Thoughts From Just Another Passer By

Lord help us to be a true reflection of you Amen

Lord bless the new friendships Inspire our worship Move us outwards Amen

Lord be with us in our preparations Amen

Lord you make your face to shine on me. You bless me and love me Thank you May I be your servant shining for you May I bless others and love others for you Amen

Lord thank you that we can come to you each as we are and worship you Amen

Lord thank you! Amen

Lord I thank you for your beauty. For your love and for your care.  Amen

Lord turn what we have learnt into  Action  Opportunities Movement  Glory for you and your Kingdom Amen  I pray this prayer in the light that next week a large majority of full time undergraduate students here are going on mission. The team I am part of is going to Northern Ireland but we also have teams going to Berkhamstead, Newham, Northallerton and Stoke. Please pray for our community as why turn away from studying for God to putting this into action. There will be more post to follow about mission in Northern Ireland.  

Lord I remember  Amen 

Lord I turn my face towards your Son,  Let my roots and foundation be solid in you. Amen

Lord make me a light house, Help me be amongst the storms of life,  being your light.  Amen

Inspire me father,  Inspire me to dance for you To dance and dwell among your living waters  Reaching out to share these with all. Inspire me father Inspire me to stay and drink To see your beauty to know your love Reaching out to share these with all.  Inspire me father,  My heart is yours to fill My feet are yours to move My hands are yours to serve.  Amen (This is my friend Emma when she came to visit in the summer, the time was about 4 in the morning and the beach is in Mundesly, my favourite beach. Check out Em's blog here .)

Lord untangle the mess I've made in my life It is only your mighty power that can undo some knots.  If they are to be left Lord let me leave this mess behind by your grace, Oh God divine Amen

Lord when life seems overcast and cloudy you remind me of your beauty of a summer day Amen

So yesterday marked a very significant day in the life of six of us BA students here at   Cliff College . We finished our final lectures after three years of lectures. It just kind of happened and at the end there was no rejoicing, no great party, we just dispersed and went to get on with work or placement or getting ready for whatever the weekend plans were. Or that is what wil have happened after lunch.  However my final lecture was exactly like a final lecture, it was sending us out. We looked at the missional heart and then as group tried to unpack what this meant for us and if it was just a gift, or something that was developed. (In the end we decided nicely down the middle, that it was both a gift given by God that needed to be developed and grown). And then we did the same as individuals. It was a brilliant lecture, it really got us ready to be sent out. (The lecturer shared some of his story, sharing about his organisation   Micah 6-8 ) This week I...

Lord give me your focus Allow me to see your work in this world.  Move me Lord to work for you Send me Lord to do your will Amen

 Father God I've travelled through another field,  and found this gate for travelling on  You have placed their a poppy for me to remember I pray that at each gate you never let me forget. That it's by your grace alone I push forward You as ever, my goal.  Amen

Lord I want to thank you for communion,  That you feed us.  That you sit with us. Lord I thank you that you walk among your church  That we can meet with you. I thank you for your body - broken for me. I thank you for your blood - spilt for me. Amen

So this is the year (2012 if you didn't know) that I graduate, along with many of my friends.... and we say this in hopeful anticipation that we won't overdose on caffeine during them final hours of dissertation writing. For me that side of it - the work side of it, is the least of things worrying me about the 12 months. I strongly believe and try hard to remember that my written work - yes even the 8000 words on safeguarding and churches - is a form of worship to God. However there is that new threat. The one entitled "the real job!" The part that will often tell me studying was easy (which it really isnt its just a different form of difficulty.) My unease aout graduating is not ooo I have to find a job, but rather, if I go for a children's, youth or families position, who on earth is going to trust a graduate at the age of 21 straight out of Cliff College. I suppose someone will though, I suppose I actually know what I'm doing and I have something to do...

Lord be my light. be my colour my salvation  help me step out of the darkness out of the shadows Lord be my light Amen 

Help me spread your fire Lord Amen

Lord help me step out Help me move out in to your world. help me to be your feet,  your hands, Help me move for you God.  Amen

Lord you've made me your light This I can't hide. Even when I wobble and shake you make beautiful my every mistake Amen

Father God,  Today I am all yours  Tomorrow too.  take what I can give and help me serve this world for you I wish to be fisher of men  for your kingdom to grow I will take up my cross  a let your seeds be sown. Amen This photo is a piece of stain glass at Cliff College with the motto on it "Christ for all, All for Christ." At Cliff we have a daily prayer sheet that incorporates these words.... take a look here.

Lord make me like cress... A small seed Where something great grows Amen

Lord when I sit in despair save me  When I'm lost and confused make your light to shine upon me. help me stand firm on your solid rock  Let me be vulnerable but only for your service and for your Kingdom  Save me Lord Hear my prayers Amen (The person in this photo is a friend called Ami - she lives in Norfolk and is at Cliff! Check out her blog: Blowing the fuse )