Join in Morning Prayer together. Please do. We offer ourselves in worship, listen to the Bible and pray for our world and church members in turn. Monday: 8.30am Goring, Tuesday and Thursday: 8.30am Streatley. Friday: 9am Goring.
Prayers for the week Thank you to Brenda for this week’s prayers. Father, We pray for courage to give up other things and to give ourselves to you this Lent. (Pray in silence) Lord, meet us in the silence, give us strength and hear our prayer.
Give us, your Church, the courage to give more time to your mission in the world. We pray for all the leaders of our Church and our own ministry team who lead us and teach us week by week. We pray for Steve and Lindsey Poulson, together with their young daughter, Elizabeth Milagro, and for their work in Honduras. Keep them safe. We pray for the leaders of Discoverers, inspiring our young people in faith, and we pray for our Lent groups. We pray that, with your strength, we will look outwards as we meet people day-by-day, and that we will show love and share the hope of a better life now. (Pray in silence) Lord, meet us in the silence, give us strength and hear our prayer.
Give us the courage to give up war, bitterness and hatred, and to seek peace. We pray for all those working to bring respite to those suffering under the hostilities in Ukraine and Russia, Gaza and Israel, Iran and the Sudan. We pray for all those who are starving or displaced due to power struggles that they may find relief. We pray for the aid agencies that they may demonstrate their integrity and restore trust, and that their work may be of support to the victims of war. We pray that you may guide the National leaders of the World whose decisions are crucial to bringing about peace. (Pray in silence) Lord, meet us in the silence, give us strength and hear our prayer. Give us the courage to give up quarrels, strife and jealousy in our families, neighbourhoods and communities. We pray for street pastors and all those who bring compassion to our streets. We pray that in our villages and our own families that we may address issues between us and forgive one another. (Pray in silence) Lord, meet us in the silence, give us strength and hear our prayer.
Give us the courage to give up our selfishness as we live for others, and to give time, care and comfort to the sick and those in need. We think especially of those who are sick in our community. (Pray in silence) Lord, meet us in the silence, give us strength and hear our prayer.
Give us the courage to give up our fear of death and to rejoice with those who have died in faith. We lift to God the departed and we pray for their families and friends. May the feet of the risen Lord Jesus, once nailed to the cross, walk alongside the dying and the bereaved in their agony and walk with us and all your Church through death to the gate of glory. (Pray in silence) Lord, meet us in the silence, give us strength and hear our prayer, here and in eternity. Amen.
Merciful Father, accept these prayers for the sake of your son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.