Prayer

Prayer for Mari Day

1st April 2008

For updates and prayer points for Mari Day, please visit http://www.marisnews.blogspot.com/

24/7 Prayer in Bristol

5th February 2008

The 24/7 Prayer Tour is coming to Bristol.

The event takes place on February 25th, 7:30pm at Elim@Bristol.

Click here to see the flyer.

Prayer of Sir Francis Drake

15th January 2008

Prayer of Sir Francis Drake

Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true Because we have dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely Because we sailed too close to the shore.

Disturb us, Lord, when With the abundance of things we possess
We have lost our thirst For the waters of life;
Having fallen in love with life, We have ceased to dream of eternity
And in our efforts to build a new earth, We have allowed our vision Of the new Heaven to dim.

Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly, To venture on wider seas
Where storms will show your mastery;
Where losing sight of land, We shall find the stars.
We ask You to push back The horizons of our hopes;
And to push into the future In strength, courage, hope, and love.

This was used by Maggie Ellis on Jan 13th at the Grange.

Prayer and Fasting– January 2007

12th December 2007

BCF PRAYER AND FASTING, JANUARY 2007
We want to devote time to prayer and fasting at the beginning of January. It would be good to bring the year to God and put Him in the right place as Lord of the Church.
We will be starting and finishing with Celebrations and incorporating 24 hour prayer for the three days.

Wednesday 2 January, 8-10pm
Celebration at Blackhorse Centre

2 Jan– 5 Jan
3×24 hour prayer at Severn Ridge. Please sign up on the list at the Grange or email Hannah Dunne

Thursday 3 January 7-9 pm & Friday 4 January 7-9 pm
Opportunity to receive personal prayer ministry at Severn Ridge. This is also open for people who are not in BCF or any church. Please book your slot through Christine at the BCF office.

Saturday 5 January, 6-8 pm
Celebration at the Ark. Followed by soup and bread.

Please join us!

If you are able to fast for the three days please do. We realise that for many valid reasons, some people are unable to abstain from food. If that is the case, please join us for what you can, and if you are unable to fast for medical or physical reasons please consider giving up something else for three days. Please sign up for the hours of prayer in the 72 hours available.

We want to give time to thank God for His goodness and faithfulness, ask God for His favour for this year and pray for our city, nation, and nations. What better way to start the year!

An upsurge in prayer

11th October 2007

When Ken McGreavy was with us at the weekend, he mentioned that as he has travelled round the country over the last few months, he has found an unprecedented upsurge of prayer in different places. Let’s add to that!

He also mentioned the passage in Matthew where Jesus tells the disciples to pray that the Lord of the Harvest will send out workers– and then promptly sends them out! Let’s be praying that God will impact people around us with his grace and hope, and let’s be increasingly available for him to use us in that.

Do also keep praying for Ruth Houghton as she settles in to her new life in Cambodia.