Wordlive<\/a> readings for the week, and listened again to the early chapters of Genesis – how fantastic to listen to the beautiful, poetic account of the creation of the world while walking through the TQ with all its signs of new life, new building and creativity. \u00a0Also, in one of those moments that can only happen in open-air church, as we listened to the account of the creation of wildlife and birds, a heron swooped down over the group – awesome!<\/p>\n3. \u00a0As we chatted we remembered that it was ‘Covenant Sunday’ for all our members from a Methodist background – the day in which they recommit themselves to God for the coming year using this most phenomenal, powerful prayer, which I thought was worth reprinting in full:<\/p>\n
I am no longer my own, but yours.
\nput me to what you will,
\nrank me with whom you will;
\nput me to doing,
\nput me to suffering;
\nlet me be employed for you
\nor laid aside for you,
\nexalted for you or brought low for you;
\nlet me be full,
\nlet me be empty;
\nlet me have all things,
\nlet me have nothing;
\nI freely and wholeheartedly yield
\nall things to your pleasure and disposal.<\/p>\n
And now, glorious and blessed God,
\nFather, Son, and Holy Spirit,
\nyou are mine and I am yours.
\nSo be it.
\nAnd the Covenant now made on earth,
\nlet it be ratified in heaven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>1. \u00a0My ma was there (hello mum!) – as many of you will know, my mum is a bit of a Dock hero – she gets up at 6:55am every time I’m on the radio, she makes cakes for the birthday parties…<\/p>\n