A Gospel of prayer

My dad

My dad, in heaven,

You are holy and special.

May our world become more like yours.

May more and more things be done your way.

Thank you for giving us everything that we need.

Help us to forgive other people when they have done wrong,

Just like you always forgive us.

Help us not to be naughty,

Keep us away from bad people and bad places,

And from doing bad things.

All the world is yours and you can do everything,

Now and always.

Amen.

Thank you

God who made the world

And everything in it.

We say thank you.

The beauty of the earth

And the wonder of the skies.

We say thank you.

The warmth of the summer

And the sparkle and chill of the winter.

We say thank you.

For all that we have

And for all the is still to come

We say thank you.

Sorry

We’re sorry for the things we’ve said

When nicer, thoughtful, helpful words

Are what you’d have us say.

We’re sorry for the things we’ve done

When being good or helping out

Would have made a brighter day.

We’re sorry for the things we’ve thought

When love and care and positive things

Would have been your way.

We’re sorry.

Others

We thank you for what we have;

So much more than we need.

We pray for those whose need is great;

Help us to live in a world that shares.

We thank you for our health

And for those who care when we are ill.

We pray for those whose health is poor

And where care and love is hard to find.

We thank you for our homes and friends,

The warmth and comfort all around.

We pray for those whose friends are few

And home is just a square of ground.

We thank you that when we speak you hear;

That lives are changed,

And hope takes hold, instead of fear.

We can…

When we’re feeling lonely,

We can talk to you.

When we’re with our friends,

We can talk to you.

When we’re full of laughter,

We can talk to you.

When we’re sad and tears are in our eyes,

We can talk to you.

Wherever we are,

Whoever we are,

However we are,

We can talk to you.