<html><body><div><font size="4">Collect for 3 Advent:</font></div><div><font size="4"></font><br></div><div><font size="4">Let us pray:</font></div><div><font size="4"></font><br></div><div><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">God, who hears</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">and sees</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">what we try to avoid</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">by plugging our ears and averting our eyes, </font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">you have brought the kingdom near.</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">Help us to see</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">when we are blind,</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">to walk</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">when we are lame,</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">to hear</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">when we are deaf,</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">and to be good news for others,</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">through Jesus Christ our Lord, </font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, </font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">one God for ever and ever. Amen</font></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4"></font><br></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.14in; line-height: 115%"><font size="4">For reflection and haiku on 3 Advent go to > <br></font><a href="http://preachingtip.com/preaching-tip-of-the-week/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://preachingtip.com/preaching-tip-of-the-week/" target="_blank"><font size="4">http://preachingtip.com/preaching-tip-of-the-week/</font></a></p><p><font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4">Bob Eldan</font></p><p><font size="4">Lander, Wyoming</font></p><p><font size="4">USA</font></p></div></body></html>