WELCOME THE LORD – IF YOU LIKE, PLAY SOME MUSIC: BE COMFORTABLE AS YOU COME INTO…
GOD’S PRESENCE: “AS WE BEGIN OUR MEETING (THOUGH THERE IS A DISTANCE BETWEEN US) GOD IS HERE WITH US. HE IS AROUND ME. IN MY SENSATIONS. GOD IS IN MY THOUGHTS AND DEEP WITHIN ME. WE SHOULD PAUSE FOR A MOMENT TOGETHER. WE BECOME AWARE OF GOD’S LIFE-GIVING PRESENCE. BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD…” A TIME FOR QUIET
FREEDOM: THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS WITH US AND IN US. WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS THERE IS FREEDOM. LORD, GRANT US THE GRACE TO BE FREE FROM THE EXCESSES OF LIFE. OF WORRY. OF FEAR. OF THE DESIRE FOR THINGS AND MONEY. OF EASY ANSWERS. OF WEALTH OR ACHIEVEMENT. OF BUSINESS. KEEP MY HEART FREE TO LOVE YOU AND TO SERVE YOU.
IN MY SPIRIT I KNOW THAT I HAVE FAILED TO TRUST YOU – WITH THE BIG AND THE SMALL THINGS OF MY LIFE. WE PAUSE TOGETHER IN THE SILENCE AND SAFETY OF THIS PLACE WHERE YOU ARE TO CONFESS OUR SINS
A TIME FOR QUIET CONFESSION: WE AFFIRM, LORD, THAT THOUGH LIFE IS SO HARD AND THERE IS SO MUCH LEFT UNDONE, THAT YOU LOVE US AND YOU ARE WITH US IN ALL WE SAY AND DO AND IN THOSE WE WILL MEET TODAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOM OF YOUR FORGIVENESS…
LISTEN TO THE WORD: JOHN 21: 20 -25
THERE IS A BLANK PAGE AT THE END OF OUR BIBLES AND IT IS THERE FOR US TO WRITE OUR OWN STORIES – OF ALL THE TIMES WE HAVE HAD AND ALL THE ALL THE TIMES WE HAVE MET WITH GOD ALONG THE WAY…
MY PRAYER IS ALSO YOURS: ‘GOOD GOD THANK YOU FOR BEING AT MY SIDE ALWAYS AND FOR LOVING ME COME-WHAT-MAY. GIVE ME A HEART THAT TRUSTS AND SAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNFAILING LOVE! AMEN’
SO LET US GIVE OPEN THANKS TO THE LORD IN PRAYER FOR ALL THE WAYS WE HAVE FOUND HIM TO BE CLOSE TO US IN LIFE – IN GOOD REPORT AND ILL…
A TIME FOR THANKSGIVING – FOR ANSWERED PRAYERS MAYBE
A TIME OF OPEN INTERCESSION – FOR THE WORLD, THE CHURCH, OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS
A PRAYER FOR HEALING FOR OUR FRIEND LESLEY HORROCKS;
A COVID-19 PRAYER:
“LORD JESUS, THANK YOU THAT YOU LOVE US. I KNOW THAT YOU HATE WHAT THIS ILLNES IS DOING TO YOUR PEOPLE. WE ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT YOU WOULD ERADICATE THIS DISEASE, THAT YOU WOULD HAVE COMPASSION AND BRING HEALING TO ITS SUFFERERS AND DRAW EACH ONE AS YOU WILL IT TO YOU, TO SAVE THEM. HELP THEM AND HELP US TO TRUST IN YOU, NOW AND ALWAYS. IN JESUS NAME AMEN!”
MARK F-R (JULY 2020)