingdom borders bulging outwards

God of our children You hold their destiny in your hands They are not victims of fate But inheritors of faith What world will you remake from the rubble? What great new thing do you mean to bring? May our eyes be open to what you will do in the aftermath May our hearts and arms be opened wider to you, and one another May our imaginations be filled with Spirit-sparked creativity To become the Church you mean us to be tomorrow To become the Church you call us to be today To become the Church you’ve been planning to build since yesterday

Into this world, both ravaged and ripe Come, Lord Jesus Christ The same yesterday, today and forever

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This article appears in the June 2020 Issue of Life and Work

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This article appears in the June 2020 Issue of Life and Work