Intercessions
24th November 2024
Let us take a minute to collect our thoughts and open our hearts and minds to prayer.
Let us Pray
Heavenly Father we stand before you and marvel at the awesomeness of your love and power. You Lord are here in the Church in the Park we are reminded every minute of that power and scope of your creation, and we thank you and praise you for The Church in the Park - our glorious home.
We thank you Lord for guarding and guiding, refining and redirecting our skills and talents and shaping us to serve you in a fast-changing world.
Thank you for the team that you have assembled here- we see your fingerprints on every individual, fashioned by you into a cohesive whole. We thank you for our Ministry Team, our Lay Leaders, people who give their time and talents selflessly and with grace, and for those who are the eyes, the hands, the legs, the feet of this church and for all our brothers and sisters who join together to worship you. Today in the Anglican cycle of prayer we pray for the Anglican Church of South America and the 35,000 souls in their care.
Lord in Your mercy
Hear our prayer
Today is Safeguarding Sunday and we have a prayer especially for today.
Heavenly Father - Help us to be a church that: Loves, & welcomes, protects & listens, learns & serves, repents, & restores & transforms. A Church that values, cares, & believes.
God of Justice and compassion, hear our prayer. Help us, heal us, guide us, we pray. In Jesus name.
Lord in Your mercy
Hear our prayer
Lord, We thank you for your generosity, for all the good things you give us, We thank you for our food, and our comforts, and remember all those who do not have enough to eat. For the children who get up hungry and go to bed hungry at the end of the day, and for those who rely on food banks for one simple meal a day.
Lord bless those who work tirelessly to help. Here in Almancil we are so grateful for ASCA and Refood, for the Junta and all the local Companies who provide food for those have none or very little. We pray for the homeless and those who depend on the charity of others. Help us to share our bountiful harvest with others.
Lord in Your mercy
Hear our prayer
Heavenly Father and Prince of Peace forgive mankind for their selfishness throughout the world. We are currently faced with very dangerous behaviour in all parts of our world and an inability to do anything to change this. We pray for the innocents caught up in all this oppression, destruction and sheer rage.
We pray for wisdom, compassion and courage from our World Leaders and a genuine desire to work towards the greater good for all people. As we pray, we are mindful of the words and commandment you taught us while you walked among us – Love one another the way that I have loved you.
Open the hearts and minds of those involved to bring good to the world and not evil. Inspire us not to stand by and watch but to recognise injustice and act against it.
Lord in Your mercy
Hear our prayer
Father, we ask you to open our ears and our minds as approach Advent and a time of waiting and expectation. We ask for your blessing on the Advent Study starting within the next few days, and as we meditate and ponder the true rich Biblical meaning of Hope, Joy, Love and Peace may we become ever more close to understanding how you want us to live our lives in truth and love, modelled on your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Lord in Your mercy
Hear our prayer
Father, we bring before you those who are sick and need your help. Sick in body and sick in mind. We raise up before you the people within our congregation and people on our prayer list and all the people in our hearts who need your healing touch and the comfort of knowing that you are there for them – walking beside them. Hand in hand. We ask for strength and courage for the people who can only stand and watch their loved one’s struggle illnesses, and we pray for those we love, those who we longer see in our midst, those who have been gathered into your presence and called home. We name them now silently in our hearts. We pray for the ones who are left behind to grieve. Let them know your comfort, Lord.
Lord in Your mercy
Hear our prayer
Merciful God, we thank you for your promise to hear our prayers. Strengthen our faith in that promise so that our lives might shout to everyone we meet of your love, mercy and goodness.
And when the challenges of life threaten to overwhelm us, help us remember your words as spoken through the prophet Jeremiah “For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”
Merciful Father,
accept these prayers
for the sake of your Son,
our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.