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\"\"<\/p>\n

A prayer<\/h3>\n

God of work and rest and pleasure,
\ngrant that what I do today may be for me
\nan offering rather than a burden;
\nand for those I serve, may it be the help they need.
\n 
\nA New Zealand Prayer Book (adapted)
\nfrom The Book of a Thousand Prayers<\/a><\/em> by Angela Ashwin, #53
\n <\/p>\n\n

Original version<\/strong>
\n 
\nGod of work and rest and pleasure,
\ngrant that what we do this week may be for us
\nan offering rather than a burden;
\nand for those we serve, may it be the help they need.
\n \n<\/div>\n\n

 
\nFrom the blog<\/strong>
\nThe work of our hands<\/a>
\nWithin the ranks of caring angels<\/a>
\nIn the school of prayer with Brother Lawrence<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A prayer God of work and rest and pleasure, grant that what I do today may be for me an offering rather than a burden; and for those I serve, may it be the help they need.   A New Zealand Prayer Book (adapted) from The Book of a Thousand Prayers by Angela Ashwin, #53 … Continue reading “Work as an offering”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[196],"class_list":["post-10798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer","tag-sacrifice"],"yoast_head":"\nWork as an offering - 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