Loving God
we thank you for your presence with us this day
as we worship you
in the people who sit beside us
in those who care for us
bless them all and surround them with your love and care that they, too, may also know your presence in their lives
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Living Jesus
we thank you for being the one to fulfil the promise made long ago
the one brought forth from Jesse
on whom all wisdom and understanding
all counsel and might
all love came incarnate, flesh and bone to live and breathe with us
we cannot express in words how much this means to us
how thankful we are that through faith in you Jesus
we know the promises God makes are for us
and all God’s children
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Eternal Father
we thank you you are our perfect Father and we are your beloved children
bless us, to show your love to all your children that, though our words and actions
we can be a light in the darkness
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as we approach a General Election
bless all the candidates with a spirit of wisdom and understanding
that they will speak well of others
that they will be received with grace wherever they may go
that they will be guided by truth and justice
so the poor, the disabled, the lost and the lonely may be lifted up and honoured
in the dealings of the future government of this nation
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Lord God
Father, Son and Holy Spirit
accept these our prayers, offered in and through Jesus Christ, our Lord
Amen