Your Light has Come
Arise, shine, for your light has come:
and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
New Testament Reading - Living truth
1From: John, the Elder.
To: Dear Gaius, whom I truly love.
2Dear friend, I am praying that all is well with you and that your body is as healthy as I know your soul is. 3Some of the brothers traveling by have made me very happy by telling me that your life stays clean and true and that you are living by the standards of the Gospel. 4I could have no greater joy than to hear such things about my children.
5Dear friend, you are doing a good work for God in taking care of the traveling teachers and missionaries who are passing through. 6They have told the church here of your friendship and your loving deeds. I am glad when you send them on their way with a generous gift. 7For they are traveling for the Lord and take neither food, clothing, shelter, nor money from those who are not Christians, even though they have preached to them. 8So we ourselves should take care of them in order that we may become partners with them in the Lord’s work.
. . . . . 3 John 1-8Intercession
Please remember our Prayer Requests
You, Lord are the light of the world;
come and make our darkness bright.
Lord, have mercy. E te Ariki, kia aroha mai.
O God, give the solitary a home
and bring forth the prisoners into freedom.
Christ, have mercy. E te Karaiti, kia aroha mai.
Restore us again, O God of hosts;
show the light of your countenance
and we shall be saved.
Lord, have mercy. E te Ariki, kia aroha mai.
Amen.