Prayer

A Prayer for May

Dear Lord,

May, the loveliest of months – and this year, as we welcome the blossom and the beauty of late Spring, we also welcome your Holy Spirit afresh, as we celebrate Pentecost. May we open our hearts to receive your Spirit, as your people did on that first Day of Pentecost. May we be filled and empowered and emboldened to witness to your goodness and love. May we be transformed by him and reflect your transforming grace to the broken world in which we live. May people who meet us ask, “What does this mean?” May they turn to you and hear you speaking in ways they can understand.

Without your Holy Spirit we can do nothing. With him living in us, we can do all things. Come Holy Spirit, come to us, we pray, in Jesus’ name.
Amen.

 Prayer is at the heart of our Christian lives. 

Anyone can pray, at any time and in any place. God is always alongside us and ready to listen.

St Mary’s Church is open every day for people to go in and pray, sit quietly or look around. The prayer corner at the front of the church has some prayer leaflets which you can use or take away with you. There is also a board where you can post prayer requests: our prayer team will pray these prayers weekly.

If you’d like to pray with someone, we will always be happy to do this. Members of the prayer team are available at the front of church after the Sunday morning service. Alternatively, you can email prayers@luddendenchurch.org.uk and someone will contact you.

“…I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.” (Ephesians 3: 14-17)

The Lord's Prayer:

One day Jesus' disciples said to him, 'Lord teach us to pray.' Jesus' response was simple - he gave them some words to use, which we know as the Lord's Prayer.

Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name, your kingdom come,

your will be done on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread. 

Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours

now and forever.   Amen.