Prayer November

We will start by praising God, and humbling ourselves before him. Let's pray. 

We praise you, Almighty God, creator of earth and heaven. You are the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth, who never grows tired of sustaining the world or weary of looking after your creation. As it feels like another year is rushing to an end and life is tiring us out, you are our rest.

Father, we are sorry for our sin. We are sorry for making ourselves the gods of our own lives. We are sorry for ignoring you, and not giving you the honour you deserve. We are sorry for not loving others as much as we love ourselves. We confess times that we are selfish, proud, self-righteous, cowardly, gossipy, mean or resentful. The weight of our sin is heavy indeed, and none of us is able bear it.

Thankyou for Jesus, who could bear the weight of our sin, even though he himself was perfect. Thankyou that he could die for us, even though he is the immortal invisible God. Thankyou that he could bear your anger at sin, even though he was your only beloved Son. Thankyou that he could love us, even though he was hated and rejected. Thankyou that all who trust in Jesus have life without fear or guilt, life as your adopted children, life with the Holy Spirit to teach us and guide us, life with hope.

And now we ask you Father for your help. 

We pray for the country of India and your church there. 

• Pray Christians can love their enemies
• Pray for Christian children persecuted by their families.  Pray they they will be bold in sharing the gospel
• Pray for God's blessings on the church, that they will continue to lead people to Christ even in states with anti-conversion laws.
• We pray for bible colleges to teach pastors how to handle the bible carefully and how to reach out to those around them and create disciples.

We pray for K who is still travelling around NSW connecting with her supporter churches. Please keep her safe and give her health and energy to spend time with people. We pray that you bless her time with her mother as they catch up and grieve her father’s death this year. Thankyou that her home church in France officially started public church meetings and thankyou for the people who are going along.

We Pray for T and others in the Project Welcome Team as they continue to help a number of the boys integrate into the local community. We ask you Father for a favourable outcome for M on Wednesday this week when he appeals at the Federal Court to get a Safe Haven Enterprise Visa.

We pray for the Street Party in a few weeks. Thankyou for the planning and work going into it and please use it to draw people into our community so that they can know Jesus. We particularly ask for good weather and safety on the day.

And we pray that we would have courage to invite people to hear about Jesus at the street party or over Christmas or at Maitland alive.

Finally. Please help R preach in your strength tonight. Help us to listen and consider your truths as he speaks and be convicted by the Holy Spirit to change our lives to be more like Jesus. Fit for every good work. Fill our minds with whatever is noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable. 

We bring everything to you in Jesus name, for his glory, Amen.