Methodist Evangelicals Together

Praying Always

Please continue to send me your prayer requests and news of answered prayer, so that we can rejoice together in God’s goodness and faithfulness.

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Day : 1

"O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water." (Psalm 63 verse 1) Ask God to create in you that hunger for Him that the Psalmist speaks of, and pray that you will not be satisfied until you have laid hold of Him.

Day : 2

Mavis Orton (Action International Ministries in the Philippines) asks for prayer for funds for the Birthing Home project – 20 million pesos more are needed. Plans and estimates are being considered. Please pray too that God will supply a new missionary midwife. Pray for a lady delivered of her eleventh baby at the Clinic: her husband was shot dead eight months previously. Give thanks for Vanessa, a dwarf, rejected by her mother and brought up by grandparents. She recently accepted the Lord and is attending church and involved with the young people’s group, and being helped with her education by Mavis. Give thanks for the commitment and support of the team of midwives.

Day : 3

Please continue to pray for Martyn Atkins and Ruby Beech in their final months as President and Vice President of Conference, and for Martyn as he prepares to take up the post of General Secretary of the Methodist Conference in September.

Day : 4

Pray for racial harmony in our communities where we see people from different ethnic origins living closely together: ask God to give us openings into these groups with the Gospel and pray that our churches may be places where people are welcomed and accepted regardless of their ethnic and social background. Thank God for Christians coming here from other nations, and pray for unity in the Gospel.

Day : 5

Thank God for Christian schools workers, those who go into schools to take assemblies or Christian Unions, and for the witness of Christian staff. Pray too for Christian children growing up in a secular environment, that they may not be ashamed to talk about their faith with their friends and that they will be strong to resist the temptation of following friends into ungodly ways. Pray that they will develop wholesome friendships with other Christians so that they can encourage one another when the going gets tough.

Day : 6

Please pray for Pentecost, to be held in London 9 – 11 May: for the last –minute preparations, for the leaders and venues to be appropriate, and for the Holy Spirit to draw people, both Christians and others, into the events and to meet with the Lord Jesus. Continue to remember all those at SJI and Jacqui Frost and family as they adjust to life without Rob.

Day : 7

Steve, Rosalind and Laura Bagwell, with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Nairobi, Kenya, report the dedication of the Ngiemboon New Testament translation in Cameroon and also the Digo New Testament. Pray that many would be transformed by God’s Word in their own language. Give thanks that funding has been found for recording the Jesus film in the Tembo and Fuliiru languages. Pray for guidance for Steve’s future role and for Laura doing well at school. Please pray for peace and stability in Kenya in the wake of the disturbances following the elections earlier in the year.

Day : 8

Thank God for fresh expressions of church which are emerging throughout this country: pray that each will be appropriate to the community in which it is based and whom they are seeking to reach, and ask God to continually challenge us in our churches as to whether we are presenting the Gospel in a relevant and accessible way.

Day : 9

Please pray for the different regional MET events taking place throughout the year, that they may be well attended and be used by God to feed people from His Word and to encourage and stimulate prayer. Pray for those leading these events, that they may be sensitive to God’s Spirit and to the needs of those attending.

Day : 10

Remember in prayer the police, for protection in dangerous situations, for wisdom in difficult ones and for a spirit of teamwork and unity. Pray for Christian police officers, that they may have a strong and effective witness among their colleagues, and thank God for the Christian Police Association and for other Christian workplace organisations, and pray that they will have a valuable role in bringing together Christians in their particular spheres of work, and be a means of reaching out to colleagues who are not believers.

Day : 11

Thank God for the new wave of prayer which has come to this country in recent years through initiatives like Prayer Week and Global Day of Prayer. Ask God to continue to pour out a spirit of intercession on His people, that more and more might catch the vision and come together in prayer.

Day : 12

Thank God for evangelism initiatives among the older members of our society, and pray that churches will be stirred up to find ways of reaching the elderly for Christ. Ask God to give us a sense of urgency for those who are nearing the end of their earthly lives. Take some time too to thank God for those older members of your church who are such an example of Christian living over many years, and pray for those you know who may be housebound and lonely.

Day : 13

Remember today in your prayers Jannine and Bassey Ebenso (The Leprosy Mission, Nigeria). Give thanks for their report that projects have received increased finances from government partners following last year’s elections, as more money has been made available for health and education. These projects have included the renovation of the National TB and Leprosy Training Centre and the Hospital, the printing of one thousand training manuals teaching health workers about leprosy, the establishment of more than ten self – care groups in Nigeria and Niger Republic, and the provision of eye surgery in three hospitals.

Day : 14

Please pray for the Cliff College Summer Mission, for the Evangelist team and department: Steve Wild, Sue Peat, Helen Edwards, Eva Walker, Brenda Emms, James Wallace and Alison Woodgate. Pray too for Chris Blake as he prepares to take up the post of Principal in September.

