About Prayer

Prayer is at the centre of the spiritual life of a Christian. It is about connecting and communicating with God.  There are as many ways of praying as there are individuals. Our personalities and life experiences influence how we pray.  Each week the AFS shares a new and different prayer resource for your reflection.

The first week of Lent
Gracious Lord, as we turn to you in repentance during this season of Lent let us see your grace more clearly. In the light of your faithfulness, to us and for us, allow us with confidence to open our lives to you so that we may be renewed and remade in Christ who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, Amen. 
( Peter Robinson  - Wycliffe College)
 
 
Come, My Light
Come, my Light,
and illumine my darkness.
Come, my Life,
and revive me from death.
Come, my Physician,
and heal my wounds.
Come, Flame of divine love,
and burn up the thorns of my sins,
kindling my heart
with the flame of thy love.
- Dimitrii of Rostov
A PRAYER FOR THE PARISH
O God, our heavenly Father, bestow upon our parish the rich blessings of your loving kindness; that we may prove ourselves a people of your favour and glad to do your will. Make us alive to all the opportunities and responsibilities of our time. Keep us open to all who need our love and fellowship and inspire us with a vision of a world won for Jesus our Lord.