Andre Kotze

Night Prayer:Lord, thank you for how your Spirit hovers over the chaos of our lives seeking to bring something beautiful from it;show us how to co-operate with your creative activity so that your good purposes may prevail in spite of the chaotic around us.

Night Prayer: Lord, thank you for the way your personal love touches each of us through those things that we enjoy so much; help us not to become so ‘heavenly-minded’ that we neglect enjoying the simple, down-to-earth pleasures that come our way each day.

Night Prayer:Lord, thank you that in our weariness we may know your rest, in our weakness your strength, in our despair your hope;help us face our difficulties, not on our own, but to find in your companionship the resources we need to engage our challenges.

Night Prayer:Lord,as we enter this week with its fresh challenges, strengthen our faith in your loving presence always with us,deepen our hope in the good news that nothing can separate us from this great love, and renew our love for You and those around us.

Night Prayer:Lord thank you that, in our deepest places of concern and fear, you come to us as the Consoler who brings comfort and courage;help us by your Spirit to console those whom we know are struggling with the consolation that we have received from you.

Night Prayer: Lord, thank you for the way you lead each one of us down our unique roads that we may become who you want us to be; set us free from the pressure to copy others and give us the courage to own our own uniqueness that we may bring glory to You.

Night Prayer:Lord,thank you that, when we find ourselves in our dark ‘Gethsemane’ moments, we can trust your Great Love;give us the confidence we need to also pray, ‘Abba, not my will be done,but yours’ that we may face these times with courage and strength.

Night Prayer: Lord, thank you for your gifts of extraordinary grace which come to us in the ordinary moments of everyday life- through an encouraging email, a welcoming word, a caring question, a surprise gift, a time of silence, an early morning sunrise.

Night Prayer: Lord, thank you that you offer to those who find Christmas Day to be a hard day the wondrous gift of your loving Presence; help us through our own caring to make more real for those who are sad the reality of your Divine Friendship.

Night Prayer: Lord, thank you that you are the Light that has come into our world which the darkness has not been able to put out; shine your light into the dark spaces of our own lives that we may truly become children of light wherever we live and work.

Night Prayer:Lord,tonight as we hold in your healing light the immeasurable trauma of your broken and fractured world; help us by your Spirit to be agents of your healing love that in some small way our presence and our actions may lessen the trauma around us.

Night Prayer: Lord, thank you that you are always greater than we can comprehend, more loving than we can imagine, and closer than we can ever believe; help us to know these things within our heart that we may live each day with deeper faith, hope, and love.

Night Prayer: Lord, thank you for those men in our lives who through their gentle strength, practical wisdom, creative initiative, courageous integrity, and compassionate heart have ‘fathered’ us well and reflected your love.

Night Prayer: Lord, thank you for the gift of freedom you have given us to shape our lives through the choices we make; help us in our decision-making to be faithful, open to the wisdom of those we trust, and responsive to the nudges of your Spirit.