Each of you has been blessed with one of God’s many wonderful gifts to be used in the service of others. So use your gift well.
1 Peter 4:10 CEV
Gracious God, on this last day of Christmas, we journey with the 3 kings to come, to see and worship Jesus.
We come with our time, with the gifts, the resources, talents and skills you have given us and developed in us. Help us to recognise our gifts, if we don’t know what they are.
Gracious God, we come to thank you for all we have. May your love shine in our lives and guide us in ways to use our gifts to love, to bring peace, joy and help to others, for Jesus’ sake. Amen.
Ruth Rushworth
Previous Reflections
Receive the Holy Spirit
In John 20:22 we read ‘Receive the Holy Spirit’.
Gracious God, thank you for sending the power of your Holy Spirit into our lives to inspire and challenge and equip us to live our lives in glory to you. Help us to see your power in action as we witness great acts of love and self-giving across our nation and our world. At the start of a new week of lockdown, we ask that you give courage and strength to all those who will once more step onto the front line, in order that others may stay safe. May they feel the Power of the Cross. Bless us today Lord, and those we love. In the name of Jesus, Amen.
Light of the World
God of the resurrection, we thank you for the beautiful sunshine that has lifted our spirits this week amongst the sadness of events in our world.
As we have seen the sun shine and felt its warmth we are reminded that You sent Jesus into our world to bring light and warmth into our lives. And so we give thanks this morning for Your love that we witness through Jesus, a love that will always warm our hearts, and may we too seek to witness to that love and share it with other people.
In John 8:12, Jesus says, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life’. Help us to fix our eyes upon that light, in the day ahead.
Amen.
