Pocket Prayers for Troubled Times. John Pritchard

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      You Lord are in my life,

      your presence fills it,

      your presence is peace.

      You Lord are in the storm,

      your presence fills it,

      your presence is peace.

      David Adam

      ‘Redundant’ – the word says it all –

      ‘Useless, unnecessary,

      without purpose, surplus to requirements.’

      Thank you, Heavenly Father, that in the middle of

      the sadness, the anger,

      the uncertainty, the pain,

      I can talk to you.

      Hear me as I cry out in confusion,

      help me to think clearly,

      and calm my soul.

      As life carries on,

      may I know your presence with me

      each and every day.

      And as I look to the future,

      help me to look for fresh opportunities, for new

      directions.

      Guide me by your Spirit,

      and show me your path,

      through Jesus, the way, the truth, and the life.

      Church of England

      God of the world, Guide of the nations,

      we lay down before you the sorrows and inadequacies

      of our economic and social systems.

      We have trusted in credit and financial fairy tales;

      we have set the markets free and watched them fail;

      we have built our house on sand.

      Teach us, we pray, the ancient wisdom of our faith,

      that love of money for its own sake is fatal,

      that debt is a snare and a delusion,

      that where our treasure is, there our heart will be also.

      So may we seek the better way

      of honesty, humility and accountability

      in the Kingdom we pray will come on earth,

      as it is in heaven.

      O God of comfort and challenge

      whose presence is ever reliable

      and ever unexpected:

      grant us to grieve over what is ending

      without falling into despair

      and to enter our new vocation

      without forgetting your voice,

      through Jesus Christ. Amen.

      Janet Morley

       MONEY WORRIES

       The first place we are hit in troubled economic times is in the pocket. Debt has become a way of life for millions of credit-card holders, for students taking out loans, for parents wanting the best for their children. But then we get caught.

      God of power,

      you are strong to save

      and you never fail those who trust in you.

      Keep under your protection

      all who suffer as a result of debt:

      help them through their time of darkness,

      give wisdom to all who seek to help,

      and bring them to know true freedom

      in your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

      Church of England

      Gracious God,

      you know our need of money.

      ‘Times are hard’, they say,

      but harder for some than others,

      harder for us, in fact.

      The mortgage, the supermarket, the heating,

      the car, the insurance, the council tax,

      the family, the TV, the odd meal out . . .

      I don’t ask you for money (how could I?)

      but I do ask you for more patience than I‘ve got

      and more grace than I find in my frustrated soul.

      Ease your way back into my life, I pray,

      and restore my sense of perspective and purpose,

      for Jesus’ sake, and for mine.

      Lord, I’m anxious about money –

      there’s no getting away from it.

      Please keep me sensible,

      clear my head,

      give me new ideas,

      and help me trust in you.

      Gracious God,

      the world belongs to you

      but we struggle to make it work.

      The world’s wealth is shared so unequally;

      the injustice of it cries to the heavens.

      Although money may be in short supply

      in these hard times,

      keep us in mind of the even larger problems

      of the world’s poor.

      May our problems make СКАЧАТЬ