“Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
like a champion rejoicing to run his course.”

Psalm 19:4-5

Lord Jesus,

We thank you for the church around the world. We thank you that for each person who is in leadership within the church at this time. We thank you for all the ways they have innovated and found new ways to serve your people.

We pray that you would give them rest and restore them as we go into this next season. We pray for those that depend on them that they would know how loved and cared for they are. For all of those church leaders that are running on empty would you give them energy for the months ahead and vision for what you are calling them to.

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“You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
abounding in love to all who call to you.
Hear my prayer, Lord;
listen to my cry for mercy.
When I am in distress, I call to you,
because you answer me.”

Psalm 86:5-7

Lord Jesus,

We pray for the unrest at the time in Russia. You understand the intricate details of what is happening and we asked that you would bring peace to a country that seems so divided. We pray that those in power who are able to help bring an end to the unrest would do so and bring about restoration rather than seeking to further their power. We pray for each person who is affected by the unrest and they would be kept safe and secure.

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“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart,

and you will find rest for your souls.”

Matthew 11:28-29

Lord Jesus,

We pray for the hospitality industry who have worked relentlessly over the last 9 months with little thanks. We thank you for all the magnificent food they have poured their hearts and soul into making. We thank you for all the take away meals they have prepped and we thank you that these would have brought small pockets of joy and comfort to those who are struggling.

Lord, we ask that you would bring rest to the souls of all those who work in the hospitality industry. Would they be able to know your peace in this time where it feels to busy and uncertain.

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“How good and pleasant it is

when God’s people live together in unity!”

Psalm 133:1

Lord Jesus,

We pray for the upcoming Newbies event on the 25th February. We thank you that even through a time where the church is dispersed throughout their homes, you are drawing people to yourself and bringing them to our family.

We ask that this will be a time where those who are new would be able to find community and they would feel welcomes into our family. Lord, would you continue to bring more to us that could find home in our church. We long to see you moving in our town.

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“God is our refuge and strength,

an ever present help in trouble.”

Psalm 46:1

Lord Jesus,

We pray for the Covid-19 situation in Brazil. Lord, we ask that you bring peace to that nation. We pray for all those who have lost loved ones over the last couple of weeks. Would you make your presence known to them and comfort all who mourn.

We pray for wisdom for the leaders of Brazil, that they would make good choices that will help protect many lives from this virus. We ask that you, Lord, would be in the planning of the distribution of the vaccine.

In Jesus name,

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“They will still bear fruit in old age,

they will stay fresh and green,

proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;

he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.”

Psalm 92:14-15

Lord Jesus,

Lord we pray for all those who are staying in care homes around the country throughout this time. We pray particularly for all those who have been unable to see their families and friends for almost a year. Would you be a comfort to them through this lonely and worrying time.

Lord, we know that you love and use all kinds of people no matter their age. Would you help those in care homes proclaim you as their rock in this time which feels so unstable.

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“When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?”

Psalm 8:3-4

Lord Jesus,

We thank you that long before the pandemic began you were mindful of us and you cared for us. We thank you that each person is known by you. When you were putting the moon and the stars in their place you were thinking of us and had a plan for us.

We pray today for those affected by Storm Christoph, with a large number of homes and businesses evacuated over the last few days. Take care of each person who has lost so much during these floods, with so many of them already struggling because of the pandemic may they know that you are close. We also pray for the emergency services who are going into these dangerous situations to help get people out, we pray that they are also kept safe.

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“How many are your works, Lord!

In wisdom you made them all;

the earth is full of your creatures.”

Psalm 104:24

Lord Jesus,

We thank you that throughout this lockdown, one of the joys we have been able to appreciate is the marvel of your creation. Lord, your creation is vibrant, complicated, awe-inspiring and wonderfully connected. It’s complexity and grandeur reflect your very being. Lord teach us more about you as we ponder your creation as the Psalmist did.

We thank you that as you take care of all the intricacies in all of your creation, you also take care of us with the same precision and compassion.

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“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”

Matthew 7:7-8

Lord Jesus,

We thank you for the opportunity to continue to share who you are during this time. It is such a privilege to invite people to explore some of life’s big questions, even over zoom.

We pray today for those who are on the Alpha course, we thank you for the step they have taken to explore who you are. Would you be in all of the conversations that happen as part of the course and give people courage to ask the questions they might be nervous to ask.

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“We wait in hope for the Lord;

he is our help and our shield.

In him our hearts rejoice,

for we trust in his holy name.

May your unfailing love be with us, Lord,

even as we put our hope in you”

Psalm 33:20-22

Lord Jesus,

We pray for all those who are attending the marriage course over the next few weeks. Lord may you strengthen all the couples that go. Would they have productive and helpful conversations that bring joy and excitement as they invest in the future of their relationship.

Lord, we ask for all those that are struggling in their marriages, would you bring them hope and new ways of sharing their love. Lord, we know that a cord of three strands is not easily broken, would you continue to strengthen all these couples.

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“As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?”

Psalm 42:1-2

Lord Jesus,

We pray for all of those families who are struggling at the moment due to loss of income or lack of support. We pray for the families who are receiving food hampers from government that are not suitable to find an entire family with. We pray that all of the people in positions of power to ensure that those hampers are suitable would make the necessary changes to feed families up and down the country.

We pray today that the live stream would reach new people who are searching for you, we thank you for the team that pull it together every week and that you are speaking and encouraging your people through it.

