​​Prayer for August 2026​

Lord

Here we are gathered again

• to sing our songs

• to pray

• to hear what the preacher has to say

• to enjoy the company of our fellow Christians.

 

We need the reassurance that these things bring

For we live in a world that repudiates so much of what we know to be best

 

Save us, however, from seeking that assurance that confirms us in our prejudices

and tempts us

to feel superior to those who do not share our beliefs.

and

begin to accept  that we are special and they are not

 

Forgive us, too, for expecting you to accept our excuses for ducking challenges to our laziness and complacency.

 

Help us

• to see with your eyes, the eyes of Jesus, what needs to be done

• to seek in all we do to bring in your kingdom,

and

• to love our neighbours and we love ourselves

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