'To you that hear prayer shall all flesh come', it says in Psalm 65. 'You are the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the farthest seas'. I am not someone who says there is only one God, and so it doesn't matter what you call him. I am someone who says there is only one God, and so there is nobody else to receive prayers offered in faithfulness and truth. There is only one place where prayers like that can conceivably go, and it is to him.
Pam, former Mayor, local councillor and congregation member, was told that one of the refugee families relocated to the UK after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan was coming nearby. She and Sylv our Pastoral Assistant doubted they would have brought prayer mats and wanted to make a present of a pair of mats as a sign of welcome, and asked if I would bless them. We prayed for the family to find peace, security, and the support they will need in an unfamiliar environment. A Christian prayer, certainly, offered in Christ's name, but in faith in his universal power. Grace is everyhere, and he will do the rest.
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