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Help to pray at home

This guide is intended to help you to pray for three one-hour slots during the day (for example).

Morning hour (try to spend 5 minutes on each part)

  • Praise God for His greatness, holiness and love; thank Him for sending Christ to save us and ask the Holy Spirit to fill us afresh.
  • Confess any sinful attitudes or habits, or any times of disobedience, thanking God for His forgiveness and asking for His power to change.
     
  • Thank God for the ways He has blessed you here over the last year. Ask Him to show you if there is anything you can do to bless others more.
  • Pray that we would all guard our relationships with each other; ask Him to show you if there is anyone you need to make amends with.
  • Thank God for the Bible teaching we receive, and the worship and prayer times we share in. Ask Him to help us grow as disciples to become more like Jesus.
  • Thank God for the Deacons (Julian, Stephen, Jacques, Rebecca, Joe and Jon) alongwith Russell; ask Him what you can do to support and encourage them as leaders.
     
  • Thank God for the new people He has brought into the fellowship recently and those we have baptised. Ask Him to help them integrate and to draw more people in this year.
  • Pray for the non-church people you know, and the events planned for Easter. Ask God to show you who to pray for so you can invite them to the Eggstravaganza or Easter Sunday celebration
  • Pray that everyone in our fellowship would have opportunities to use their gifts and abilities to serve one another. Ask Him what gifts you have to offer.
     
  • Pray for the other churches in and around Lower Earley (Brookside, Trinity, Salvation Army, St Nicholas' & Vineyard) and for a fresh vision of uniting in witness to Jesus.
  • Give thanks for all those who are working to support others in our community (eg asylum seekers).
  • Pray for the mission work/workers we support around the world; ask God to increase your love for the poor and your passion for world mission.


Midday hour (try to spend 10 minutes on each part)

  • Choose a Psalm to read and use it to praise God. What is the Lord saying to you about Himself?
  • Write down a verse, a phrase, or even just a word, that particularly grabs you. Think and pray over it.
     
  • Choose a passage from the Gospels. What does it reveal about Jesus, His mission and His character?
  • Again, write down, then think and pray over any verse, phrase or word that particularly grabs you.
     
  • Choose a passage from the New Testament letters. What does it teach about what we need to understand or be like as God’s people?
  • Again, note something down and pray as you think it over.


Evening hour (try to spend 15 minutes on each part)

  • Ask God to lead you as you open your Bible. Then keep flicking through until you settle on a passage. What is He saying to you about Himself?
  • Again, write down and pray over what you find. How is He calling you to respond?
  • Ask God to speak to you about your own relationship with Him. What is He saying about your life as a disciple and your commitment to LEBC?
  • Surrender yourself to the Lord freshly as a living sacrifice (Romans 12.2), and particularly anything above which He brought to mind.