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- O give thanks to our God who is good:
whose love endures for ever. - You sun and moon, you stars of the southern sky:
give to our God your thanks and praise. - Sunrise and sunset, night and day:
give to our God your thanks and praise. - All mountains and valleys, grassland and scree,
glacier, avalanche, mist and snow:
give to our God your thanks and praise. - You kauri and pine, rata and kowhai, mosses and ferns:
give to our God your thanks and praise. - Dolphins and kahawai, sealion and crab,
coral, anemone, pipi and shrimp:
give to our God your thanks and praise. - Rabbits and cattle, moths and dogs,
kiwi and sparrow and tui and hawk:
give to our God your thanks and praise. - You Maori and Pakeha, women and men,
all who inhabit the long white cloud:
give to our God your thanks and praise. - All you saints and martyrs of the South Pacific:
give to our God your thanks and praise.
New Testament Reading - The coming of the Lord
1When is all this going to happen? I really don’t need to say anything about that, dear brothers, 2for you know perfectly well that no one knows. That day of the Lord will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night. 3When people are saying, “All is well; everything is quiet and peaceful” — then, all of a sudden, disaster will fall upon them as suddenly as a woman’s birth pains begin when her child is born. And these people will not be able to get away anywhere — there will be no place to hide.
4But, dear brothers, you are not in the dark about these things, and you won’t be surprised as by a thief when that day of the Lord comes. 5For you are all children of the light and of the day, and do not belong to darkness and night. 6So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Watch for his return and stay sober. 7Night is the time for sleep and the time when people get drunk. 8But let us who live in the light keep sober, protected by the armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the happy hope of salvation.
9 For God has not chosen to pour out his anger upon us but to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ; 10he died for us so that we can live with him forever, whether we are dead or alive at the time of his return. 11So encourage each other to build each other up, just as you are already doing.
. . . 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11Intercession
Pray for 3 people on your heart ending with the prayer below.
Remember, O Lord, your compassion and love,
for they are from everlasting.
Lord, have mercy. E te Ariki, kia aroha mai.
Let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before you;
and by your great might,
spare those who are condemned to die.
Christ, have mercy. E te Karaiti, kia aroha mai.
Lord, give strength to your people,
and give us your blessing of peace.
Lord, have mercy. E te Ariki, kia aroha mai.
Amen.
