Let us pray for fresh outpouring of the holy spirit on the people of God all over the world and in all fellowship traditions.
Pray for our readiness to be changed and made new, for a softening of the ground of our hearts to receive without fear. With our whole selves we pray, Come, Holy Spirit of God.
Pray for a fresh in-breathing of life and power in each church community, which breaks down our barriers and set us on for with God’s love.
Pray for all the people of the Earth to know God and Honour His name for the healing of the nations.
Pray for a new thirst for righteousness and purity at every level and in every aspect of society.
Pray for a dissatisfaction with the pursuit of pleasure and all that distracts us from our true calling. Pray that family rifts will be healed and long standing conflicts resolved. With our whole selves we pray, come Holy Spirit of God.
Pray for God’s grace and power to live out our faith in this challenging world, among those we meet, whose lives we share without compromising our calling to be the body of Christ.
Pray that we will live out Christ’s integrity and purity, forgiveness and love.
With our whole selves we pray for those who feel empty or cheated or filled with pain or worry or guilt .
We pray for those whose hopes and dreams are in tatters, all who are imprisoned by their past.
We pray for those who walk the dark journey of death and all who have come through it into God’s presence . Pray for mourners distressed by regrets or angry with God at the loss.
With our whole selves we pray for all that God have in stock for us, we look forward to walking into the future of God’s promise.
We pray for the grace to see this world and it’s needs and problems through the eyes of love, hope, justice and mercy. Lord please give us grace to abandon prejudice and build bridges of reconciliation.
Come Holy Spirit come!!!
Please let us continue to remember Tim Water and Mike Cant. That the Lord will surround them with His healing love and care.
Lord in your mercy hear our prayers
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Having brought back our freedom with the giving of his life , Jesus enters into the full glory to which he is entitled .
As we celebrate together let us pray together.
God of love as we celebrate this festival of Jesus entry into heaven as Savior and Lord , we pray for unity in the church and reconciliation and renewed vision .
As we recall the shouts of praise in heaven as the Lamb of God appears, we pray for all who are hailed as heroes and given great honour on earth, for all who worship anyone or anything other than God.
We pray for our farewells and homecomings among our families and in our community and for all who have lost touch with loved ones and long for reunion .
We pray for those who are full of tears and cannot imagine being happy again . We pray for the hardened and callous , whose inner hurts have never yet been healed .
We pray for wholeness and comfort and a new life .
We commend to your Internal love those we remember who have died and we pray too for those we miss their physical presence .
We praise and bless you, God of our making, for the way you draw us deeper into the meaning of life . May we be ready, waiting and watching when you will come to take us home.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayers
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Prayer of Approach
Creator God, who formed humanity from dust, breathe in me again. Revive me and sanctify me by the power of Your Spirit. Set my heart on fire with the good news of Your gospel.
Rejoice and Reflect
I choose to rejoice today in God’s majesty, joining with the ancient praise of all God’s people in the words of Psalm 24…
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.
The world and all its people belong to him.
For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas
and built it on the ocean depths.
Who may climb the mountain of the Lord?
Who may stand in his holy place?
Only those whose hands and hearts are pure…
Psalm 24:1-4a
Pause and pray
Ascension Day marks the moment when Jesus was taken up into heaven in full view of his disciples. Today I reflect on Jesus’ final words to His friends, just before this extraordinary event…
Then they gathered round him and asked him, ‘Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?’
He said to them: ‘It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’
After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
Acts 1:6-9
The disciples had questions. What did Jesus’ unexpected resurrection mean for Israel? But God’s agenda was infinitely broader than the disciples realised, and they had an essential part to play. Jesus told them that they would be His witnesses to the nearest community (Jerusalem), to their region (Judea) and even further, to those they disliked (Samaria). And, the Holy Spirit would make it all possible. The Spirit would give them the power to live out God’s extraordinary plan. The Spirit would propel them to the very ends of the earth.
Ask
Jesus, just as You breathed on Your disciples and gave them the gift of the Holy Spirit, would You breathe on me again (John 20:22). In the quiet of this moment, I receive Your Spirit.
Pause and pray
I think about my community, the mission field God has placed me in. The family, friends, neighbours and colleagues I share most of my life with.
God, I ask You to give me five names; people I know who don’t know You. People You want me to pray for every day between now and Pentecost Sunday. Empower me by Your Spirit to be Your witness to them this week.
