Genesis 22:1-19 – Abraham and Isaac
God of Abraham and God of Isaac,
who said “I desire mercy, not sacrifice”,*
give us power to grasp how wide and long,
how high and deep is your love for all your children,
that rooted and established in Christ,
we may be enabled to offer you all that we are
and all that we have, within the all surpassing love
of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
GL (*Hosea 6.6)
Genesis Chapters 12 and 15 – God’s promise to Abraham and Sarah.
Almighty and everlasting,
increase in us your gift of faith
that, forsaking what lies behind
and reaching out to that which is before,
we may run the way of your commandments
and win the crown of everlasting joy;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.
Collect of the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity.
Genesis Chapters 6,7 and 9 – God’s promise to Noah.
Righteous and living God, constant and faithful,
you love mercy and hate injustice,
in the colours of the rainbow
you make known your eternal covenant love for your creation.
Stir us from apathy and ignorance
to desire all that you will for your creation;
that prepares the way for the coming Kingdom
of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
(GL)
Genesis 3:1-19 – Adam and Eve’s fall from grace.
Creator God, your love for your children knows no limits,
though we turn away from you when we fall into sin,
by your grace we know the joy of your forgiveness,
and by your power, give us the will to forgive
through the saving grace of your Son, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
(Adapted from the 2nd addition of Jesse’s Tree, a journey through Advent with Embrace the Middle East)
Genesis 1:26-31 – The Creation of the World
Lord Jesus Christ,
By taking human flesh you sanctified material things to be a means of your grace; grant us wisdom in our attitude to all that we have, and a generous heart in the use of the resources entrusted to us, that by faithful stewardship we may glorify you. Amen.
(Adapted from a prayer from the C of E Central Board of Finance, the Archbishop’s Council)
