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PRAY NOW: TODAY'S PRAYER
Vulnerable Relationships - Hagar and God
Abram said to Sarai,'Your slave girl is in your power, do to her as you please.'
Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she ran away from her.
Prayer
O Holy one
Present in our despair
When relationships turn sour,
Become complicated, jealous or abusive.
You come close in the weeping.
When there is no one to turn to,
No way out of a situation, other than to walk away,
You come close in the weeping.
When life is dry and barren
And we are lost and lonely in the desert.
You come close in the weeping
When a parent reaches rock bottom
And cannot even bear the crying sound of their child.
You come close in the weeping.
Be a comfort and a guide
A light in our dark places.
'Do not be afraid,' you say to the cries of our distress.
Come Lord,
Come close
Come close in our weeping.
Readings
Jeremiah 20:7-18 Jeremiah denounces
his persecutors
Mark 5:22-43 Jesus healing ministry
Luke 23:27-30 Women of Jerusalem
weep for Jesus
John 11:1-43 Death of Lazarus
Prayer activity
'I am sometimes more aware of God on Good Friday, than I am on Easter Sunday.'
Think of the times when you have been at your most sorrowful - how has God's
presence been revealed to you. Do you feel God close to you? Spend some time
thinking abut the people today who need to feel God's presence is with them.
Prayer for the Church
The Church as it meets in council and assembly and those who plan for and resource its meetings
especially the Assembly Arrangements
Committee, the Moderator of the General Assembly; the
Principal Clerk and the Depute Clerk.
Blessing
In weeping, God is with us
In despair, God is with us
In silence, God is with us
Come close,
God be with us.
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