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Prayer | Helen Allan is St John's Prayer Promoter and can be contacted for prayer matters via the feedback form here or catch Helen at church. |
 | What is the Prayer Meeting Like? |
| Our prayers are short and simple. There is no pressure on anyone to pray aloud. God knows the silent prayers in our hearts. Simply saying “Amen” after someone else’s prayer means we are agreeing in prayer. Most exciting of all - Jesus is with us!. “For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them." Matthew 18:20 |
Prayer ministry is available after the morning service, If you would like to be prayed for go to the screened area behind the pulpit where someone will be waiting to pray with you.
Prayer This Week 20th July 08
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. John 14:1-3
Let’s pray for one another this week as we support and comfort each other.
Pray for:
• Our minister, Jane
• Our church family
• Services next week
• The Girls’ Brigade and KAOS who need more adults to help.
There are many SU camps and holidays taking place around this country and other places in the world. Let’s pray in particular for the camp at Scoughall and the camps in Latvia.
• Scripture Union - Pray for Richard Bramhall and Euan Clipston leading the camp at Scoughall this week.
There are prayer letters on the table in the hall of fellowship, from Rab Bramhall, for the Scoughall camp. Please take one.
• Scripture Union, Latvia – 21-26 July – Transformers – camp for 8-12 year olds led by Anita Kazaka.
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July 2008
CHRIST TO ALL: 20-26 JULY
'HIV is here to make the church - you and me - do what Christ would do,' says Rev Patricia Sawo, an HIV ambassador for Tearfund.
SUNDAY 20 JULY
'Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it...If one part suffers, every part suffers with it.' (1 Corinthians 12:14-27)
Please pray that churches will feel connected to all humanity, including those living with HIV.
MONDAY 21 JULY
'So God created humans in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.'
(Genesis 1:27)
Pray that Christians may recognise that all people are made in the image of God.
TUESDAY 22 JULY
'I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.'
(Psalm 139:14)
Pray that babies born with HIV would know love and a sense of belonging as they grow up and that their communities would support them.
WEDNESDAY 23 JULY
Ninety per cent of people infected with HIV in the UK don't know the correct facts about how HIV is transmitted. Pray that fear, ignorance and myths surrounding HIV may be overcome, so that the stigma and discrimination may end.
THURSDAY 24 JULY
In a recent survey, 62 per cent of church leaders in the UK said that their congregation was not interested in HIV.
Please help us, and our churches, to avoid complacency on this issue, but to ask that God would show us how we can respond to the needs of people living with HIV in our communities.
FRIDAY 25 JULY
'Jesus healed the sick and so must we.' (Kay Warren)
Pray that God would give us a heart filled with compassion and that we would reach out practically to help people who are sick with HIV.
SATURDAY 26 JULY
'AIDS is not demanding something new of us as Christians but rather that we become the people we are called to be.'
(Kurai Chitima, a pastor in Zimbabwe) Pray that Tearfund's vision for a worldwide network of local churches who are working together to stop the spread of HIV will inspire many churches to realise their full potential for transforming lives.
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IN THE HEADLINES: 27 JULY - 2 AUGUST
This week we focus on countries that have filled the column inches of our national newspapers this year for all the wrong reasons.
SUNDAY 27 JULY
Natural disasters hit Mozambique earlier this year. First, tens of thousands were made homeless by flooding. Then, just two months later, thousands more were displaced when Cyclone Jokwe hit the country. Pray for those who have still to return home.
MONDAY 28 JULY
The flooding followed so swiftly by the cyclone caused disruption in farming. Mozambique is already among the world's 20 poorest countries. Please pray for people facing food shortages and those trying to help them.
TUESDAY 29 JULY
Pakistan experienced violence around its elections. Hundreds died and thousands more were wounded in the run-up to polling day. Pray for good governance in Pakistan and that elected leaders would meet the needs of everyone, including the minority Christian population.
WEDNESDAY 30 JULY
Pakistan is a largely Muslim country, where Christians are in the minority. Pray for encouragement for Tearfund's partners who are in this minority group.
THURSDAY 31 JULY
Attacks in Darfur have continued despite international condemnation. Aid workers, including Tearfund's staff and partners, had to leave the most troubled regions because of the danger. Pray that peace will come to this war-torn area and that Tearfund's work would be able to continue there.
FRIDAY 1 AUGUST
Russia's presidential elections brought in Dmitry Medvedev but little sense of change in government. Pray for Tearfund's partners carrying out vital work with those living in poverty in the country.
SATURDAY 2 AUGUST
Relations between Russia and the UK have been poor since the death of former spy Alexander Litvinenko. Pray for improved relations and that the work of organisations like Tearfund and of our partners would not be hampered by international tensions.
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