Day : 15

Thank God that Christians are obedient to His call to work with the marginalised: asylum seekers, the homeless, sex workers, those with dependency problems and ex-offenders. Pray for them in their work, that they may persevere despite the inevitable discouragements and that they may radiate God’s love to those around them.

Day : 16

Continue to pray for Hope 08. Ask God to use this to encourage churches in evangelism within their local areas, and pray that He will use it to bring people to faith in Him.

Day : 17

In a society where human life is increasingly devalued and debased, pray for Christians working in medicine and in science, that God would give them wisdom and discernment in what are often complex ethical issues, and the courage to stand up for their convictions.

Day : 18

Thank God for His Word, and for those who faithfully preach and expound it. Pray that we may all be hungry to study and to learn from Him, and ask Him to continue to raise up in our church and in the other churches of this land ministers and preachers who love the Bible. In a culture which deviates so much from scriptural principles, ask Him to make us strong so that we may stand firmly on Biblical teaching.

Day : 19

Barbara Dickinson, at the School of Nursing, Maua Methodist Hospital, asks for prayer for replacements for staff who have left recently. The School of Nursing library has been extended and they hope to buy a bus for students to visit various institutions and projects. Barbara is thankful that the Presiding Bishop was re-elected, as was the local Bishop at the Methodist Church Annual Conference.

Day : 20

Bring before God those ministers moving circuits this September, that they may have a real sense of completion of the tasks God has set before them in their current appointments and of anticipation of how He will use them when they move. Pray too for your own minister and family, that they will know God’s direction and encouragement in their lives and ministries.

Day : 21

Remember in prayer our brothers and sisters both overseas and in this country who are being persecuted for the sake of the Gospel, that God will sustain them through their ordeals and that through their faithful witness under suffering the church would flourish. Pray too for our own situation, that we may never grow complacent in our freedom to meet openly for worship and to read the Bible, and that we may realise the true value of this.

Day : 22

Please pray for Conference, to be held in Scarborough 3 – 10 July. Pray for wisdom, discernment and humility in all those attending, that decisions reached will be firmly based on scriptural principles and that the Holy Spirit will bring a real sense of unity in the work and a concern to bring others into the Kingdom. Pray too for the MET Conference Event and for Richard Saunders-Hindley, whose responsibility on the MET Executive is for Conference.

Day : 23

There has been much news this year of teenagers being killed. Pray for a change in the culture where it seems normal and acceptable behaviour for young men to carry and use knives and guns, and pray for Christians seeking to bring about this change in the worst – affected areas.

Day : 24

Continue to pray that God will send revival, on us, our churches and our land. Pray that churches will be filled by those earnestly seeking the Lord and lives transformed.

Day : 25

Remember in prayer the MP for your constituency and your local councillors, and pray too for those Christians who hold public office, that through them God’s voice will be clearly heard. Thank God for the campaigning organisations who do so much to give a clear and consistent Christian message when matters are brought before Parliament which are contrary to Biblical teaching.

Day : 26

Continue to pray for the MET Executive, and especially Paul Wilson as Chair, the two Vice Chairs, Sue Dunstan and Lou Ashford, and Richard Iball as General Secretary. Pray that the movement will continue to be responsive to God’s leading and relevant to the needs of its members and to the wider church. Pray for Tim Woolley as Media Editor and Roger Johnson, the Website Officer, with their responsibilities for bringing MET to a larger audience.

Day : 27

Ursula Loewenthal, in Phayao Bible Seminary, Thailand is expecting to have been able to retire in March. Having celebrated her eightieth birthday, she says the time has come for others to take over. Please pray for the 155 students currently at the Seminary and that arrangements will go smoothly for the changes in tutoring to replace Ursula.

Day : 28

Thank God for Christian families, and pray that they may be strong to withstand the pressures of twenty first century life and to maintain a healthy balance between work, home and church. Pray for parents in these families bringing up children, that they may be a witness to Christ in their actions as well as their words; pray too for marriages where one of the spouses is not a Christian.

Day : 29

Continue to thank God for the work of prison chaplains, and pray that they may be able to stand clearly for the Gospel while maintaining good working relationships with their colleagues of other faiths. Pray for those men and women who come to faith while in prison, that they may be strengthened by the Holy Spirit to resist the temptations awaiting them on release, and that they will maintain a steady walk with the Lord Jesus.

Day : 30

Thank God for Christians who are taking a lead in promoting Fairtrade and in reducing carbon emissions; pray that we would all have a sense of responsibility towards others and towards our environment, and that we would take active steps to re-evaluate our lifestyles.

Day : 31

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade – kept in heaven for you” (1 Peter chapter 1 verses 3 and 4). Thank God again at the end of the month for Jesus’ death on your behalf and for His glorious resurrection, and praise Him for all the benefits that have accrued to you through this, both now and in eternity.

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