September Prayer Booklet Abberley, Great Witley, Knighton-on-Teme, Lindridge, Little Witley, Pensax, Shrawley, Stockton-on-Teme Greetings! Welcome to this edition of our easy-to-use prayer booklet. This booklet is designed help people spend a few minutes each day in prayer using verses from the bible selected by our Prayer Lead Minister and ALM, Eve Cambray. Please use and enjoy. Morning and Evening Prayer is said each day. Look out for up-to-date information on what is going on at the 4Rivers Churches Website: www.4rivers.church/services If anyone would like guidance on how to do personal prayer, please do not hesitate to ask either myself, or Eve Cambray. Yours in Christ, Rev Ted By prayer, I understand not that which is found only in the mouth, but that which springs up from the bottom of the heart. Indeed, just as trees with the deepest roots are not broken or uprooted by a violent storm….so too, prayers that come from the depths of the heart, rooted there, ascend to heaven with confidence. They are not turned aside under attack from any distracting thought at all. John Chrysostom, teacher of the faith, 407 (on the Incomprehensibility of God, Fifth Discourse) 2 Wednesday 1st September Luke 5:40 As the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various kinds of diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on each of them and cured them. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Thursday 2nd September Psalm 146:9 The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Friday 3rd September Isaiah 35:6 Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy. For waters shall break forth in the wilderness, and dreams in the desert. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Saturday 4th September Mark 7:37 They were astounded beyond measure, saying,’He has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.’ Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Monday 6th September Psalm 1:2 Their delight is in the law of the Lord and they meditate on his law day and night. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): 3 Tuesday 7th September James 3:5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits.How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Wednesday 8th September Luke 6:22 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Thursday 9th September Psalm 116:4-5 Then I called on the name of the Lord: ’O Lord, I pray, save my life!’ Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Friday 10th September Isaiah 50:7 The Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Saturday 11th September Mark 8:31 Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): 4 Monday 13th September Psalm 30:5 For his anger is but for a moment; his favour is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Tuesday 14th September James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Wednesday 15th September Acts 17:2-3 And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three sabbath days argued with them from the scriptures, explaining and proving that is was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, ‘This is the Messiah, Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you.’ Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Thursday 16th September Psalm 54:4 But surely, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Friday 17th September 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life, to which you were called and for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): 5 Saturday 18th September Mark 9:35 Jesus sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, ‘Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.’ Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Monday 20th September Psalm 44:23-24 Rouse yourself ! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever ! Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression? Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Tuesday 21st September James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Wednesday 22nd September Luke 9:1-2 Then Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Thursday 23rd September Psalm 19:8 The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eyes. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): 6 Friday 24th September Numbers 11:13-14 Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they come weeping to me and say, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ I am not able to carry all this people alone, for they are too heavy for me.’ Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Saturday 25th September Mark 9:41 For truly I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Monday 27th September Psalm 71:8-9 My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all day long. Do not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my strength is spent. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Tuesday 28th September Hebrews 1:2 But in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): Wednesday 29th September Revelation 12:11 But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death. Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): 7 Thursday 30th September Psalm 8:3-4 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? Today: I give thanks for: I pray for this situation: I pray for the following person(s): 8 .