for Sunday 20th May: Pentecost

Prayer of the week

Almighty God, you sent your Holy Spirit to be the life and light of your Church: open our hearts to the riches of your grace, that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit in love, joy, and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.
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Prayer of the day
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O God, who taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT    What to Read
BELIEF in Jesus Christ                              John 3:3, John 3:14-16, Romans 10:9
PEACE in time of ANXIETY                      Psalm 4, Philippians 4:6,7,  John 14
COURAGE in time of FEAR                     Psalm 46, Hebrew 13:5,6, 2 Cor 4:8-18
RELIEF in time of SICKNESS                   Psalm 38, James 5:14-15,
                                                                    Romans 8:28,38-39
GUIDANCE in time of DECISION           Psalm 32, James 1:5,6, Hebrews 4:16
REST in time of WEARINESS                   Psalm 23, Matthew 11:28-30, Romans 8:31-39
COMFORT in time of SORROW             Psalm 43, 2 Cor 1:3-5, Romans 8:26-28
STRENGTH in time of TEMPTATION     Psalm 1, James 1:12-16, 1 Cor 10:6-13
PRAISE in time of THANKSGIVING        Psalm 100, 1 Thess 5:18, Hebrews 13:15
REJOICING in time of FORGIVENESS    Psalm 51, 1 John 1:7-10                                                          See also Blessings

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