may justice and righteousness guide our feet and may the life of your kingdom and the joy of heaven be found among us. Amen Heavenly Father, thank you for this beautiful, rich and abundant world which you have created and entrusted to our care as stewards. In our personal finances, Lord, give us wisdom to manage money well and to practice heartfelt generosity. As we live each day, help us to treat this earth gently and receive its goodness with gratitude. Help us to remember that you are the Giver of all we have and to relinquish pride of ownership and be truly free. We pray especially for our politicians and business leaders, those who manage our economy and have responsibility to care for our environment. For we ask this for Jesus’ sake. Amen Blessed Father, you are above all in gifts, and out of your giving you have taught me the way to a fuller identification of myself with you. Not only your gift of Jesus and your gift of the Spirit, but every day your gifts are about me like manna in the wilderness. All I have belongs to you, and of my money I am only a trustee. Command its use as shall please you and give me the experience of the giver’s joy. Let me see clearly the sin of covetousness and deepen my hatred of its practice. In the name of your unspeakable Gift be praise and dominion forever. Amen. Peter Ainslie A Closing prayer or Blessing As we take our worship, praise and prayer from this place and into our daily lives, may our lives be sustained through the love of our Heavenly Father. May we feel the presence of our Saviour walking beside us, and know the power of the Spirit in both our actions and our words. May the love of Jesus Christ bring us wholeness, the grace of God the Father grant us peace, the breath of Holy Spirit instil passion and the unity between them give us strength for this and every day. Amen Go forth into the world in peace;
may justice and righteousness guide our feet and may the life of your kingdom and the joy of heaven be found among us. Amen Heavenly Father, thank you for this beautiful, rich and abundant world which you have created and entrusted to our care as stewards. In our personal finances, Lord, give us wisdom to manage money well and to practice heartfelt generosity. As we live each day, help us to treat this earth gently and receive its goodness with gratitude. Help us to remember that you are the Giver of all we have and to relinquish pride of ownership and be truly free. We pray especially for our politicians and business leaders, those who manage our economy and have responsibility to care for our environment. For we ask this for Jesus’ sake. Amen Blessed Father, you are above all in gifts, and out of your giving you have taught me the way to a fuller identification of myself with you. Not only your gift of Jesus and your gift of the Spirit, but every day your gifts are about me like manna in the wilderness. All I have belongs to you, and of my money I am only a trustee. Command its use as shall please you and give me the experience of the giver’s joy. Let me see clearly the sin of covetousness and deepen my hatred of its practice. In the name of your unspeakable Gift be praise and dominion forever. Amen. Peter Ainslie A Closing prayer or Blessing As we take our worship, praise and prayer from this place and into our daily lives, may our lives be sustained through the love of our Heavenly Father. May we feel the presence of our Saviour walking beside us, and know the power of the Spirit in both our actions and our words. May the love of Jesus Christ bring us wholeness, the grace of God the Father grant us peace, the breath of Holy Spirit instil passion and the unity between them give us strength for this and every day. Amen Go forth into the world in peace;
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