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Daily Prayer Resources

From the Methodist Prayer Handbook, a Prayer for Today

Weekly Prayer Resources

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Monday 18th August
Using the kettle, oven or microwave.
Pray for those who are struggling to make ends meet and for whom food and drink are not easy to come by. For those people where starvation is the norm. Consider what you might do to be part of God's plan to ensure all can flourish.

Tuesday 19th August
Today is World Humanitarian Day, a day set aside to recognise those who have died working for humanitarian causes around the world.
Today, pray for all who are working amongst those affected by conflict, disaster and poverty – those striving for justice, safety and peace for everyone.
Come, by your grace, oh God, and give courage to all working to heal the divisions in our world. Amen.

Wednesday 20th August
Turning on the lights or doing chores
Pray for those who keep our church and community buildings safe places for people to enjoy. The finance & property committees. Cleaners, gardeners and window cleaners. All those who visit our precious buildings to maintain them or use them.

Thursday 21st August
Paying attention to the news on radio, TV or in print.
Pray for the ways the church and individual people of faith can be involved in mission and social action. Ask what God wants you to do in particular to make the church you are connected to a place of outreach to those in any kind of need here and abroad.

Friday 22nd August
Making a decision about going out, what to wear or what to eat.
Pray for all those in leadership in your church and those who make decisions as apart of their role: ministers and stewards, family & pioneer workers, all those who sit on Church Council or important committees. Ask God to help them to seek guidance on how our church can flourish.
Pray too for those in leadership across the world and the decisions they make. Ask God to help them make choices full of compassion and integrity so no-one gets left behind.

Saturday 23rd August
On this day in 1948 the World Council of Churches is formed, by 147 churches across 44 countries. The Council continues to exist and to seek to promote unity amongst Christian people of different backgrounds and traditions.
Holy God, Jesus said that he came that 'we all may be one.' Please help me to work for unity and healing in a world full of divisions, today, across this weekend, and beyond. Amen.

Monday 25th August
Doing the garden or simply sitting in it:
Pray for the created world and the cycles of life within it. For the way seeds grow and crops are harvested. For the way plants are part of the life cycle of insects and birds. For the delicate balance within creation. Share with God your joy at something you've seen. Share with God your concerns about the imbalance across the planet.
Ask – What is mine to do?

Tuesday 26th August
On this day in 1768, Captain James Cook set sail from England on board HMS Endeavour. All that followed is not to be celebrated and many mistakes were made by those early adventurers and the politicians that followed in their wake, but perhaps today we can celebrate all who are driven by a spirit of discovery.
Holy God, as we seek to discover more of you, and your world, and as we recognise the need to change and embrace the 'new', help us to have that spirit of adventure that takes us out of our comfort zones and brings us closer to you.Amen.

Wednesday 27th August
Going to bed:
As you go to bed today, think about those people you encountered in some way during the day. Ask God to make clear to you who needs to feel and know their love. Think about how that can happen and the part you might play. Ask yourself about how you might invite them to join your faith family.

Thursday 28th August
Today is celebrated in some traditions as the Feast Day of St Augustine of Hippo, one of the most important thinkers in the early Christian church (he was alive between 354 and 430AD).
Augustine of Hippo was one of the first thinkers to champion the perfect unity of body and soul that makes up the human being – including the need for us to celebrate and show respect for our bodies, as it is a part of God's creation. Perhaps today we still need to hear his ancient wisdom.
Why not pray for yourself today, for your body and your attitude towards it.

Friday 29th August
Going in or out of a door:
Pray for the welcome people receive when they come to your church space and the worship that takes place there. In particular give thanks for those who lead it, Musicians, Preachers, Worship Leaders and AV providers. Ask God about what they want us to know and learn and what part you can play in making people welcome.

Saturday 30th August
Lord of all light, as we come towards the end of the summer months, we thank you for the gift of long days and sunshine, for summer holidays and breaks from traditional routine.
As we return to the autumn, to the start of September, to the beginning of term-time, help us to hear your invitation to follow in your ways, to listen to your prompting, to be guided by your grace.
I pray this for myself, for those around me, and for the whole world.Amen.