Pause and pray
Yield
As I return to the passage, I open my ears to hear Your Word, and my heart to yield to Your will once again.
Then they gathered round him and asked him, ‘Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?’
He said to them: ‘It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’
After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
Acts 1:6-9
The story of Jesus’ ascension could feel like an ending, but Tom Wright reminds me that, ‘the story continues, and [I am] a part of it!’* Through the life of Jesus Christ, a small group of disciples experienced the presence of God in a particular way, in one place, for a few short years. Through Jesus’ Ascension, and the subsequent sending of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, many people have experienced and will experience the presence of God in all places, for all people, for all time in and through the body of Christ, His Church.
Pause and pray
Yielding Prayer
Jesus, thank You for the gift of Your life, the incredible love demonstrated through Your death on the cross, the victory won through Your resurrection from the tomb, and the power released through Your Ascension into heaven and the sending of Your Spirit. I yield myself completely to You. Spirit of Jesus, fill me and lead me today.
Yielding Promise
And now, as I prepare to take this time of prayer into the coming day, the Lord who loves me reminds me that,
God exalted [Jesus] to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:9-11
Closing Prayer
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.
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“Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.”
Hebrews 13:15.
A GIFT BEFITTING THE KING!
Often the most priceless gift we can offer God is not our money – that may be necessary for the ministry and the needy; not our bodies – the sacrifice of Jesus’ body on the cross is more than adequate. Praising God with all our hearts, especially in tough times, is the most precious single act that assures God of our loyalty to Him. Hence, regardless of the situation, let us praise GOD.
Pray that no situation will stop you from praying to God always :
Almighty and ever living God, we thank you for bringing us to the month of May.
The universe and the human inhabited earth are yours. You order our times and seasons. We acknowledge your sovereignty over all things: creation, time and space, matter and immaterial, seen and unseen, etc. You are the all seeing, all knowing and the most powerful God.
Trusting in your loving kindness and unfailing love, we commit the month of May into your able hands.
Lord God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we put our hands into yours this month, guide us, keep us and feed us for we have no help but you. Bless us and make us channels of blessings to others. Give peace in our time; for there’s no other that fights for us but only you O Lord. Anoint our heads with oil and cause our cups to overflow. May your goodness and mercies follow us this month of May and always. We pray in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen
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People of God, prayer is the master key. So don’t make your prayer life depend on the whims of the moment; make it a regular, daily practice.
Jesus started his earthly ministry with prayer and ended it with prayer.
According to Michael Quoist, ‘God is always present, always loving , and he is waiting for you.’
Blessed are those who mourn for the shall be comforted
Thank you Lord for the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ who has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
Thank you Lord for your promise that those who mourn will be comforted
Thank you Lord that you are near to the broken hearted, we remember those who mourn but could not be comforted due to the certain circumstances they find themselves
Lord help us to co-labour with heaven in restoring what has been lost on earth.
Lord we know that what breaks our hearts do break yours, we pray that you will use our low moment, our brokenness and our vulnerability to bring us in touch with your heart.
Help us never to suppress our emotions but to released them to you, our great comforter .
Thank you Lord that through the price you paid , burdens are lifted at Calvary and you are always very near in both low and high moments.
We remember India and her Covid challenges, be near them O’ Lord
We remember Denham Parish family, help us to experience personal brokenness that will change our spiritual atmospheres in our community.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayers
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As the excitement and euphoria of Easter celebrations wanes and life begins to return to ‘normal’ help us O Lord Jesus to live in the light and reality of your resurrection.
Help us to know that the Maundy Thursday washing of feet is not merely a ceremonial and ritual thing but a command to daily bend down and roll up our sleeves to serve Christ by serving others. Help us to be willing to serve not occasionally but as a way of life.
Help us O Lord to know that the ‘new command to love one another’ is to be a daily practice and a demand to love even the unlovable. Help us to love even when it is difficult to do so.
Lord as you encountered the two on their way to Emmaus and set their hearts on fire for you, we pray for fresh encounter in our lives today. We pray that the scriptures will come true in our lives again.
We pray for boldness, conviction, renewed faith and power to joyfully live as witnesses to your resurrection today.
Above all, Lord we pray that we’ll know you and the power of your resurrection and to live our lives in that knowledge and power.
Dear risen, ever reigning and soon coming Lord Jesus, thank you for hearing us, for in you name we pray. Amen
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