40 Days of Prayer

During the 40 days of Lent we would like to invite everyone in the church to pray. We hope to provide encouragement and opportunities to pray, to listen to God and see Him at work through prayer.

As people connect with God through prayer in different ways we hope to provide a range of opportunities and resources with something that will suit you.

PRAYING PERSONALLY

catching the wave: prayer guide

TRY PRAYING have produced a resource to guide prayer over 40 Days starting on 9^th February. This provides a daily Bible passage, a story and suggestions for prayer. It can be downloaded as a PDF at:

http://www.thereishope.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/40-Days-Catching-the-Wave.pdf

Paper copies will also be available at church. We hope that this will be a helpful resource to help inspire prayer.

As well as a Bible passage and a story to reflect on, the “catching the wave” prayer guide encourages us to pray for 3 things each day:

1. YOUR BIG ISSUE

           If there is one thing that you want God to do during these 40 Days, what is it?

 

2. YOUR THREE FRIENDS

During these 40 Days you are encouraged to pray for people to become Christians.

 

3. A NEW WAVE OF REVIVAL

Every day we are invited to pray for revival in this area.

 

More details of these 3 prayer focusses can be found in the extract of the “catching the wave” booklet.

 

open church

To provide the opportunity for people to pray personally, the church building will be open during the 40 days. Ideas and resources will be available to help you pray.

Tuesday 10:00am- 1:00pm

Thursday 2:00pm – 4:00pm

 

PRAYING TOGETHER

Every week there are opportunities to come together with others and pray. The usual key times for praying together are:

IN SMALL GROUPS

WEDNESDAY EARLY PRAYER: 6:30am-7:30am at Church

SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER: 10:30am – 10:50am in the Annexe

Even if you don’t usually join these times to pray, please consider joining others in this 40 days.

sunday evening prayer 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Each Sunday evening there will be an opportunity to gather and pray with other people. Every week will have a different style so one of them will suit you.

14^th Feb      CORPORATE PRAYER:

gathering to pray for people and situations

21^st Feb      PRAYER and MINISTRY:

a time to listen to God and pray for one other person

28^th Feb      CREATIVE PRAYER:

a number of creative ways to pray and listen to God

6^th Mar        PRAYER WALK:

Walking in Tillicoultry and praying

13^th Mar      ALL AGE PRAYER:

young and older coming together to pray so all can join in

20^th Mar      PRAYER and PRAISE:

praise, worship, prayer and testimony to inspire and thank God

 

 

COMMIT to something TRY something new

With the range of things going on, we hope that you have found something that will suit you and help you to pray. There may be other things that are new to you.

Chose one, or a number of things that you like and commit to doing those things during this 40 days.

Also, why not choose something that you haven’t tried before or is a bit different and try it out, it could be really good for you.

 

We pray that through this month we will know God at work and celebrate that together.