th 4 week of ADVENT TUESDAY MORNING PRAYER

th 4 week of ADVENT TUESDAY MORNING PRAYER Together: Growing, Caring, Sharing in God’s Love

WELCOME TO THIS MORNING PRAYER. The Power. Point presentation will give you all you need to say at home this morning prayer. For the Song, just click on the title, and the weblink will open it directly in your computer. Watch the video in full screen, then come back to this presentation. The Psalm can be read by two people or two groups of people if you want. You may start by lighting a candle.

Lord our God, reveal among us the light of your presence, All that we may see your power and glory.

(Time of quiet to be in presence of the Lord)

O Lord, open our lips, All and our mouth shall proclaim your praise.

Lord Jesus, you are the one who is to come, All the one we await with longing hearts.

SONG ‘A baby changes everything’

Blessed are you, Sovereign Lord, merciful and gentle: All to you be praise and glory for ever.

Your light has shone in our darkened world, All through the child bearing of blessed Mary.

May we, who have seen your glory, be daily renewed in your image, All and be prepared like her for the coming of your Son, the Lord and Saviour of all.

Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit: All Blessed be God for ever!

The night has passed, and the day lies open before us; let us pray with one heart and mind.

All As we rejoice in the gift of this new day, so may the light of your presence, O God, set our hearts on fire with love for you; now and for ever. Amen.

THE WORD OF GOD The light in our darkness

PSALM Psalm 74 part 1 (Good News Version)

Why have you abandoned us like this, O God? Will you be angry with your own people forever? 2 Remember your people, whom you chose for yourself long ago, whom you brought out of slavery to be your own tribe. Remember Mount Zion, where once you lived.

3 Walk over these total ruins; our enemies have destroyed everything in the Temple. 4 Your enemies have shouted in triumph in your Temple; they have placed their flags there as signs of victory.

5 They looked like woodsmen cutting down trees with their axes. 6 They smashed all the wooden panels with their axes and sledge hammers.

7 They wrecked your Temple and set it on fire; they desecrated the place where you are worshiped. 8 They wanted to crush us completely; they burned down every holy place in the land.

9 All our sacred symbols are gone; there are no prophets left, and no one knows how long this will last. 10 How long, O God, will our enemies laugh at you? Will they insult your name forever?

11 Why have you refused to help us? Why do you keep your hands behind you?

Glory to the Father, by the Son, in the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever. Amen. Or: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever. Amen.

Redeeming God, renew your broken people with your Holy Spirit, that they may walk your narrow way, and greet your coming dawn in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

READING (News International Reader Version) Follow a Reading Plan of your choice: https: //www. biblegateway. com/reading-plans/ or read the verses on the next slide.

21 Then the people asked for a king. He gave them Saul, son of Kish. Saul was from the tribe of Benjamin. He ruled for 40 years. 22 God removed him and made David their king. Here is God’s witness about him. ‘David, son of Jesse, is a man dear to my heart, ’ he said. ‘David will do everything I want him to do. ’ 23 “From this man’s family line God has brought to Israel the Saviour Jesus. This is what he had promised. (Acts 13. 21 -23; NIr. V)

Break forth together into singing, wastes places of Jerusalem, All For the Lord has comforted his people. Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son; All And she shall call him Emmanuel. Glory to the Father, by the Son, in the Holy Spirit: All Break forth together into singing, wastes places of Jerusalem, for the Lord has comforted his people.

PRAYERS FOR THE WORLD -For our family, friends and all whom we love -For the day and its tasks

That with power and great glory, Christ may lift us to meet him with all his saints and angels, and we may live and reign with him in his new creation.

(We offer ourselves to the Lord)

All Eternal God, as Mary waited for the birth of your Son, so we wait for his coming in glory; bring us through the birth pangs of this present age to see, with her, our great salvation in Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

THE LORD’S PRAYER Awaiting his coming in glory, as our Saviour taught us, so we pray with confidence:

(Modern Version) (Traditional Version) 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. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen. 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. 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.

SONG ‘The miracle of Christmas’

SENDING OUT May the Lord, when he comes: All find us watching and waiting.

Let us bless the Lord. All Thanks be to God.

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