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Tag Archives: prayer
Sermon: God’s priorities, according to the Prophet Jeremiah
It would take a great deal of faith to hold on to that hope while sitting in the ruins of Jerusalem, or while in exile in Babylon, just as much faith as it takes us to hold on to the hope of God’s justice when we look at the world around us. It is much easier to hold on to this hope in community than to try to do it alone and here in Australia, despite anything politicians or the media might say, we do have the great privilege of being able to meet together for worship and to share the words of God with each other. So let us encourage each other in our persistence, as we pray without losing heart. Amen. Continue reading
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Tagged Babylonian Exile, Christian persecution, exile, Hope, Jeremiah 31:27-34, Luke 18:1-8, Persecution of Christians, prayer, Year of Luke
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Prayer for Western Heights Uniting Church
Loving God,
we know that ‘we, who are many, are one body in Christ,
and individually we are members one of another’.
Help us to continue to be that ‘one body’ in this difficult time. Continue reading
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Tagged covid19, prayer, Prayers of Intercession, Prayers of the People, Western Heights Uniting
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Prayer for Epiphany
Prayers of Intercession for Epiphany. If you would like to make use of them, please do. Continue reading
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Tagged Epiphany, prayer, Prayers of Intercession, Prayers of the People
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Prayer for the times: Climate Emergency and Bushfires
We hold in our hearts before you those who have lost homes and loved ones; those who have had to evacuate; … Continue reading
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Tagged bushfires, climate change, climate emergency, creation, Creator, prayer
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Prayer for Christchurch
Help us to recognise racism and white supremacy in all its forms and to repudiate it utterly. Continue reading
Prayer: Remembering Black Saturday
We know that just as your share our joys, you also grieve with us in times of sorrow. Continue reading
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Tagged Anniversary, Black Saturday, Loss, Mourning, prayer, Remembrance
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Praying for Melbourne
I have no words for my sadness at yesterday’s attack on Melbourne and particularly the death of Sisto Malaspina. So I offer again the prayer I wrote the last time Bourke Street was attacked. May God be with us all.
Sermon: The church is called to pray
In recent years as the horrors of the Royal Commission have educated us about the dangers of the wrong sort of touch we have become a little scared of the right sort of touch. Continue reading
A prayer for our beloved city
God, we make all these prayers together with your Son,
our Brother, Mother and Friend Jesus,
who we know is weeping with us today. Continue reading
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Tagged Bourke St, crime, domestic violence, Melbourne, prayer, tragedy, violence
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