Opening Prayer and Benediction for Saint Paul’s United Methodist of San Diego, California, United States' Sunday School Class

Opening Prayer and Benediction for Saint Paul’s United Methodist of San Diego, California, United States' Sunday School Class
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Bible Study Prayer by Claralice Wolf:
Good Shepherd,
We are a small flock of Your disciples meeting here in this little room. We come with our fears and worries. We come with a hunger to know the truth.
Be in this place with us. Help us to hear Your voice still ringing down through the centuries. Help us to discern what You still have to say to us today.
O Shepherd and Lamb, come. Amen.
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India Benediction:
May the Lord disturb you and trouble you,
May the Lord set an impossible task before you,
And dare you to meet it.
May the Lord give you strength to do your best,
And then, but only then,
May you be granted the Lord’s peace. Amen.
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Benediction from Heart of Christianity by Chaplain Tom Respess:
Go out into the world in peace;
Be of good courage;
Hold fast to that which is good;
Render to no one evil for evil;
Strengthen the faint hearted;
Support the weak; help the afflicted;
Honor all God’s children;
Love and serve the Lord, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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