Prayer Requests
 You can now submit your
prayer requests to the prayer team using this website. Simply
click on the link and fill in the simple request form. You do not have to be a member of St Mungo's or any other
church to request a prayer.
Prayer Request
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Philippines Floods
Christian Aid
has released £50,000 to help our partners respond to the needs
of 4,500 families affected by the Philippines floods that have
devastated the capital Manila and neighbouring provinces.
Tropical storm Ketsana hit Manila, the
Philippines' capital, and 25 local provinces on Saturday. A
month's rainfall fell in one day and resulted in widespread
flooding.
Early indications are that 240 people have
lost their lives and nearly 500,000 have been displaced from
homes that have been washed away or severely damaged.
Almost all families have lost possessions.
Immediate needs include access to shelter, clean water,
clothing, medical assistance and food. [more]
Sri Lanka crisis appeal
Christian Aid urgently needs your help to respond to the
growing crisis in north-east Sri Lanka which, according to the
UN, has seen 60,000 people flee the violence in the last few
days, bringing the total number of those who have fled the
conflict zone to more than 100,000. [more]
Love
Russia
Love Russia promote any charitable purpose
in the territories of the former Soviet Union, including
relief of poverty, suffering and distress by demonstrating
practical Christian compassion and where appropriate sharing
the Christian faith. [more]
DR Congo crisis
Thanks to your support, Christian Aid's
partners are helping people caught in the bitter conflict in
eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). More than
250,000 people have fled their homes, losing family and
possessions on the way. Some are trying to return home
despite the dangers. Christian Aid is working with four
local partners to reach more than 9,000 households.
The UK government is a major donor to the DRC and Rwanda and
has a vital and unique role to play in securing peace.
Christian Aid has been speaking out to press the UK
government to use its influence to prevent the country being
plunged back into war. We have also joined a coalition of
agencies in sending a letter to Gordon Brown, asking Britain
to support the rapid deployment of European Union troops to
protect civilians and help deliver peace.We won’t stop
helping people in desperate need and we won’t stop calling
for peace. Please continue to support our work. [more
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November 2009 If you wander off the
road to the right or the left, you will hear his voice behind you
saying, ‘Here is the road. Follow it.’ [Isaiah
chap. 30, verse 21]
This is one of God’s promises to every Christian. For he wants to speak
his words of encouragement, reassurance, warning and love to each one
of us, not just a special few! We won’t necessarily hear an actual
voice (though some people have). But he might use something someone
says, something we ‘happen’ to read, or just an apparently chance
encounter. Or sometimes he will put thoughts directly into our minds.
What a privilege. Let’s look out for what he is saying to us!
Father God,
Thank you that we are never alone in this world, for you not only
speak to us in different ways; you also listen and respond when we
remember that we can speak to you as well.
Please open my heart and mind to what you want in any decisions I
have to take, and help me to see the opportunities you are putting
my way to pass on your love to other people.
In Jesus’ name,
AMEN
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Let’s THANK GOD once again
for Geoff’s arrival at St Mungo’s. And let’s continue to pray that he
will feel welcomed in the church family and in the wider community;
that he will have joy and encouragement in his ministry here; and that
together we will help grow the Kingdom of God in Penicuik.
NEEDING HELP ???
Just a reminder that the Presbytery Prayer Chain is available to
anyone in the community, whether they are church members or not.
Requests for prayer are phoned round the churches on the chain and
prayed for in their prayer groups. If you would like to have someone
prayed for in this way – either yourself or someone else – please
contact Bill Webster (672347).
FATHER GOD,
we praise you that you are the God of growth and fruitfulness.
Forgive us that we are sometimes slow to catch on to your purposes;
and renew us by the power of your Spirit.
Give us ears to hear your call and help us to serve you willingly
wherever you need us.
In Jesus’ name,
AMEN
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THIS MONTH Christian Aid asks us to pray for
- the 250,000 people living in transit
camps (12 to a tent) following the end of the civil war in Sri
Lanka. Unless they can be re-settled before the monsoon season,
there could be disastrous outbreaks of typhoid, cholera & dysentery
- the survivors of the recent floods
in the Philippines & India. Over 16 million people have been
seriously affected; immediate needs include access to shelter, clean
water, clothing, medical assistance and food
- those affected by the earthquake
in Indonesia on 30 September. More than 130,000 homes were
severely damaged or destroyed, and water supplies were affected.
For more info go to
www.christianaid.org.uk/emergencies
The floods in India & the Philippines are early signs of what could
become the norm if we don’t take action now. In just over a month
talks on climate change will open in Copenhagen. These could be our
last chance to agree on measures to avert an irreversible global
catastrophe. At the moment the prospects don’t look good. Please pray
that God will overrule any political self-interest and that the right
measures will be agreed & acted upon.
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Bless the places we work, o Lord.
Bless the kitchen, the office, the factory, the school, the farm, the
supermarket . . .
Bless the industrial estates, the shopping centres, the bus stations, the
airports, the local communities . . .
Bless the whole world,
and Lord, in some small way,
may I be a blessing to it.
AMEN
[Pray Now, 2009] |
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