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Prayer Initiative

Please promote the GCT Common Prayer Initiative and encourage your contacts to use the prayer. Feel free to adapt the idea for your own situation, group, parish magazine or church press.

At your church services, please pray regularly by name for the congregations of the other Christian churches in your area.

(This material can be downloaded as a PDF or Word document.)

Format

• Opening Prayer
• Time for personal reflection on the theme for today
• Time for personal reflection on the Scripture for today
• Closing Prayer

Opening Prayer

Lord, let Glasgow and its neighbourhood flourish by the preaching of the word and the praising of your Name.

Theme for the Date of the Month

Glasgow
1st - Civic and Community Leaders
2nd - Business and Industry
3rd - Entertainment and Leisure
4th - Transport and Communication
5th - Health Matters
6th - Education Matters
7th - Housing and Homelessness
8th - Refugees and Asylum Seekers
9th - Sectarianism and Racism
10th - Employment and Unemployment
11th - Violence and Abuse
12th - Drink and Drugs
13th - the Elderly
14th - Young People
15th - Family and Friends

Churches
16th - your own Denomination
17th - Other Denominations
18th - Renewal and Revival
19th - Vision and Leadership
20th - Mission and Hope
21st - Ministries and Love
22nd - Care and Sacrifice
23rd - Agencies and Support Networks
24th - Integrity and Truthfulness
25th - Witness and Presence
26th - Worship and Conviction
27th - Communities and Partnership

Together
28th - Prayer
29th - Worship
30th - Unity
31st - Support and Affirmation

Scripture for the Day of the Week

Sunday
Psalm 63:1-4
O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name.

Monday
Psalm 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Tuesday
Psalm 23:1
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

Wednesday
Psalm 24:1
The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it.

Thursday
Psalm 145:17
The Lord is just in all his ways, and kind in all his doings.

Friday
Psalm 34:8
O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in him.

Saturday
Psalm 8:1 O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth.

Closing Prayer

These prayers we bring
along with the prayers
of all of God’s people in our neighbourhood
through Christ Our Lord.
Amen.