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We continue to pray for
those who are sick and infirm.
We remember their families at this difficult time and the medical
staff who care for them. We
pray for all our local hospitals.
So we uphold to you Lord Tim, Jeannie and family, Deirdre, Rebecca,
Helen and family, Sheila, Marianne, Kate and family, Sue and family,
Thelma, Nan, Sally, Ivy and Bill, Audrey and John, Grieg & Joan, David
& Marjorie. Lord,
surround them with your love.
We remember before God those who have recently
departed this life & moved into His nearer presence, especially Vera
Berry & Barbara Baker We
pray for their families and friends who mourn their passing.
We
cannot forget the people of Haiti & all the aid agencies who
work to alleviate their suffering. We are asked to pray for the Church in Uganda,
with all their problems & difficulties there.
Lord,
in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Alison
reminds us that God holds us in His hands.
Whatever difficulties we face and life throws at us, underneath are
His everlasting arms. At
this period of Lent we look to Good Friday & His arms
nailed to the cross for us.
“I
do not know what lies ahead,
The
way I cannot see;
Yet
one stands near to be my guide,
He’ll
show the way to me.
I
know who holds the future,
And
he’ll guide me with his hand,
With
God things don’t just happen,
Everything
by him is planned.”
On
Mothering Sunday we ask for God’s blessing on mothers everywhere
- for exhausted new mothers, those who bring up their families
alone, those in prison or separated from their children, mothers living in
our Refuge, for foster & step mothers in their difficult role.
Let them know we care Lord, through our outreach & prayers.
We
thank you Lord for our own homes and families, and especially this month
we think of our own mothers and give you thanks for them.
Amen.
Almighty
God, who chose the Virgin Mary to be the mother of our Lord, we thank you
for her trust & love & for her ready obedience to your will.
Amen.
Finally
-
“So
as I face tomorrow
With
its problems large & small,
I’ll
trust the God of miracles,
Give
to him my all”.
From
the hymn “I do not know what lies ahead”
- Alfred B. Smith
With my love & prayers, Val
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