• A group of prayers inspired by Christians who just wants the best for this world. They can be recounted by anyone so moved by the words and ready to make a change.

A Prayer For Discipleship

Let us Pray for Discipleship

God of wisdom, love and peace, we praise and give you thanks for the resurrection of your Son, Jesus Christ; we celebrate the joy we have received in this new life and we give you thanks for the opportunity to be living the reality of the resurrection. Inspire us, by your grace, to re-commit ourselves to the life of intentional discipleship. Here we surrender ourselves to the life of Jesus who called us in baptism to be faithful servants in discipleship. As followers of Christ we commit to follow him as Andrew of old did in response to your invitation. Help us to perceive new Galilean seas where we are today so that we may respond to your call to be faithful disciples. All this we ask through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Prayer written by: Canon Garth Minott

• A group of prayers inspired by Christians who just wants the best for this world. They can be recounted by anyone so moved by the words and ready to make a change.

A Prayer For Support

Let us Pray to the Lord for Support

Almighty God, ruler of all things in heaven and earth and giver of all good things; you are always open to hear our prayer and we give you praise and thanks for all your goodness and loving kindness to us. Because your are our Creator you continue to open paths of righteousness and peace for us; in your creative love you have given us Jesus Christ as redeemer and Lord for the salvation of all people. We acknowledge our helplessness before you and bow at your feet pleading for intervention, support and help in all that we undertake. The path before us is laden with uncertainties; nevertheless we are confident that with you as our ruler and guide no obstacle is too great for us to overcome. As the source for our overcoming we plead your intervention as you did on the day you raised Jesus from the dead. You are the one who holds the key to life and hope. We come with an attitude of trust, confident that you will not disappoint us. Our hearts are filled with the cares and concerns of the present age. We are mindful of pockets of crime and violence, attitudes of mistrust and malice, high prices, chronic corruption and death. We bring these as we come to listen to you as well as listen to each other. Give us, we pray, open hearts and minds to discern your will for us and for all the people of the world. You love the world so much that you gave us Jesus Christ as a guarantee of life. Help us to celebrate this life in all that we undertake. Give us hearts of trust, confidence, faith, hope and love for all and enable us to rely on you for all things. Our faith does get weak and we sometimes feel like letting go. In such situations raise us as you did the life-less body of Jesus and remind us of the power that is within us to do all things. Be with us at all times and in all we do. We ask these things through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Give us, we pray, open hearts and minds to discern your will for us and for all the people of the world. Amen.

Prayer written by: Canon Garth Minott

• A group of prayers inspired by Christians who just wants the best for this world. They can be recounted by anyone so moved by the words and ready to make a change.

A Prayer For

The Nations of the World

O, Eternal Lord God, creator of heaven and earth, ruler of all things visible and invisible, the lover of souls and the source of our salvation; bless Jamaica and other countries with your love and divine grace. You have called these nations into being to provide space for your kingdom to be manifested. You have provided us with leaders chosen to be your instruments of justice to our people. Remind our nations’ leaders that they are chosen by you to administer the offices and institutions of your world. Remind us that we are to provide the support and encouragement necessary to enable our leaders to perform the tasks you have given to them. Leaders in the political and other spheres of life tend to forget that we are all ultimately accountable to you, our chief steward. Inspire the leaders of our nations to serve your people out of an acknowledgement of our call to serve you. Since the whole world is yours remind us that it is your will that all persons come to knowledge of you as Lord and God. Bless the government and people of our nations; fill us with the zeal to build up each other so that your people will find in our lands sources of help for each other. Herein we pray especially for young people in universities and colleges, in high schools and in other educational institutions. Inspire them with a thirst for knowledge and faith and fill them with hope for the future. Though often daunted by the challenges before them, especially the prospect of employment and other opportunities, we pray that you will instill in them enthusiasm for life and a constant search for truth. Remind our people that you, O God, are the creator of heaven and earth and that all things work for good to those who love you. Calm our fear, allay our anxieties and enable us to trust you always for the provision of our necessities. We ask these things in and through the Name of Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.

Lord fill us with the zeal to build up each other so that your people will find in our lands sources of help and each other. Amen.

Prayer written by: Canon Garth Minott

• A group of prayers inspired by Christians who just wants the best for this world. They can be recounted by anyone so moved by the words and ready to make a change.

A Prayer For

Faith

O God of faith, and giver of faith, we praise and glorify you for all your goodness and loving kindness to us. We praise your name for it is holy and from you all holiness processes. We give you thanks for the gift of faith in Jesus Christ, a faith which allows us to fear you and live in accordance with your will. We praise you and give you thanks for the faith of our forebears who remained steadfast to their call to serve you. Renew us, we pray, in the faith that has been handed down to us. Help us with the faith you have given us to trust you with all our hearts. Help us to recognize that, with the faith you have given us, we can remove mountains. With the faith we receive from you we allow you to work through us to advance the cause of your kingdom on earth. We confess that we have not always exercised your gift of faith as you desire of us. We have not always trusted you to do for us more than we can ever imagine or understand.
Forgive us for our lack of faith and renew your Church in the faith of Jesus Christ. With this faith, as our trust and confidence in you, help us to reclaim our place on your mission to the world. Inspire us to be ambassadors of faith to all your people, and help us to place all our trust and confidence in your plan of salvation. We ask these things through Jesus, Christ, our risen and ascended Lord. Amen.

Help us with the faith you have given us to trust you with all our hearts. Amen.

Prayer written by: Canon Garth Minott