Prayer Resources

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Daily Prayer Resources

From the Methodist Prayer Handbook, a Prayer for Today

Quarterly Prayer Card

Developed by the Nurturing Faith Mission Group , the quarterly prayer card provides a focus for the quarter.

Weekly Prayer Resources

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Monday 8th December
Heavenly Father, I come before you in the name of the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ.
We live in a broken world, a suffering and sad world. Our world is full of mourning, many injustices, unspoken apologies and uncomforted tears.
Lord, today, I hold up the broken to your reconciling healing.
I offer up this broken world, your world.
God of each moment, fill them with your Shalom.

Tuesday 9th December
Today is the Christian feast day of Hannah, the mother of Samuel. Today, you might like to pray for families everywhere – including your own or those who live near you.
Pray for family dynamics, for healing where there is hurt, for safety and peace.

Wednesday 10th December
May you go from here with your heart stirred and your spirit awakened, ready to turn toward what is good, just, and true.
May the voice in the wilderness echo in your soul, calling you not to fear, but to prepare, to clear the way for love, and to make room for grace in places you thought were barren.
Amen

Thursday 11th December
May you bear fruit that nourishes others – compassion, courage, peace, and joy – and may you know that the Christ who is coming
also comes to meet you now,
right where you are.
Amen.

Friday 12th December
On this day in 1866 was the Oaks explosion – the worst mining disaster in English history. You might like to pray for all who risk their lives in jobs, roles or volunteer positions that are essential to keep our society functioning. Those who help make our world a safer, fairer place.

Saturday 13th December
Today is the Saint Day of St Lucy. Lucia comes from the same root as the Latin word for light, lux. A number of traditions incorporate symbolic meaning of St. Lucy as the bearer of light in the darkness of winter, hence the marking of this day in the midst of winter.
In the long, dark evenings that come at this time of year, you might like to light a candle and say prayers for light to shine in dark places – in your life, in your community, in the world.

Monday 15th December
Opening the curtains, blinds or shutters:
Take time to pray for the world and in particular those who live and work in your community. The shopkeepers, restaurants and bars. For service providers, hairdressers, beauticians and the Post Office. For health providers like the Doctors and Chemist.

Tuesday 16th December
Advent God, in these last few days of waiting and preparing, create a stillness in me, I pray – that I might be able to hear your promptings, notice your love, be awake to your call on my life.
Come, in the stillness, Immanuel.
Amen

Wednesday 17th December
Why not find one of your favourite pieces of Christmas music and use it as a prompt for prayer today. Are any of the lyrics a helpful guide into prayer, or does the feeling the song creates in you help to take you towards a prayerful prompt? Praying can be festive too!

Thursday 18th December
Today is International Migrants Day. Amongst all the sad and divisive narrative we are getting from politicians and the media, let us remember at this time of year that the Holy Family were themselves a migrant family, seeking refuge in a foreign land. Migrant God, move amongst us today, that we might build kingdoms of welcome, not islands of exclusivity.
Amen

Friday 19th December
Look around you, right now. Where are the signs of light, of hope, of possibility? Give thanks for those, and see what other thoughts are prompted as you say your prayers of gratitude.
‘There is a crack, a crack in everything – that’s how the light gets in’ – Leonard Cohen

Saturday 20th December
International Human Solidarity Day is observed on December 20 and is an annual unity day of the United Nations and its member states, inviting us to stand in solidarity with those most in need around the world.
Who are you standing with today? Why not pick a news story from this morning’s headlines and pray about that – find out a bit more about the country or people involved and spend some time thinking and praying about God’s desire for them and their lives.