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Short prayers for when you are asked to pray aloud.

A prayer for a church service

“And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak … as the Spirit gave them utterance.” Acts 2:4. The picture: El Greco, Pentecost, about 1600, Museo del Prado.

Prayer 1 of 3About 40 seconds aloud

Lord Jesus, you have fed us here, and now you send us out. Open our eyes to the needs of the people we will meet this week, and give us willing hands to meet them. Let each of us use the gift you have given, “as good stewards of the manifold grace of God” (1 Peter 4:10). “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16). Amen.

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El Greco, Pentecostés, en un marco dorado en la pared: los apóstoles y María bajo la paloma, una llama sobre cada cabeza
“Y fueron todos llenos del Espíritu Santo, y comenzaron a hablar… según el Espíritu les daba que hablasen”.Hechos 2:4 · El Greco, Pentecostés, hacia 1600, Museo del Prado

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