Prayers and Reflection at the end of the day. This will be my last Night Prayer for a while as I am going on placement. If I am able to post Night Prayer in the meantime I will let you know. Tonight our reading is Matthew 7 v 7 - 12 Ask, seek, knock Keep on praying - let each one of us get ever closer to God so that we will increasingly pray in line with His will and purpose for us. Keep on praying in the kingdom of God for our world, our church and ourselves and all those we love. We will never fully understand the mystery of God or the mystery of prayer but we pray in faith, trusting in the God who loves us so much that He gave His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross and rise again for us, to save us from our sins and who has given us the Holy Spirit, the seal on our spirit that those who believe in Jesus will not die but have everlasting life. To Him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

A time to be still and reflect on the day that has passed, to hear words from Scripture and pray to Almighty God. This is Armistice Day, at the 11th hour of the 11th month the guns fell silent at the end of the First World War. In our prayers tonight we bring before God those areas of the world where we ask for the guns to fall silent now. We hear words from Psalm 34 and also from Matthew chapter 4 v 23 to the end and we remember the healing miracles of Jesus.. In confidence we pray that there is no place too dark and no soul too lost for the power of the cross of Christ. We pray trusting in our Father God, He will have the final word on all things.

Prayer ad reflection at the end of the day. Thinking about Paul's words to the church at Philippi - Philippians 2 v 1 - 5: being one in spirit and purpose, true unity. Having the attitude of Christ. Respecting each other, seeing each others interests as being as important as our own. Following the greatest commandment as Jesus Himself gave - Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength and love your neighbour as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than this. What appears to be two commands is actually one - Love God and love your neighbour.

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Coming before God at the end of the day, using words from the book of Habakkuk in the Old Testament to frame our prayer time and reflection. Like ourselves, Habakkuk had questions especially about the broken and dying world he could see. We can come to God with all our questions - our worries and concerns, God cares about those because He cares for each one of us. His word declares it, Jesus Christ, the living Word, proves it and He gives us the Holy Spirit to continue on our journey of faith. Habakkuk Chapter 2 v 2, 3 (The Lord speaks) "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald (or whoever reads it) may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay" Another translation of that last sentence 'Though He linger, wait for Him, He will certainly come and will not delay.' Keep on praying, God is listening, though it seems He lingers, we are to wait for Him. He will certainly come at the appointed time and will not delay.

Prayer and quiet time seeking the presence of God. Bible reading John 17 v 1 - 5 Jesus prays; there is intimacy between God the Son and God the Father and the incredible truth that we are invited into this intimate relationship with God and the vital part prayer plays in that intimacy. Tonight let that give us joy and peace - whoever we are, wherever we are, we are invited into a relationship with God, intimacy with the Father through in Jesus the Son, confirmed in us by the Holy Spirit. In our prayer time, I invite you in your imagination to walk around a garden, my garden and 4 particular roses called Tranquillity, Grace, Compassion and Peace.

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A time to rest in the presence of God. Using words from the Church of England's Night Prayer (Compline) Service combined with words from the service which took place at Blackburn Cathedral last Saturday as part of the Festival of Healing and Renewal. The Festival included input on many aspects of Christian healing such as inner healing, healing through forgiveness, healing in evangelism, healing through pastoral care particularly in the aftermath of abuse. Words from the Gospel of Mark - the healing ministry of Jesus - the woman with internal bleeding and Jairus's daughter. Reflecting on the words of Bishop Philip on this passage and the importance of touch, the laying on of hands and anointing with oil.