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Prayer Of The MonthAkanu Ibaim's prayer against fearThis prayer comes from Nigeria and is included in Desmond Tutu's collection 'An African Prayer Book' (Hodder & Stoughton, 1995). As African prayers so often do, it seems to go straight to the heart of our human condition, because all of us - if we're honest - have fears of one kind or another... O Lord, we beseech thee to deliver us from the fear of an unknown future; from fear of failure; from fear of poverty; from fear of bereavement; from fear of loneliness; from fear of sickness and pain; from fear of age; from fear of death. Help us, O Father, by thy grace to love and fear thee only, fill our hearts with cheerful courage and loving trust in thee: through our Lord and Master Jesus Christ. Amen. To think about.....
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High Street Shefford Bedfordshire SG17 5DD
UK
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