From Monday 12 April to Sunday the 18th you can buy my book Poems to Help You Pray at a 10 per cent discount, using the code POEMS10 when ordering the title from the Kevin Mayhew website. With the book normally retailing at £9.99, that’s a one-pound saving. Just type the code into the relevant box at the online checkout between the dates given.
To give you a flavour of the book, here’s the list of Contents:
Introduction 7
PRAISE AND WORSHIP
1 Coming with awe 11
2 The wonder of creation 12
3 A world of splendour 13
4 God with us 14
5 The God who loves us as we are 15
6 God’s awesome devotion 16
7 A love like none other 17
8 For everything God has done and continues to do 18
9 Joyful response 20
10 God’s great goodness 22
11 Heartfelt praise 23
12 Responding to God’s grace 25
13 An outpouring of praise 26
14 Celebrating God’s wonderful blessings 27
15 For God’s presence, seen and unseen 28
16 The unchanging God 29
17 Celebrating the God who meets us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit 30
18 Celebrating God’s gifts 32
19 Celebrating God’s love 33
CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS
20 Confessing our weakness 37
21 Acknowledging our failure
to live up to our intentions 38
22 A plea for forgiveness 39
23 Seeking renewal 41
24 Acknowledging our need to grow in faith 42
25 Acknowledging our failure to translate faith into action 43
26 Confessing the shallowness of our commitment 44
27 Acknowledging the folly of pride 46
28 Recognising our share in the abuse of creation 47
29 Acknowledging our failure to love God as fully as we should 48
30 Celebrating God’s undeserved mercy 49
31 Celebrating God’s unfailing grace 50
THANKSGIVING
32 For what we so often take for granted 53
33 For the cycle of the seasons 54
34 For the promise of new life 55
35 For blessings we all too often overlook 56
36 For God’s constant help 57
37 For God’s unfailing love 58
38 For love we cannot start to repay 59
39 For God’s strength and protection 60
40 For the knowledge that God is always by our side 61
41 For the knowledge that God’s love will never fail 62
42 For God’s constant presence 63
43 For the God who will not fail us 64
44 For faith in things unseen 65
45 For release of a loved one from pain and suffering 67
46 For confidence in God, come what may 68
47 For love we can depend on 69
48 For God’s faithful guidance 70
49 For peace that passes understanding 71
50 For the richness of God’s blessings 72
51 For God’s gift of laughter 73
52 For everything a loved one meant to us 75
53 For one we’ve loved and lost 76
54 For hope beyond the grave 78
55 For comfort in bereavement 79
56 For honest memories of a loved one 80
PETITION
57 For hope in times of confusion 85
58 For the assurance of God’s presence in times of adversity 86
59 For light in our darkness 88
60 For peace in the storms of life 89
61 For help in a time of need 90
62 For hope despite the way things seem 91
63 For God’s saving help 92
64 For help in dealing with infirmity or poor health 93
65 For help in understanding God’s kingdom and bringing it closer 95
66 For strength to resist temptation 96
67 For help to follow more faithfully 98
68 For faith in moments of doubt 99
69 For answers to questions of faith 100
70 For help in making sense of loss 101
71 For comfort in a time of bereavement 103
72 For faith in God’s purpose beyond death 104
73 For help in dealing with the trauma of bereavement 106
74 For greater faith in God’s victory over death 108
75 For help in coping with the numbness of bereavement 109
76 For faith in all God holds in store 111
77 For strength in coping with bereavement 112
78 For help and guidance in prayer 113
79 For encouragement when faith founders 114
80 For help in practising what we preach 115
81 For help in overcoming our prejudices and preconceptions 116
82 For peace, help and strength 117
83 For the transforming touch of God’s Spirit 118
84 For guidance in our journey of faith 119
85 For guidance in how and where to serve 121
86 For help in consecrating our service 122
87 For help in loving others 123
88 For an understanding of true riches 124
89 For help in hearing God’s voice 125
90 For help in understanding the meaning and cost of discipleship 127
INTERCESSION
91 For a world in need 131
92 For God’s healing touch in a troubled world 133
93 For an awareness of God’s presence where life is dark 134
94 For healing, justice and peace in our world 136
95 For real and lasting change 138
96 For reconciliation in a divided world 140
97 For the elderly and infirm 141
98 For those who care enough to show it 143
99 For those struggling to come to terms with questions of faith 145
100 For a world in which God seems absent 147
101 For those under the shadow of death 149
102 For signs of God’s kingdom here on earth 150
103 For ourselves, the Church and the world 151
104 For the Church 152
Index of Bible readings 155
Index of themes 158