Time to Pray 21 April

Revelation 1:4-8 New International Version - UK Greetings and doxology 4 John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits[a] before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father – to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. 7 ‘Look, he is coming with the clouds,’[b] and ‘every eye will see him, even those who pierced him’; and all peoples on earth ‘will mourn because of him.’[c] So shall it be! Amen. 8 ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.’ O Lord God When you give to your servants to endeavour any great matter grant us to know that it is not the beginning, but the continuing of it, until it be thoroughly finished, which yields the true glory, through him who for the finishing of your work laid down his life, our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Amen. St Francis Drake