Just what it says on the tin... some Intercessons for
the Feast of the Epiphany (6th January).If you use them in a service, that's fine... if you print them, just give me a mention!
God of revelation
open our eyes to see
you and our hearts to worship you
Through the revelation of the star, the Christ child was
found and worshipped
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we give thanks for all who are alive and awake to the
signs of the times and spirit of the age, revealing the gospel and finding ways
to worship that open to us all new ways of discovering Christ to be alive in
our life
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we pray for all ministers of the Gospel – ordained and
lay – that all Christians may be committed to the work of the revealing the
kingdom
God of revelation
open our eyes to see
you and our hearts to worship you
By the gift of gold, the kingship of the Christ child was
revealed and worshipped
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we give thanks for the rule of Christ in our own lives,
praying that we may be given humility to subject ourselves to his just and
gentle rule
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we pray for all in authority, that they may be open to
the spirit of God, and that this might guide them to peace and equity
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we pray particularly for the people of the Sudan, of
Nigeria and the Congo, for Palestinians and Israelis and for peace in Northern
Ireland
God of revelation
open our eyes to see
you and our hearts to worship you
By the gift of incense, the divinity of the Christ child was
revealed and worshipped
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we give thanks that God took human form and came among
us, allowing us to witness his great power and great humility through the
taking on of our nature
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we pray for a right honouring of all humanity
throughout the world, and a release from bondage for all
God of revelation
open our eyes to see
you and our hearts to worship you
By the gift of Myrrh, the humanity of the Christ child was
revealed and worshipped
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we give thanks for our own physical being, and that
this is made perfect in God’s sight through the death of his son
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we pray for all whose human frailty is revealed –
through illness of mind or body, by name remembering…
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and we also pray for all who, like Christ, have entered
the heavenly realm where ‘death shall be no more’, by name we pray for the
repose of the souls of…
God of revelation
open our eyes to see
you and our hearts to worship you
Those who visited the new born Christ gave witness to his
kingship, his divinity and his humanity – may we too bow down and worship.
God of revelation
open our eyes to see
you and our hearts to worship you
