Prayers for Christian Aid Week

Loving God,

We pray for these people of your word,
Obedient to your call of compassion
And ready to act justly.

Father, we ask that you will give them your eyes,
so that they might see their tasks,
to-do lists and planned activities as the rich acts of love they are.

Take the envelopes they see filled, action cards completed,
and events full of people,
and use them to bring fullness of life to those in need.

Father, as your children give out this week,
fill their hearts with your perfect love.
Keep them overflowing with your compassion for those they serve.

For the sake of your
Son Jesus Christ, whose example we seek to follow.
Amen.

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We live in a world that needs miracles
When the days of signs and wonders look
As distant to us as Kinshasa skies.
When God speaks, we expect the earth to quake
When God acts, surely everything changes.
In prayer, in scripture, we see
A time when miracles spit fire and blood
And faith burns like a star
When lives change in a moment
A word, a touch, a breath And that change changes all.

Do we live in a world without these miracles
Or are we just too close to see?
Our noses pressed up against a masterpiece
That stretches from horizon to horizon
A miracle of subtle complexity:
A voice amidst the gospel chorus
A needle pulling thread
A choice to love someone in need
Paper envelopes that fall like leaves
And all of these, they have a place,
a time, a reason
Small actions that defy expectation.

The earth turns,
Songs are sung and stories told.
And no one notices the glory of God,
As inch by inch
Step by step
The world alters by faith’s miracles.

Prayers © and written by Christian Aid staff. They can be used and reproduced with a credit to Christian Aid.

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