Preparation: As I enter prayer now, I pause to be still; to breath slowly; to re-centre my scattered senses upon the presence of God.
[Pause] Rejoice: I choose to rejoice today in the assurance that God will bear my burdens, joining in the ancient praise of all God’s people in the words of Psalm 68. 19 Praise be to the Lord, to God our Saviour, who daily bears our burdens. 20 Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death. Spend some time praising God. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxdt2JbxUGM Ask: Pray the Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen.
[Open prayer time] •Pray for the Holy Spirit to work in
the lives of your 5 now, as you pray
for specific things that you know
they face.
•Pray for those people and situations that are on our WhatsApp prayer board. •Pray that God will use us – whatever that means (e.g. the courage to open our mouths, the strength to be obedient) •Pray for our community and nation as we’re all affected by the impact of Covid-19. •Pray for our government.
Yield: Lord, we pray that you will show us how you want us to be part of the answer to the prayers that we have prayed. Father, help me to live this day to the full, Being true to You in every way. Jesus, help me to give myself away to others, Being kind to everyone I meet. Spirit, help me to love the lost, Proclaiming Christ in all I do and say. Amen.
As I watched the video that we're going to be using in today's midday prayers I couldn't help my mind going to 'R'. If you're reading this somewhere other than the UK, or at some point in the future, you may wonder what 'R' is. But if you're living in the UK at this time, we've heard so much about 'R'. 'R' is what the scientists are calling the current Rate of Infection for the coronavirus. If R = 2 then each person who has the virus, on average, infects 2 others, who each go on to infect 2 others etc. To control the virus you need the value of R to be less than 1, as then the number of cases begins to fall. In this video, Archbishop John Sentamu talks about how last year he was praying for five people to come to know Jesus. Some of those people did, and they, in turn, went on to pray for five more. Imagine the impact if the five people you are praying for, all chose to follow Jesus and they, in turn, prayed for five more ...
As we continue to pray for our friends and neighbours to come to know Jesus, here is the text of today's midday prayers and a link to the Thy Kingdom Come video for day 5. Preparation: As I enter prayer now, I pause to be still; to breath slowly; to re-centre my scattered senses upon the presence of God. [Pause] Rejoice: I choose to rejoice today in the certainty that God is my refuge, joining in the ancient praise of all God’s people in the words of Psalm 18. 1 I love you, Lord, my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield[b] and the horn[c] of my salvation, my stronghold. 3 I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies. 4 The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. 5 The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me. 6 In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears. An opportunity to pray out our prayers of praise. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtJMsEVEIfA Ask: Pray the Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen.
Pray for those we know, focusing on •Praying for the Holy Spirit to bring an understanding of life in all its fullness that will be theirs as your 5 put everything they have at the disposal of God. • •Pray for those people and situations that are on our WhatsApp prayer board. •Pray that God will use us – whatever that means (e.g. the courage to open our mouths, the strength to be obedient) •Pray for our community and nation as we’re all affected by the impact of Covid-19. •Pray for our government.
Yield: Lord, we pray that you will show us how you want us to be part of the answer to the prayers that we have prayed. Father, help me to live this day to the full, Being true to You in every way. Jesus, help me to give myself away to others, Being kind to everyone I meet. Spirit, help me to love the lost, Proclaiming Christ in all I do and say.
This Sunday, 24th May, we're continuing our series looking at Paul's Prayers. Paul's story is told in the second part of the book of Acts. Here he visits many places and sets up lots of churches - churches that he will later write letters to. Some of these letters make up a large part of the rest of the New Testament - and we will touch on many of them over the course of this series. This Sunday we're thinking about how we hear from God, and we're starting with a passage in Acts. So, if you want to get an overview of the whole of Acts then here are two videos from the Bible Project.
