Daily devotions

Every week pray for our Church Officers, Elders, all who lead worship, those who provide and show the PowerPoint and work the camera and microphones, those who provide music during times of worship, those who prepare the flowers and those who provide welcome and hospitality.

Prayer for Growth: God of Mission,  who alone brings growth to your church,  send your Holy Spirit to give vision to our planning, wisdom to our actions,  joy to our worship  and power to our witness.  Help our church to grow in numbers  and in spiritual commitment to you  and in service to our local community.  Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

To ponder: Jesus took the children in his arms, placed his hands on each of them, and blessed them, (Mark 10:16, GNB)

• Give thanks for all carers and grandparents who look after children during the school holidays.
• Pray for the CTiF Holiday Club – for the children and their families, the helpers and those who have planned the theme and activities for the week.
• Pray for families that cannot go on holiday, who are finding it difficult to pay for the necessities of life and have no spare money for trips and treats.
• Jesus, friend of little children, be a friend to me; take my hand and ever keep me close to thee. (W.J Mathams, 1876)

To ponder: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9, NIV)

• Give thanks for the Just Peace coalition and their campaign Time to Act – A Just Peace for all who call the Holy Land home
• Pray for the people of Palestine and Israel.
• God of justice, you call us not only to pray but to walk in your ways. Give us the courage to learn where we have been ignorant, to speak where we have been silent, and to act where we have been hesitant.

To ponder: Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. (Psalm 119:105, NIV)

• Give thanks for the work of the Bible Society.
• Pray for those who continue to translate the Bible today - both new translations and revised editions to make the Bible more accessible to all.
• Lord, shape your people by your word that we will bring life and hope to all around us through Jesus, your living Word. 

To ponder: But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! (Amos 5:24, NIV)

• Give thanks for people and organisations working to care for the earth.
• Pray for nations suffering from wildfires, parched land, drought and famine.
• Creator God, help us be aware that we all have a part to play in sustaining our world and helping it flourish for future generations.

To ponder: Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your   mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:2, NIV)

• Give thanks for the work of CMA (Community Money Advice) Connect Fareham and Christians Against Poverty
• Pray for all those who struggle with money either to manage it, earn it or spend it.
• Lord, give us wisdom in our choices and decisions in banking and purchasing matters.

To ponder: I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. (Psalm 32:8, NIV)

• Give thanks for all the opportunities there are to learn about living in God’s world, may we use them wisely.
• Pray for school communities as they start a new school year. For those attending for the first time; those in new surroundings; those worried about returning; the teachers and all support workers.
• Open our hearts, minds and lives to the wealth of good things we can learn about living and about life.