The Church of Christ
the Cornerstone
Creating an Oasis of Hope in Central Milton Keynes
Baptist Union,
Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic & United Reformed Churches in
partnership
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Prayers
for the City of Milton Keynes - Friday 24 October 2025
Prayers for the City of Milton Keynes take place every Friday at the City Church Christ the Cornerstone, in the Chapel, at 12.30pm (15 mins). All are Welcome.
Christ the Cornerstone
Prayer (Please note additional words in the ending)
Lord Jesus Christ, be the Cornerstone of your people in this city.
In the task of
building a City Church, guide us with your counsel, support us with your
strength, unite us with your Spirit
Grant, Lord that the
doors of this church may be open to the world.
Its round sanctuary may speak of your wholeness.
Its high dome may tell of your transforming presence.
Its crowning cross may proclaim your saving love.
Here teach your
people to act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly with you.
Here may we learn from you to give good news to the poor,
to bring sight to the blind, to set captives free.
Christ the
Cornerstone, set us all close to you as living stones
to make a spiritual house of God and an Oasis of Hope for this city.
Amen
For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I
can will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want,
but the evil that I do not want is what I do. Now, if I do what I do not want,
it is no longer I that do it, but the sin that dwells within me. So I find it
to be a law that when I want to do what is good, evil is close at hand. For I
delight in the law of God in my inmost self, but I see in my members another
law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law that dwells in
my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So than in my mind I am a slave to the law of God, but in my flesh I am a slave
to the law of sin.
Gospel of St
Luke, chapter 12, verse 54 - 59
Jesus also said to the crowds, ‘When you see a cloud rising in the west, you
immediately say, “It is going to rain” and so it happens. And when you see the
south wind blowing, you say, “There will be scorching heat.” and it happens.
You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky,
but you do not know how to interpret the present time.
And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?
Thus when you go with your accuser before a magistrate, on the way make an
effort to settle the case, or you may be dragged before the judge and the judge
hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you in prison. I tell you,
you will never get out until you have paid every last penny.
Psalm 119 verses
33 - 40
Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes, and I shall keep them to the end.
Give me understanding and I shall keep
your law. I shall keep it with my whole heart.
Lead me in the path of your commandments, for therein is my delight.
Incline my heart to your testimonies and
not to unjust gain.
Turn away my eyes lest they gaze on vanities. O give me life in your ways.
Confirm to your servant your promise,
which stands for all who fear you.
Turn away the reproach which I dread, because your judgements are good.
Behold, I long for your commandments, in
your righteousness, give me life.
Faithful God, let your word be the treasure of our hearts, that we may
delight in truth
and walk in the glorious liberty of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Time
for open prayer for our city and its connections to the world
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Our Father in heaven, hallowed by
your name,
Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation but deliver
us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and forever.
Amen
May the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all
now and evermore. Amen
May God’s blessings surround us this day
as we trust him and walk in his way
May his presence within guard and keep us from sin.
Go in peace, go in faith, go in Love.