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“Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity.”

Jeremiah 29:12-13

Lord Jesus,

We thank you that we can find you whenever we feel lost. We pray that we would continue to seek you will all of our hearts. We pray that those who are seeking you, would find hope and peace in you at this time. For those in Watford who have questions or are searching would find you.

We pray that you would reveal to us the people in our lives who are searching for you. We pray for opportunities to have conversations about you and help people come to know you.

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“Answer me quickly, Lord;
my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me
or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
Let the morning being me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go,
for to you I entrust my life.”

Psalm 143:7-8

Lord Jesus,

We pray for all those who are currently struggling with their mental health. Lord, where it feels like their spirit is failing or that they are in a pit that they cannot escape from, would you reveal yourself as a comforter. We thank you that you are our hope when things feel hopeless and our light when things feel dark. Would you draw near to them and reveal your presence to them

Lord, would you prompt us to reach out to someone today who may be in need of knowing your hope, comfort or encouragement.

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“I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.”

Psalm 9:1-2

Lord Jesus,

We thank you that during this time you are still at work. We thank you that we can still rejoice in you, that you are unchanging and faithful. We thank you that supply chains have not been disrupted too heavily as Brexit has come in.

We pray that as the months go on these supply chains would not be affected. That all of the small businesses that depend on trade with the European Union would be able to continue trading in an efficient way that does not impact their business. As so many business are already struggling we pray for those that are having to make decisions about whether they can still afford to employ their staff. We pray your protection on business owners mental health may they know you are close to them.

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“Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care”

Psalm 95:6-7

Lord Jesus,

We thank you that as a church we have been able to continue to worship you throughout this last year. We thank you that through technology we can still share in our love for you together and meet in small groups. Lord, would you show us more of who you are through these resources and encourage those who follow you to continue to live out their faith just as effectively as if we were meeting in person.

Lord, we thank you that you care for your Church and that you are leading and guiding us. Would we emerge from this pandemic with a renewed and revitalised sense of who you are and how much you love your world.

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“As we have heard,
so we have seen
in the city of the Lord Almighty,
in the city of our God:
God makes her secure forever.”

Psalm 48:8

Lord,

We thank you that during this time you are keeping us secure forever. When it feels like everything around is unsteady and unsure, we thank you that we can be sure of you. We praise you for your steadfast love that never fails. We thank you for the swift development of vaccines that give us hope that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Today we pray for all those involved in the development of the vaccine. As they continue to work would they know that they have completed the job well. We pray for everyone who is involved in distributing the vaccine, for the government officials deciding who should get it when. For the thousands of doctors and nurses who will administer the vaccine and all the volunteers who will fulfil many roles to help life get back to normal.

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“But as for me, it is good to be near God.
I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;
I will tell of all your deeds.”

Psalm 73:28

Father,

We thank you that throughout this turbulent time you remain ever close to us. We thank you that we can make you, the Lord who is sovereign over all of Heaven and Earth our refuge and safe space. We bring to you all our worries and anxieties about being in another lockdown, about the effects of the Coronavirus, and about being separated from some of our friends and family.

Lord, would you help us know your nearness so that we may find our strength in you. Help us to continue to diligently pursue you throughout this lockdown and continue to be a light to all those we do find we encounter over these next few weeks. May we be able to tell others of your goodness even throughout a pandemic.

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“Look at the birds of the air;
they do not sow or reap or store away in barns,
and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not much more valuable than they?
Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?”

Matthew 6:26-27

Lord Jesus,
Thank you for our amazing key workers who have worked so incredibly hard over the course of the pandemic. We asked that as the pandemic continues and we have entered another lockdown each of the key workers in this country would be kept safe. For teachers who have been on the frontline teaching children we pray that they would have a fresh sense of enthusiasm to teach in this season. For the NHS we asked that each and everyone of them would know that we are so grateful for all that they are doing, we pray that you would ensure that as they come home from the hospital you would fill them with your peace.

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“Therefore, as God’s chosen people,
holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion,
kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”

Colossians 3:12

Lord Jesus,
Today we thank you for your guidance at this time. We pray that you would guide us as we seek to be people who show kindness, humility, gentleness and patience to every one we encounter in this broken and fractured world.

We pray for our brothers and sisters in America, we ask that you would bring peace and reconciliation to that nation. We pray that into the division you would raise up people who will stand for what is right.

In this time we pray for hope that the world would come out of this pandemic more aware of those that are different to ourselves. Help us to see those that are different to us as a partner in this world.

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“Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint;
heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.
My soul is in deep anguish.
How long, Lord, how long?”

Psalm 6:2-3

Lord Jesus,
As we enter into a third lockdown, we pray for our nation. We pray that in each corner of our nation kids who thought they were going to go back to school after Christmas and now are back home would continue to have the energy to learn at home. For parents who are now faced with juggling working from home, teaching their kids and keeping their household running again. May they know peace in this time where they feel faint and they are asking ‘how long?’, draw alongside them and remind them of what a great job they are doing in the midst of incredibly difficult circumstances.

We pray for anyone who is isolated and alone once again, who’s ‘soul is in deep anguish’, would they feel close to you, would they feel close to their friends and family and would you keep them safe. We place them into your hands. As issues with mental health continue to rise, we pray for protection over our minds, to not buy into lies that we may have started to believe over ourselves. We know you are bigger than any lie we may begin to believe!

Amen

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