Help us to Live
Opening Responses
We come together today, as the people of God;
called to be friends of Christ;
living in unity, and acting with compassion.
We are here together. We are here with God.
God is still engaged in a process of creation,
and is revealed through the world around us.
Open our eyes, and help us to see.
God continues to speak through other people,
and through the living and incarnate Word.
Open our ears, and help us to hear.
God sets the Holy Spirit within us,
so that our inmost being dances
to the rhythm of Heaven.
Open our hearts, and help us to love.
Creator God, inspire us to reshape the World,
according to the pattern revealed by your love.
Incarnate Word, be with us as we follow you,
and teach us what it means to be your body.
Living Spirit, dwell more deeply in our hearts
and help us to live together as the people of God.
Help us to hear. Help us to understand.
Help us to respond.
Psalm
Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and shall be forever. Amen.
Engaging with the Word
- What jumps out at you from the text?
- What is God saying to us today?
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come; thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.
Closing Responses
We have spent time together in God’s presence.
Help us to live as people who believe and trust.
We have heard the Word of God.
Help us to live as people who follow and obey.
We have invited the Spirit to fill our lives.
Help us to live as people of peace, hope and love.
And may the same God
who has been present with us in this space
stay with us as we go on our way. Amen.
