Category: free sample of Jesus

  • still alive!

    I know it has been a long time since I last posted on this blog, but I want to assure any of you who still have any residual interest in it that I am still alive and well, and the blog is still alive too. I have neglected you, dear reader, and I apologise for…

  • daily prayer 7

    daily prayer 7

    Saturday – Playfully creative Creative God who imagined into existence all that we take for granted, we offer you our creativity and imagination and ask that you will inspire us to use the gifts you have given us to bless and enrich those around us. Give us the grace and creativity to see things differently…

  • daily prayer 6

    daily prayer 6

    Friday – People-focused In a world where the population is measured in billions, help us to love people as Jesus did – one person at a time. Use our words and actions to change lives and transform communities in Mutley, Plymouth, this country and the wider world. May we have sight beyond big issues to…

  • daily prayer 5

    daily prayer 5

    Thursday – Generously big-hearted Jesus, you invite us to participate in your Kingdom where the last are first and servants are considered great. Help us to reflect your humble generosity in the way that we serve and how we consider others. We rely on you above all, and yet also on each other, to be…

  • daily prayer 4

    daily prayer 4

    Wednesday – Ethically motivated Our Father in heaven, as we pray that your Kingdom will come and your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, we recognise that this prayer changes us. Influence our choices, inspire our actions and enable us to live with our eyes open to the impact of our…

  • daily prayer 3

    daily prayer 3

    Tuesday – Lovingly inclusive Jesus, may we, like you, lovingly celebrate all whom we meet this week. Make us aware of our own prejudices and replace them with your all-embracing love. May we actively seek, welcome and include those who are on the margins of society and church. Help us to recognise you in each…

  • daily prayer 2

    daily prayer 2

    Monday – God-orientated Ever-present God, help us to be mindful of you in all that we do this week. May we meet you in the conversations with others, discover you in our activities, and rest in you in the spaces in between our busyness. We offer ourselves, our work and our leisure as an act…

  • daily prayer 1

    daily prayer 1

    We invite you to join with the Mutley Baptist Church family by sharing in the same prayer each day. There’s no set time at which you need to be praying the prayer – include it in your praying whenever that is best for you. Our week’s prayers begin with Jesus’ call for us to love…

  • realising reality

    realising reality

    I know that I am showing my age, but I struggle with the idea that you can make a living by posting content online. The idea that someone’s job might be ‘Youtuber’ is bizarre to me. I know the mechanics of it (I have not monetised this bloggage) but it’s the concept that I struggle…

  • Do you want your shoes back now?

    Do you want your shoes back now?

    The age old saying goes: “You can’t understand someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes” (or variations on that theme). I get what it’s saying, but I don’t think it’s right. It’s not enough. Walking a mile in someone’s shoes is about us experiencing life as they do, but only to do…