Opening Prayer Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Readings for Sunday next before Lent: Exodus 24.12-18; Psalm 2; or Psalm 99; 2 Peter 1.16-21; Matthew 17.1-9

A Word: In Exodus we hear God call Moses to come to Him and listen to His instructions. Moses did as asked and spent 40 days and nights listening to God. In the psalm we hear that God is mighty, just and righteous. A God who listens to what we have to say. A God who calls people to serve him.  God who pardons and forgives us our sins.  A God who we are called to worship. A God who we hear in the Gospel made himself known on the mountain when he showed who his son was to Jesus' disciples. A God who the letter reminds us declared that Jesus is His son. All of this is powerful testimony about God's love and care for us His creation. For God wants the best for each one of us and permitted His son to come here to earth to save us.  

The Lord's Prayer Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be they name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us. Deliver us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen

Prayer: Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: graft in our hearts the love of your name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, make us perfect in your love and by your great mercy keep us in the same, so we may share in his glory; through Jesus Christ, your Son our Lord, the true vine and the source of life, ever giving himself that the world may live. Amen

Prayer of blessing: May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all, now and evermore. Amen.

Closing Note This message is sent to you with love and prayers as: a word of encouragement and a sign of hope.