Prayers

We pray for:​

• growth in our fellowship and a renewed life in our church

• all those parts of our world enduring conflict – especially Gaza, Israel/Palestine,  Lebanon, Sudan, Ukraine. We give thanks for the recent
  peace treaty and pray all the unresolved issues can be brought to a close
  and the hostages released as soon as possible

• all who are ill in hospital, waiting for test results or surgery

• bereaved families mourning the death of loved ones

• We give thanks for our emergency services, especially those who have been
  working to keep people safe during Storm Eowyn. We pray for all affected by the devastation left in the storm’s wake

 

Amen​

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A prayer for Israel-Palestine:

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God of Love,
We are thankful for the work that has been done to secure a ceasefire between
Israel and Hamas and pray that it may be implemented and lead to a lasting
peace in the region.
With grateful hearts we celebrate the promised release of all those held against their will and pray for their recovery and recuperation as they are reunited with family and friends.
We pray that we never see such death and destruction in this region again.
May justice reign, justice that establishes peace, promotes hope, frees people
from fear, encourages neighbours to love another and brings an end to the
seemingly endless cycle of injustice, violence and death in the region.
This we ask in the power of your spirit,
Amen.

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God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear;

He burns the shields with fire.
“Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.”
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

Psalm 46, v1 & v9-11​​