13/08/2023

     Gracious Heavenly Father, thank You for this blessed Sunday. 
     Lord, we come before Your throne, rejoicing in our hearts for the grand and glorious moments we experienced past week, and forget all our bitter and painful experiences.
     Lord, thank You for Your assurance that, if we are in Christ, we are a new creation; and that old would pass away and new would come. Refresh and renew each one of us as we sit through the worship service. 
     Lord, we pray for those who could not come to the Church due to illness, work, travel  or other inevitable situations. Send out Your Word and strengthen them and bless them. Let them feel Your presence around them during the day. 
     Lord, bless all the ministries scheduled for today and for this week. Let each one of them be Christ centred and Your name be glorified. Guide them. 
     Lord, let our prayers and intercessions be truthful and worthy in Your sight. As we prepare to enter a week, make a way in the wilderness and open up springs that will satisfy our every needs and wants. Our trust is in You. 
     In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.

Today's promise:
Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?  I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19