HELP COVER BRISTOL IN 24 HOUR PRAYER
Rev. 5:8 ‘The prayers of the saints are like golden bowls full of incense’;
Isaiah 62:6-7 ‘On your wall O Jerusalem (Bristol) I have posted watchmen:
All day and all night they will never keep silent… Nehemiah 1:6 ‘let
your ear be attentive and your eyes open to
hear the prayer your servant is praying day and night…2:17 let us rebuild
the walls of ‘Bristol’ …. Speak Lord your servant is listening....
CHRISTMAS IN BRISTOL
OUTREACHES -Pray for all Open air witness:
Broadmead – this year the Broadmead management board has unusually invited churches to do carol singing at the Podium – pray sufficient numbers of churches will offer to do this and can be annointed by the Spirit of God in it.
Crow Lane, Henbury – Sat. 15th there will be an open air witness there– pray for children , parents and families to be touched by God
St Andrews Park – 6.30pm 20th Dec. the Bishopston inter-church group hold a carol singing and witness event in the park and generally get 300+people attending…...
Bishop Rd School – 6.30pm 19th Dec. the Bishopston inter-church group hold a carol singing and witness event in the park and generally get 300+people attending…...
Open Air Campaigners Christmas Puppet shows in Bristol schools – Pray for Rob Davies, Alan Jenner, Korky & Anni Davey, Dave Harris and others involved in this.
Christdingle Services
Pray for evangelists and pastors to have new inspiration to make the most of the Christian witness opportunity, which Christmas offers. Pray for Christians inviting neighbours to a Christmas street get together etc. Pray that people will stop to think about the true meaning of Christmas and decorations & TV will help & not hinder.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES -Pray for the many Christmas services across the city and
that the people who only visit church at Christmas and Easter will be touched
by God in a new way so that they will want to find out more about the Christian
Faith and will be given a
desire to participate in Alpha courses and other Christian activities.
OUTREACH TO THE HOMELESS & FOR THOSE WITHOUT FAMILY
-Christmas can be very traumatic for those without close family. More suicides
than at any other time of the year occur around this time. Pray that all those
who feel alone and isolated will find
family and warmth and friendship and will feel included during the Christmas
celebrations. Pray for Christians to be generous in offering hospitality and
help to those who are alone or are marginalised. Pray for adequate volunteers
and empowering of the staff who run
hostels like the Night Shelter, CARING at CHRISTMAS, The Crisis Centre, The
Cold Weather Project, Soup Runs, Salvation Army and the like. Pray for those
who live on the streets to be comforted and to be set free from addictions to
drugs and alcohol. Pray for the healing of age-old family divisions and for
relatives to be re-united and reconciled. Pray for companionship for the lonely,
for the widows and the orphans, Overseas students and for churches not be so
nuclear family focussed that they forget the spiritual family.
PRAY FOR THE FORGOTTEN ELDERLY – pray for Christians to be moved to reach
out to the elderly in Old People’s Home and to those living alone; Pray
especially for the elderly who have to stay in Hospital because they have no
where to go; pray for those thrown out of council run OAP homes, whose lives
have been destabilised and disrupted.
Pray for church housegroups to adopt an OAP home and pray for it and visit it.
Are you prepared to host a NEIGHBOURHOOD PRAYER GROUP?
If you are please let the Prayer Wall know. We feel that one way of strengthening and building the Wall and being more powerful in prayer is to offer Prayer Wall Watchmen to join a Neighbourhood Prayer Group. Soon we will let you know which other Prayer Wall people are in your area and offer you the chance of joining up. You could then also invite others to join you.
CONTINUE TO PRAY THAT THE GAPS ON THE PRAYER WALL WILL BE FILLED IN WITH NEW BRICKS
NOTICES:
INTERCESSORS for BRISTOL – new ladies intercession group – for more
info.
Contact Pam Dix tel: 9656354
JOIN THE ‘SOWING SEEDS OF REVIVAL PRAYER TEAM WEEK’ starting on February 15th and run by Martin Scott – will involve praying into different areas of Bristol tel: 9779270 Steve Abbott for info.
NEXT PRAYER WALL MEETING – MONDAY JANUARY 7TH at Woodlands Christian Centre upstairs and side entrance, Belgrave Rd Clifton at 8pm – all welcome.
NORTH BRISTOL CHRISTIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL:
Continue to pray for Rev. Andrew Kellett who is making an application for this to the Council – pray God will raise up a group of wise advisers and able supporters including representatives from the Church of England and other denominations. Pray also that Christians will be willing to help finance this initiative.
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