Sunday: Week of Fasting & Prayer
Let’s pray for CHURCH GATHERINGS…
“Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks.”
- John 4:23
“Enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.’ After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.”
- Acts 4:29-31
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
- John 13:35
Firstly, take time to thank God for where you have seen healing in your own life, and in the lives of others – whether physical, emotional or spiritual.
Pray for an open heaven every time we gather together to glorify God.
Pray that our hearts will be open and expectant as we meet together.
Pray against any tactics of the enemy that would seek to distract people from entering into worship.
Pray for anointing on the worship teams and sensitivity to the Holy Spirit.
Pray that God would touch the lives of people as they focus on Him and put Him first – healings, salvation, breakthrough and burdens to be lifted as we worship.
Pray for an anointing on the preacher/teacher, and that people’s hearts will be receptive to the Word whenever it is preached.
Pray that the people would not only hear the Word, but would apply it to their own lives and be doers of the Word.
Pray for the Kerith Kids (0-11yrs), Youth (11-18yrs), and for children and adults with additional needs - that they will experience God’s presence, and know His Word, and come to personal faith in Christ and become strong Jesus-followers.
Pray for lives to be transformed, as people encounter Jesus in a powerful way.
Pray for signs, wonders and miracles as we gather.
Pray for good, healthy relationships and a sense of purpose and belonging to be established through the various volunteer teams, and midweek groups and ministries that meet.
Pray for those who re-commit their lives to God, that they will quickly get connected back into church life.
Pray for a continual growth of a community that welcomes all people, and that people feel a sense of belonging as they access church.
For children…
RESOURCE NEEDED – Paper, scissors, crayons
Help your child to fold the paper, accordion-style. The number of folds in the paper determines the number of people in the chain.
On the top piece of the folded paper, draw a person whose hands extend to touch the folds of the paper on each side.
Carefully cut around the person, making sure not to cut where the hands meet the folds.
Open up the paper and your child will have a chain of several people holding hands.
Whilst doing this, talk to your child about all the different people they know at church. The group they attend, friends & leaders they know there. Talk about how all the people in this chain look the same, but there are lots of different people at church of different ages, who look differently to each other but all have something in common!
Encourage them to colour them in with crayons, maybe choosing each person to be someone they know at church. Pray with your child over each person as you do this – thanking God for their friends, for their leaders, for the church we are a part of and asking God to be close to all of them.