We held a Prayer and Healing Service here at St Peter's on Sunday night. It was great to have the ministry team from the Presbytery come and share and pray in the Service and to have people from other Presbyterian Churchs in the city join us.
Here is the prayer of thanksgiving and confession I worte for the evening. Crosswind was the title and I saw it as the wind of the spirit of God blowing and bringing the grace and new life of the cross into our lives today.
Loving God
we gather before you tonight from all over
We come
together to give you praise for who you are
To thank you
for the great things you have done for us,
That great
list of benefits we read together from the psalms*
That we
experience and know in our lives in Christ
To allow your word read and preached to minister to us
That we may know strengthening and healing by your Spirits presence
that the wind of the God may blow the grace of the cross into our lives today
That it may blow through us to the people of this city
we gather together to celebrate your great love
A love shown
in creation
When the
spirit hovered over the waters
And you
spoke your word and it came into being
We thank you
for the wonder of it all
The vastness
of galaxy swirl,
when we look
up at our star studded night sky,
The
uniqueness of our Island home
Your
provision through good soil and seed,
Our
uniqueness and diversity as human beings
Each
different, yet all crafted as an expression of your love
A love shown
in the sending of your son Jesus,
The word
becoming flesh and dwelling amongst us
A clear
picture to all of Your grace and mercy
Jesus bought
good news to the poor
Healing for
sick, recovery of sight for the blind
Freedom
from bondage and release from sin and
death
In his death
on the cross we are forgiven, the slate wiped clean
Reconciled
with you as our loving heavenly father
Through his
resurrection we have received new life
Abundant
life now in Christ and eternal life then with Christ
We thank you
for your love present in our lives today
That you are
faithful to your promise and sent your spirt
That you
poured out your Holy Spirit on all who believe
At Pentecost and a Pentecost reality for us
today
That the
wind of God blows from the cross, bringing your grace
You fill us
with your presence; you lead us and guide us in all truth
You empower
us to witness to the hope we have in Jesus Christ
You enable
us to love one another as Christ has loved us
You equip us
to bring your healing and wholeness to those in need
You nurture
Christ like fruit in our lives, and draw us together
Loving and
righteous God, allow the wind of the cross to blow in us
Forgive us
for our sins, and cleanse us from all unrghteousness
Forgive us
fir what we have done wrong, and the good we have left undone
Meet us at
the point of our need that we may be made whole
Fill us
afresh this evening with your Holy Spirit
Send us out
from here revived and renewed
That we may
bear witness to you in this city you love
That we may
in word and deed, power and love make Jesus known
Renew our
passion for Jesus and ou compassion for his people and world
That you
maybe glorified O God; father, son and Holy Spirit.
*The call to worship that evening was a great reminder of the goodness and grace of God from psalm 103:1-12
Praise the Lord, my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the Lord, my soul,
and forget not all his benefits –
3 who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
5 who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the Lord, my soul,
and forget not all his benefits –
3 who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
5 who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The Lord works righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.
and justice for all the oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses,
his deeds to the people of Israel:
8 the Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
9 He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbour his anger for ever;
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us
his deeds to the people of Israel:
8 the Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
9 He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbour his anger for ever;
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us
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