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PRAYERS FOR THE WEEK
“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.” Revelation 3:20
TO GOD: We praise you because ‘You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows’ (Psalm 23:5). Hallelujah!
FOR THE CHURCH: Our text this week is not for the unsaved but for the church. It is scary to think we can exclude you from fellowship, deaf to your knock! Lord, have mercy!
FOR THE WORLD: Father, we pray for the theatres of war, for those seeking power at the cost of innocent lives, especially in Ukraine, Yemen, Myanmar and Gaza.
FOR OUR NATION: We pray for our children, struggling with the ever-increasing uncertainties of life, whether regarding faith, sexuality, right and wrong, family stability, unreality... Lord, grant them wisdom.
FOR OUR FRIENDS: Father, may we encourage friends and family, by example and prayer, to listen out for your voice, calling them by name.
FOR MYSELF: Father, thank you that your desire is for us to sit with you. Each day may I give you time to feed my soul.
PRAYER
Father, we pray your peace will rule in our hearts, even when life is difficult. In Jesus name. AMEN.
AN EVENING with Rachael Newham
Monday 20th April, 8pm
Beloved is Where We Begin
If you’re curious about how lament fits into the life of faith and the reality of mental illness, join us for an evening with Rachael who is an author and speaker specialising in the theology of mental health and illness. She will explore how knowing we are loved by God allows us to lament, will explore the biblical basis for lament, how it’s impacted
her and how it can mark a culture shift in our churches. Rachael will also share her experience of mental illness and how this has impacted her faith.
Rachael is the founder of the Christian mental health charity ThinkTwice. Previously she worked as the Mental Health Friendly Church Project Manager at Kintsugi Hope. Now freelance, she spends her time preaching, speaking, and writing on faith and mental health. She is the author of Learning to Breathe (2018) and And Yet (2021), with her third book Beloved is where we begin was published in August.
At Mulberry House, Chelmsford Rd, High Ongar, Essex CM5 9NL
www.nationwidechristiantrust.com facebook:@NCTMulberryLife insta:@nationwidechristiantrust
£12 per person. Optional buffet from 7.15pm @ £12. Drinks and nibbles can be purchased from the bar.
Call to book: 01277 367124 or email admin@nctuk.org
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