by Neil Ellis | Mar 15, 2017 | Prayer
Watch now dear Lord, With those who wake, or watch, or weep tonight, And give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones, O Lord Christ; Rest your weary ones, Bless your dying ones, Soothe your suffering ones, Pity your afflicted ones, Shield your...
by Neil Ellis | Mar 7, 2017 | Prayer
O Lord, we come this morning Knee-bowed and body-bent Before thy throne of grace. O Lord, this morning, Bow our hearts beneath our knees, And our knees in some lonesome valley. We come this morning, Like empty pitchers to a full fountain, With no merits of our own. O...
by Neil Ellis | Feb 28, 2017 | Prayer
With thanks to a colleague in Ministry, Rev. Kevin Lee, who posted this prayer on Facebook. I believe that this ancient prayer still speaks to us powerfully today. A Prayer of Adoration and Confession, adopted from Dionysius of Alexandria, 264 AD. Holy God, giver of...
by Neil Ellis | Feb 15, 2017 | Prayer
Sometimes we over complicate things. In an attempt to perhaps impress God we try really hard to pray well. Often there isn’t a need to pray well, but to pray faithfully. Jesus provide us with a template for prayer. It is one that is prayed each Sunday in...
by Neil Ellis | Feb 8, 2017 | Prayer
Evening prayer or prayer before bed time is a ritual in many homes. Before we tuck our children in to bed we say a prayer with them. The following prayer is one which you could work into your schedule. We give you now the day as it has been, With all its hopes...
by Neil Ellis | Jan 31, 2017 | Prayer
Charles de Foucauld said, “It is more important to be human than to be religious.” It is an extraordinary statement because it is a faith statement. God addresses us in a very special way, sending his son to be a human being. Jesus did not come to be the...
